Call it fitting that in a county dotted with small towns and hamlets, Carlton County's oldest continuous summer celebration happens in teeny Wright. And everyone will tell you there's nothing wrong ...

Local runners and walkers got off to a fast start on the Fourth of July in the Sawdust 5K and the LaVonna 1-Mile races in Cloquet. The day dawned nearly perfectly for runners who assembled near the ...

Despite oppressively hot weather, the annual 3-on-3 Fourth of July basketball tournament went off without a hitch, and the ...

The search for two missing people from Cloquet has ended grimly, with the discovery of both their bodies over the past two weeks. The couple — considered vulnerable adults — had been missing since ...

Mark Messman was on the job July 1, the first official day of his term leading the Carlton school district. He was still ...

Byron and Caroline Johnson don't plan to start remodeling their former Brickyard restaurant until the haying is done on their ...

A 15-year-old girl is in custody after allegedly severely beating her mother — likely with an ax — late Saturday night in their home in Corona Township southwest of Cloquet. According to a news ...

It's not difficult to look around Cloquet's Fourth of July events to realize they are memory-makers for kids, especially the parade. There's all that candy to be had, bubbles (so many bubbles), dogs ...

Someone asked me which float was the best one at Cloquet’s Fourth of July parade last week. I’m not sure if such awards are given, but as I videotaped the parade for playback on local cable channel ...

We all expect that the budget cutting coming out of Washington these days will affect our lives in some way, and the Carlton County Historical Society has taken an early hit. A program that paid ...

Frank Schill was spared from having to issue his annual superintendent goals during Tuesday's Wrenshall school board meeting ...

Backwoods Greenhouse. It really is in the backwoods. My wife and I first saw the signs on Minnesota Highway 210 near the railroad trestle when approaching Cromwell on the way to Eagle Lake. For years, ...