Frontage road residents don’t want to pay for high-traffic street repairs
Pine Journal“It’s not fair” was the cry that went up from the residents who live on or near the I-35 west frontage road during the Cloquet City Council meeting on...
View ArticleFrontage road residents don’t want to pay for high-traffic street repairs
Pine Journal“It’s not fair” was the cry that went up from the residents who live on or near the I-35 west frontage road during the Cloquet City Council meeting on...
View ArticleFederal Reserve launches Center for Indian Country Development
Pine JournalMINNEAPOLIS—Only about 30 percent of 567 tribes in the United States have casinos and only about 20 percent are profitable enough to contribute a lot to their reservation residents,...
View ArticleScanlon residents petition state for merger study
Pine JournalPine Journal intern Joey Gotchnik contributed to this story.
View ArticleCommittee of the whole mediates bridge issue
Pine JournalIt took an hour, but members of the Carlton County Committee of the Whole may have resolved an issue that’s been causing problems for resident Jim Filipek, the Automba...
View ArticleCOUNTY BOARD: County supports pipeline
Pine JournalThe Carlton County Board of Commissioners tackled everything from pipeline support to the budget to local side-effects of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) on the county’s Public...
View ArticleCLOQUET SCHOOL BOARD: Board debates hockey costs, tennis court locations
Pine JournalThe new and old middle schools dominated the work session discussion at Monday’s Cloquet School Board meeting.Board members are still looking for a solid plan for the...
View ArticleCloquet City Council: If we build it, they will walk
Pine JournalThe hot topic at this week’s Cloquet City Council meeting was a safe-routes-to-school Slate Street sidewalk project, which some counselors felt more neutral than passionate about.Assistant...
View ArticleNo mistaking Klobuchar book for one from Trump
Pine JournalNo one will confuse U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar's just-released book with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's biting comments.The Minnesota Democrat, serving her second Senate...
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Residents have plenty to say about highway/interstate intersection
Pine JournalWhile statistics from the Minnesota Department of Transportation show a lower crash rate — 20 from 2009 through 2014 — for the intersection of Frontage Road, Highway 33 and...
View ArticleCity, county approve smaller levy increases
Pine JournalThe money for the improvements of city parks does not come out of the levy funding; the park improvements are being paid for out of funds generated by the city...
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Taxpayers will feel impact of middle school referendum on next year’s taxes
Pine JournalWithout including the debt for the voter-approved $50 million new middle school, the Cloquet school district would have been looking at a maximum 5.6 percent increase in its property...
View ArticleTechnology makes the county a safer place
Pine JournalBetween talk of a purchasing a generator for the Carlton County Courthouse and news that the state is going to erect another ARMER tower in the county, discussions related...
View ArticleJudge allows punitive damages in suit against methadone clinic
Pine JournalA judge has ruled that the families of two Carlton County workers killed in an October 2012 vehicle collision can seek punitive damages against a Brainerd clinic that provided...
View ArticleNolan announces opportunity for Service Academy nominations
Pine JournalU.S. Rep. Rick Nolan announced his Service Academy Program for the 2015-2016 academic year. Every year, Congressman Nolan has the ability to nominate graduating students to the U.S....
View ArticleGuest Commentary By Lee H. Hamilton: Why run for office?
Pine JournalLee Hamilton is Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University; Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and Professor of Practice, IU School of...
View ArticlePlans coming together for new middle school
Pine JournalCloquet School Board members once again discussed a lease increase for the school’s use of the two hockey arenas run by the Cloquet Area Hockey Association (CAHA), and postponed a...
View ArticleLourey named Public Official of the Year by LeadingAge Minnesota
Pine JournalLeadingAge Minnesota has named Senator Tony Lourey (DFL-Kerrick) and Representative Joe Schomacker (GOP-Luverne) as its 2015 Public Officials of the Year.The Public Official of the Year...
View ArticleDoes Cloquet need snowmobile trails in town and more warming houses?
Pine JournalDo we really need hockey rinks and snowmobile trails? These questions brought some passionate discussion during the Cloquet City Council work session and meeting Tuesday evening.During the...
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