The Esko school board has five candidates for superintendent to consider this week after applications closed on April 17. On Monday, the board went over a list of what it will look for in the ...

When Esko and Barnum met in boys baseball on Tuesday, both teams came in with records of 3-2. Barnum managed to get an early lead, but it was Esko that took the game over as they rolled to a 7-1 win ...

Cloquet school board members got a preliminary look Wednesday morning at $1.3 million in suggested cuts for the next school year. The budget issues have multiple causes: declining enrollment, losing ...

Author Marcie Rendon isn't normally a big planner. She writes her books as they come to her, sometimes three at a time. But her latest book, "Where They Last Saw Her," is different. Speaking to a ...

I would like to congratulate the Thomson Township board on being consistent. Unfortunately they are consistently against small businesses. First the whole Tequila/Tequi Town restaurant fiasco and now ...

Since artificial intelligence entered wide public consciousness in late 2022, the distribution and development of AI have rapidly become a major engine in the economy. This depends crucially on the ...

After losing their opening playoff game Friday against the Anchorage Wolverines, the Minnesota Wilderness bounced back with consecutive shut-out wins Saturday and Sunday. They now hold a 2-1 lead in ...

Carlton County is not immune to the expected tidal wave of data centers in the region, with land speculators searching northeast Minnesota for spots to develop the huge centers that have become a ...

After a rare vote of "nonconcurrence" by a committee of American Indian parents and staff, leaders at Cloquet Public Schools are set to implement some changes meant to better educate the approximately ...

Prescription Drug Take Back Day takes place Saturday, April 25, a reminder to safely dispose of medications that are no longer needed. “Once medications expire, they may not be as effective and, in ...

Cloquet Area Fire District officials are slowing their planned fee increase for high-level ambulance service. Fire board members voted unanimously on April 15 to increase the district’s fee for ...

Will Stenberg discovered a male ruby-crowned kinglet among emerging pussy willows Monday on the Grand Portage Trail in Jay Cooke State Park. It's a sure sign of full-on bird migration as the kinglet ...