Pine Knot News

09/04/2025

Check out our album for Cloquet Labor Day, Rad-Rods and more!

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09/04/2025

Folk music heads our way.

Coming in October, the Arrowhead Library System will present "They Brought Their Songs: International Folk Music in Minnesota" with the musical trio Caleigh. The group weaves stories and history of Minnesota with musical genres that highlight the diverse ethnic makeup of the state. Caleigh uses harp...

09/04/2025

08/31/2025

08/31/2025

Save the date!!!

08/30/2025

Esko wins first meeting over Cloquet in neighborly girls soccer rivalry. Catch up with both teams.

Every year both Cloquet/Carlton and Esko seem to be at the top of local soccer circles. Cloquet/Carlton has reached the Class AA state tournament six years in a row while Esko has gone to the Class A state tournament three straight seasons. "The bar has been set pretty high for us," said longtime Lu...

08/30/2025

Celebrate Labor Day the Cloquet way. Parade starts downtown at 11 with fun and food trucks in Vets Park to follow. Car show at the Northeastern.

There was a brisk wind over St. Louis Bay on Sept. 15, 1960. It made for a dramatic ballet of nine iron workers trying to place a 4-ton steel beam 200 feet above the water in what today is known as the Blatnik Bridge. As the girder was put into position, Gene Smith crawled up a 32-foot vertical beam...

08/30/2025

Drivers take note. There are some traffic changes near Cloquet schools to be aware of.

Removing two stop signs next to an elementary school may seem like the wrong way to increase pedestrian safety, but city engineers believe the new bumpouts and flashing lights alongside Washington Elementary School will make crossing the road safer. "I'll be praying daily that none of our babies get...

08/26/2025

PUBLIC NOTICE - 22nd Street Closure in Cloquet
Carlton County public works announced that 22nd Street will be closed from Washington Avenue to Prospect Avenue, will be closed Wednesday, Aug. 27. Please find an alternative route.

08/26/2025

Carlton's Abrianna Schmidt, a small-town girl who broke onto the Nashville music scene last year, has taken up semipermanent residence there as she watches her career take off.

The small-town girl who broke onto the Nashville music scene last year has taken up semipermanent residence there as she watches her career take off. Next up for Carlton's Abrianna Schmidt: singing the national anthem next week at the home of baseball's red-hot Milwaukee Brewers. She'll sing "The St...