About Pine Knot News, a weekly newspaper.The Pine Knot News is a locally owned, independent, hyperlocal weekly newspaper covering northern Carlton County with an office in Cloquet, MN. Company ...

In an effort to contain the tax levy as much as possible, Carlton County is bracing for cuts, said its administrator during a public budgeting session on Monday. “There are going to have to be cuts if ...

Seven years ago, there were no sheep at Three Barn Farm. Then Rob Sandstrom - Laura's husband, father to Naomi, Ruth and Jonah - came home to the property on West Chub Lake Road with six in 2019. Now ...

Nothing says summer like spotting some black-eyed Susans in full glory. Pine Knot News editor Jana Peterson was on a walk in the Cromwell area and took this picture of these rudbeckia hirta ...

With the passage of our president’s signature legislation recently, many have commented on the extreme impact the bill will have on our society as we know it. Many are talking about how the cuts to ...

The 60th Wrong Days in Wright was celebrated over the weekend with hundreds of folks in attendance. Friday night's weather was questionable, but all evening events were held. The steak fry, pie sale, ...

People in the Sturgeon Lake area are experiencing bittersweet feelings about losing a much-loved landmark, the Sturgeon Island covered bridge. "It will be replaced this fall if the state funding comes ...

“Good old-fashioned police work” led to the lightning-fast arrests of the two boys, age 16 and 15, believed to be the perpetrators of the armed robbery at a Cloquet convenience store last weekend, ...

After a 30-year career with Sappi and Potlatch at the Cloquet mill, Tom Radovich officially retired on June 30. He ended his career as managing director - a job he never dreamed of when he interned ...

Sixty-eight teams converged on Cloquet and Carlton last weekend as the biggest area baseball tournament, the Northland Baseball Classic, concluded with championship play Sunday afternoon. "It was a ...

It may be a new fiscal year for school districts, but the Cloquet school board is still making budget considerations in the shadow of nearly $2 million in painful cuts over the past few months to ...

Thumbs Down to a proposal that would bring a $4 million solar energy generating field to the new Carlton County Justice Center along Highway 61 in Carlton. We’ve heard the pitch to county ...