Moose Lake Star Gazette - Serving Carlton and Pine Counties since 1895

The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels football team led 20-10 at halftime November 8, but they came out late, lost momentum and suffered a heartbreaking 31-20 loss as the 12-0 Minneota/Lincoln HI...

The undefeated Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels played nearly perfect football on a cold and misty Halloween to stun the Mesabi East Giants. The final score was 62-6. The game was played at Duluth...

The Rebels sprinted past the Golden Bears with a big 58-13 victory in the semifinals of Section 7AA in Willow River on Saturday, October 26. David Moonen had 176 rushing with sprints of 52 and 80...

The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels football team claimed the Great Polar White Division crown as they used a staunch defense to shut out Duluth Marshall en route to a 22-0 homecoming victory in...

The 6-0 and second-ranked Rebels earned their 60th consecutive regular season win as they ran, passed and demolished the 4-2 Deer River Warriors with a 45-0 shutout victory in Willow River on Friday,...

The second-ranked 5-0 Rebels trounced the Greenway-Nashwauk-Keewatin Titans 56-14 in Willow River on Friday, September 27. Josh Pettersen rushed for 139 on just 10 carries and led the Rebels with...

The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels went the distance to nip the McGregor Mercuries in five games in Moose Lake on Thursday, September 19. The game scores were 19-25, 25-11, 25-23, 26-28 and 15-13....

The second-ranked Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels football team led just 16-8 at halftime, but systematically wore down the Pine City Dragons and went on to drop them by a lopsided 43-8 in Willow...

The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels volleyball team downed the Barnum Bombers in three straight games in Moose Lake on Thursday, September 12. The game scores were 25-21, 25-20 and 25-16. Head Coach...

The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels swept the Hinckley-Finlayson Jaguars in three games in the season opener. Adri Jusczak led the way with seven kills and Haley Johnson had eight digs. After leading...

The Class AA Moose Lake-Willow River had to come back out after a one-hour lightning delay, to score 24 unanswered third-quarter points to overcome a big 20-0 halftime deficit and to shock the Class...

Forty-four girls came out for volleyball so head coach Beckie Jackson is hoping for consistency after making cuts and paring down the teams. “This is the first time in along time that we have had...

The running Rebels are reloading with aspirations to continue tradition and to make another trip to a State Championship football appearance. Head Coach Dave Louzek, in his 15th season, is the...

Michael Pender may have been known most for being in the backfields of the 2011 and 2012 State football games but he is also known as the school record-holder in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles....

There's nothing quite so wonderful as having story time at the library come right out of the books into a living, breathing, real life situation. In this engaging encounter, a miniature horse was...

The Moose Lake Outlaws slipped past the Proctor Rails by a score of 4-3 in first round playoff action in Moose Lake on Sunday, July 21. Charlie Adamczak earned the win on the mound and Teddy Ryan a...

The local VFW baseball team, the Outlaws, outlasted Hermantown to win 7-4 in Moose Lake on Wednesday, July 10. Lefty Teddy Ryan pitched a five-inning complete game for the victory on the mound....

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit #379 had a dedication at the Moose Lake Fires of 1918 and Depot Museum on July 3 of the American flag flown in memory of Bunny Hartman. The flag was flown over the...

Moose Lake-Willow River Rebel Jake Disterhaupt, at 6 foot even, could easily dunk a basketball and he had plenty of speed to smash the school record in the 200-meter dash. Disterhaupt was also a good...

Jake Disterhaupt, son of Mark and Shirley Disterhaupt and Willow River graduate with a 3.3 cumulative grade point average, was a very strong and fast running back for the Moose Lake-Willow River...

Moose Lake Public Library in conjunction with the Arrowhead Library System hosted the Zoomobile June 20 at the Moose Lake City Council Chambers. The Zoomobile brings programs to communities designed...

Al Rose Nicole Tekippe rounded the back corner and on the third lap, she moved toward the front of the pack. She paced herself well on the bell lap, ran a good back stretch and poured it in front of...

The thrill of watching snowmobiles race on the waters of Moosehead Lake drew a crowd to the area Saturday and Sunday. O'Reilly Auto Parts presented the 2013 Grand Prix Water Cross races at Moose Lake...

Several local track and field athletes punched their tickets to the state meet as they placed in the top two at the Section 7A Track and Field Championships held at Griggs Field on the campus of the...

The Moose Lake-Willow River Rebel girls and boys both placed second at the Polar League meet held at Two Harbors on Wednesday, May 15. The girls accumulated 136 points. Esko won the girls team...