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Fire destroys abandoned home
According to the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, on February 17 at 11:34 p.m. the sheriff's office received a 911 call about an abandoned house on fire. The abandoned mobile home was located in the 1100 block of the West County Line Road in Beseman...
MSOP client may be released
A sex offender at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) in Moose Lake has earned a conditional release by a three-judge panel, it was announced January 9 in press reports. Thomas R. Duvall, 62, has been confined for 30 years for the violent...
Carlton County attorney under investigation
Carlton County attorney Thom Pertler was investigated late last year by a law firm as directed by the Carlton County Board of Commissioners. There had been complaints filed about Pertler last year, including the smell of alcohol on him at work,...
Library warns of scam
The Moose Lake Public Library sent out the following scam alert last week: Scam alert: There is a company operating under the name "Totes 2 Go" presenting an offer of free tote bags to libraries that is not what it seems. This company is using the...
Co-op to close
The following is a press release dated November 17 from the Moose Lake Cooperative Association announcing the closure of the company: Concluding 97 years in business with fiscal 2018, Moose Lake...
Deadly start to snowy season
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 44-year-old Duluth man was killed in the early morning hours of October 27 when his Freightliner semi tractor slid off Interstate 35 and into the St. Louis River at Scanlon amid early season snowy...
U.S. Supreme Court: MSOP constitutional
The United States Supreme Court announced on Monday, October 2, that it would not revisit a ruling by the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) constitutional. Gov. Mark Dayton issued the...
Hunter rescued from Nemadji Forest
On Tuesday, September 19, at 6:45 a.m., Pine County dispatch received information about a lost hunter, identified as 61-year-old Robert Kniefel of Lakeville, in the Nemadji Forest area of Pine...
Multiple accidents reported in area
According to the Pine County Sheriff's Office, at 2 a.m. September 24 the Pine County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a motorcycle accident on Northstar Drive near Thornbury Way in Sturgeon Lake. Emergency responders and deputies arriving on...
Girl injured at fair
According to news reports, 13-year-old Grace Bartz of Barnum was injured at the Carlton County Fair Sunday. After just finishing her race, the horse Grace was riding caught her off guard when it made an abrupt turn. Grace fell to the side, with her...
Four juveniles face burglary charges
Four juvenile males are facing burglary charges from an incident in Sturgeon Lake last week. On Monday, July 17, at 7:52 a.m. Pine County deputies were dispatched to an address on Farm to Market Road for a home burglary in progress. The homeowner,...
Scott Lindgren appears in court
Scott Kendrick Lindgren, 21, Wrenshall, was charged with two counts in Sixth District Court, Carlton County, on Wednesday, July 5. Lindgren was charged with tampering with a witness, aggrevated first...
Numerous assaults reported at MSOP
Staff members and clients have been assaulted and sustained injuries by clients at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) facility in Moose Lake in the past several months. According to the criminal complaints, on March 30, Terry Ray Jackson, 53,...
Lindgren arrested in Washington
The Carlton County Sheriff's Office was notified that Scott Kendrick Lindgren, born April 24, 1996, has been arrested by the Vancouver, Washington, Police Department. Lindgren was brought to the...
Counterfeit bills passed
In a notice from the Moose Lake Police Department sent out Wednesday, May 31, law enforcement warns of counterfeit money being passed at local businesses over the weekend. "Moose Lake Police Department would like all area businesses to be aware that...
Man dies in ATV accident
A Sturgeon Lake man lost his life in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident Saturday. On June 3, at 1:30 p.m. Pine County 911 received a report of an ATV accident on Cane Creek and Degerstrom Roads in Finlayson Township. Callers reported an ATV...
Arrest warrant issued
According to the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, an arrest warrant was issued on Friday, May 26, for Scott Kendrick Lindgren of Wrenshall, born April 24, 1996, for felony threats of violence and...
Man jailed following hostage situation
According to a press release from Carlton County Sheriff Kelly Lake, Scott Kendrick Lindgren, 21, Wrenshall, was charged with seven felonies last week following an incident in which he held a teen...
MLWR girls golf team wins title
The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels girls golf team won the Great River Conference Championship at Cuyuna Rollings Hills Golf Course in Deerwood on Thursday, May 18. Additionally, the girls won four...
Barnum golfers earn All-Conference
Golfers Nolan Wickstrom (94) and Brandon Calverley (97) earned All-Conference for the Barnum Bombers boys. Madeline Nelson (102) earned back-to-back All-Conference honors for the girls. The Great...
Credit union purchases Moose Lake property
Northwoods Credit Union has announced the expansion of the business with a new branch at 90 Arrowhead Lane in Moose Lake. "We are very excited to move to the Moose Lake area to serve our current and...
Bear's Den burglarized
The Pine County Sheriff's Office posted the following note and accompanying photos on its Facebook page Tuesdsay: On March 25, the Bear's Den in Bruno was burglarized. Extensive damage was sustained...
Wilderness host Moose Lake Area Night
The NAHL Minnesota Wilderness hosted Moose Lake Area Night during the Saturday night, March 25, home game against the Bismarck Bobcats. Hundreds of Moose Lake area fans made up part of the nearly 3,500 in attendance over the weekend series. The...
Elementary students treated to Wild visit
The NAHL Minnesota Wilderness hockey team visited with Moose Lake Community School elementary students Monday, March 20. The team members, including Moose Lake senior No. 19 Bryceton Butkiewicz,...
Butkiewicz has successful debut
Bryceton Butkiewicz, a senior at Moose Lake Community School, made his North American Hockey League (NAHL) debut November 25 and 26 with the Minnesota Wilderness in a weekend series versus the Bismark...
