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

The Moose Lake Fire Department responded to a report of a possible building explosion on Military Road near Sturgeon Lake Friday afternoon, May 10. According to Moose Lake Fire Chief Steve Trenhaile,...

A Cloquet woman was fatally injured in a May 8 Chisago County crash. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 54-year-old Julie A. Koen of Cloquet died as the result of a one vehicle crash on I-35 between North Branch and Stacy just after 7 p.m....

Representatives from Carlton County's Public Health program reported Carlton County ranks near the bottom in a Minnesota study on health outcomes for its residents. What does this mean? The study looked at 25 factors that influence health, such as ch...

Pine County is moving closer to hiring a person to lead economic development efforts. At last week’s county board meeting in Sandstone, county board chair Stephen Hallan of Pine City noted this effort was very “near and dear” to the heart of...

Members of the Carlton County TRIAD group, as well as the Fond du Lac Elders Group, learned about identity theft at the meeting on Wednesday, May 1. Two representatives of Thrivent Financial for...

The Infrastructure Grant, that would have funded repairing or building sidewalks near the Moose Lake school, was denied, the Active Living Coalition and Safe Routes to School group was told at the mee...

With the sudden death of Pine County Commissioner Doug Carlson of Sandstone, the county board has been left with a decision as to when they should set a date for a special election to fill the District 5 position. By law, according to the Secretary...

Record snows and cold temperatures, mixed with rain, have challenged rural travel the Carlton County Highway Department reported to the township officers at their spring meeting April 23. Several mild winters with road bed frost out sometimes in earl...

The Moose Lake School Board passed a motion unanimously to sell five acres of land on the school district property south of the ALCO store to the Central Minnesota Housing Partnership, at a special...

Long-time county commissioner and former state legislator Doug Carlson, 74, of Sandstone, died Monday evening. Carlson was found deceased around 6:30 p.m. in the men’s restroom on the second floor...

The Barnum School Board voted to hire a high school principal at the meeting of the board on Tuesday, April 16. Discussion had taken place at last month’s board meeting about whether to hire or not...

The Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) in Moose Lake held a large-scale drill on April 17 to help staff and local emergency responders prepare for emergency situations at the facility. Moose Lake...

Following a spring snowstorm last week, which caused a power outage affecting nearly 2,000 Lake Country Power members, the fresh coat of yet more snow Tuesday morning was an unwelcome sight. Though...

The scene in Moose Lake late last week looks more like mid-winter than three weeks into the spring season. With inches of wet, heavy snow falling across the region for days on end in mid-April,...

The following is a press release from Carlton County Engineer Mike Tardy regarding the challenges county snow removal teams face with late season snowfall. "Though mid-April snow events like we've exp...

Flood relief will soon be coming to Pine County residents from damage inflicted on their homes in July 2012. Tuesday, the Pine County Board of Commissioners approved a payment of $2.25 million to help those people who had homes damaged by the...

The Moose Lake School Board discussed the potential sale of four or five more acres of school district-owned land to a housing developer, at the monthly meeting of the board on Monday, April 15....

Carlton County Commissioner Gary Peterson continued to press the board for a strategic planning session using a trained facilitator from the Minnesota Association of Counties. Tentatively June 4 was chosen. The Carlton County Committee of the Whole m...

The Moose Lake City Council met on Wednesday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. As a result of the flooding of last June, Carlton County has included new language in their...

In a 3-2 vote last week, at the regular Pine County board meeting, the board approved a resolution of support to the state for increased taxes for transportation. County Engineer Mark LeBrun said the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC), who...

Due to the Flash Flood of 2012, $3.1 million in property losses in Carlton County will impact the tax valuations and thus the tax levied in several of the townships and cities. All taxable property in Carlton County has a combined value of $2.6...

Scott Anderson, Director of Technology at Moose Lake Community Schools, presented information about how Facebook is being used to show a video and build a network of comments about the proposed...

Plans continue for organizing a Bike Rodeo at Riverside Arena in Moose Lake on April 27. The members of the Active Living Coalition finalized plans for the rodeo at a meeting on Wednesday, April 3,...

Mary Leonard, former clerk of the City of Willow River, appeared for the first time in court at the Pine County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 2, with Judge James T. Reuter presiding. “You are appearing for your first appearance,” stated Judge...

Emails sent to unwary computer users have been causing confusion in the area since January. According to a notice to Beware of email Scams, it stated: “If you should get an email from FedEx saying...