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

Mercy Hospital is going to be examining whether changing its status to a 501(c)(3) managed operation would be of benefit. In a press release dated Oct. 4, it was explained that the current board and...

The historic Finnish Church (Suomalainen Kirkko) north of Kettle River is set up like it was during the 1918 Fire, thanks to local residents John and Janice Gran. The church was used during the fire...

When the Moose Lake School District was promoting the new school before people voted on the $34.7 million bond referendum, one reason given for a new school was that more students would come to Moose...

In the fourth installment of the International Monster Slayers series, local author Bethany Helwig makes her most ambitious move with The Brood of Nightmare set to publish October 16. The series...

That was the cry of the people as the flames swept in from the west, hurled by a 60-mile-an-hour wind, that afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 12, 1918. Mothers were making supper, and fathers were out...

Lillian Baakari Sebring Kettle River, age 6 months Her mother, Lillian Elizabeth Baakari, was just six months old at the time of the 1918 fire, said Judy Madsen of Kettle River. Her grandparents,...

On Saturday, September 29, the top 10 runners from the Boys and Girls MLWRB Cross Country teams attended the Roy Griak Invitational Meet in St. Paul. Hosted by the University of Minnesota, the Roy...

Despite the cold and drizzly weather, the Rebel seniors were determined to win a homecoming game before they graduate. Last Friday the Moose Lake-Willow River football team took on the Crosby-Ironton...

My history with theater goes back 55 years when I played the villain in a Chamberlain High School class play. I had the part of an aging night manager at a two-bit hotel. It was a classic...

Because we do not ever want to speak an incorrect or insensitive word when someone confides in us that they have been sexually assaulted, we immediately become uncomfortable while saying very little,...

History is one of my favorite subjects. I don’t often share that with people, mostly because the inevitable question that follows is, “Which era?” For me, it’s not about studying a certain...

I recently (reluctantly) started the process of winding down the yard and garden for the season. One of the happiest days of the year is filling the hummingbird feeders for the first time in the...