Moose Lake Star Gazette and Evergreen Shopper

09/23/2026

Candidate forum in Moose Lake tonight.
Come on in!!

09/17/2026

Here is the Carlton County 2027 preliminary budget, for anyone interested to see the breakdown

09/17/2026

The Carlton County board of commissioners held a special meeting this week to discuss why they are looking at a roughly 9% preliminary levy. The preliminary levy needs to be set by the end of September and the final is set in December.
The board is allowed to lower the final levy or keep it where it is at, depending on the final budget, BUT they can not increase the levy amount.

Board of Commissioners Regular Session

09/15/2026

Someone asked how other school boards operate, so I am sharing the link to the only school board meeting in the area that still records, in case anyone else is interested in seeing the difference.
This is Cloquet school board. Definitely a little more formal than others.
The school district recently hired a new bus service after the other retired the school bus portion of their business. There have been issues and the super, who I worked with for several years and he was great to work with, is explaining how the issue happened.

This meeting of the Cloquet Public Schools Board of Education will ...

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09/15/2026

Part 2 HS principal… I accidentally stopped recording so now there’s 2 videos