By Wendy Johnson, The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn. Jul. 31--Kettle River is about to launch its annual tribute to madcap fun and festivities as this year's 24th Annual Ma and Pa Kettle Days approaches. Set for Friday, Aug. 8, and Saturday, Aug.

By Lisa Baumann, The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn. Jul. 30--Next Thursday, hundreds of people will come together in Cloquet to pay homage to a gas station.

By Lisa Baumann, The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn. Jun. 19--Cloquet city officials got riled up Tuesday about the low ranking of the city's downtown site on a list of potential locations for a new Carlton County Human Services building.

By Janna Goerdt, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Jan. 17--For the past week, a lone drill has been rumbling away in a rural field in western Carlton County, drawing bedrock from deep within the earth in the search for deposits of copper and nickel. Utah-based Kennecott Exploration Co.

By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Oct. 10--Allete Inc. will pay the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa more than $4 million over the next 29 years for Minnesota Power's hydroelectric operations in the St. Louis River watershed. Allete owns Minnesota Power.