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PHS Clay Target Team at State
The Proctor High School Clay Target Team has qualified for the (MSHSL) State Tournament. The team follows Proctor’s softball team who also qualified for State in Spring Sports. The Rails top team members will be representing the city and school at at the state meet today, Friday. Those members are. RYAN SCHUBITZKE TANNER OLSON…
Read MoreArrest made in Midway Township Overdose Murder
A suspect has been arrested in conjunction with a Nov. 22, 2021 overdose murder that occurred in Midway Township on November 22, 2021. At 11:17 a.m St. Louis County 911 received a report of a possible overdose at 5544 North Cloquet Rd in Midway Township. Deputies of the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office responded,…
Read MoreSen. Bakk, Rep. Lislegard’s Social Security income tax exemption proposal included in Tax compromise
On Saturday lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement on a package of tax legislation. The agreement includes income tax cuts, increases to local government aid, and significant property tax cuts. Significantly, the package includes a bill authored by Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL – Aurora) and Sen. Tom Bakk (I – Cook) to fully exempt Social Security…
Read MoreProctor School Board Selects New Superintendent
The Proctor School Board voted to select Kerry Juntunen, former superintendent, Hermantown, as the district’s new superintendent during a special meeting March 3. The vote was unanimous. “We believe Kerry Juntunen has the qualifications and skills to move the school district forward. We look forward to working with Kerry Juntunen in his new capacity,”…
Read More150 years ago speech helped create Proctor
Proctor missed another important historic date. It was 150 years ago on January 27, 1871 James Proctor Knott delivered a satirical speech in the House known as Duluth! or The Untold Delights of Duluth. The speech ridiculed a bill subsidizing westward expansions of railroads. The speech is sometimes reprinted in collections of humorous speeches or…
Read MoreFighting for our newspapers
By U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar — On May 7th of last year, the Hastings Star Gazette printed its last issue. The paper’s first issue as The Hastings Independent was published in 1857, a year before Minnesota gained statehood. Generations relied on papers like this for local news—they told you who was born and who died, whose daughter just…
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