My cousin Kaija Kivimaki from Finland, my sister Denise, and my cousin Patsey Koivisto VanderVeer from Floodwood went with me to the west coast on a mission to bring a
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Residents oppose converting Carlton County road to gravel
Reconstructing Carlton County Road 13 with asphalt would cost nearly $1 million, according to county engineer JinYeene Neumann. Written By: Jamey Malcomb | ×
A decision to convert Carlton County Road 13 in Barnum and Moose Lake townships (pictured) to gravel has people who live on the road upset. (Jamey Malcomb / jmalcomb@pinejournal.com)
Residents living on Carlton County Road 13 in Moose Lake and Barnum townships oppose a plan to convert a local road to gravel, and they let the Carlton County Board of Commissioners know their thoughts at the board s meeting Tuesday, July 13.
Community members who live on the road were upset when they received a letter from the Carlton County Transportation Department notifying them of the planned change, according to Bryce Bogenholm. Bogenholm owns a farm on the stretch of road off of County Road 8.
The larger-than-life story of Finnish immigrant Matt Reed May 1, 2021 3:53pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Before Matt Reed became a traveling preacher, father of 13 and a secret sugar source for bootleggers, he worked as a logger, miner, railroad man, hotel owner and lumber town storekeeper/postmaster/constable in tiny Automba, Minn.
But before all that, he was just a Finnish teenager who was busy doing two things: milking and wrestling.
Born Matti Riitijoki in Finland in 1892, he wrestled in local halls as a farm boy when he wasn t milking cows. He grew to be a big guy; his World War I draft card just called him Stout, while his World War II draft card 25 years later listed him at 5-foot-11, 245 pounds.