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Cloquet senior Lauren Sertich holds up one of her masks in her family’s yard April 16, 2021. (Jed Carlson / File / Superior Telegram)
Cloquet city officials will no longer require masks to be worn while inside public spaces as of Friday, May 14, due to a recent order from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Under an emergency city ordinance, Cloquet has been requiring masks to be worn while indoors in public spaces since last summer, passing the mandate in a 5-2 vote, just one day before Gov. Tim Walz announced a statewide mask mandate July 22.
While the city ordinance requiring masks to be worn by the public has not been officially repealed, City Administrator Tim Peterson explained that is deemed null and void under the recent orders from the governor surrounding mask mandates.
Cloquet students combat climate change, one tree at a time
More than 300 seedlings were planted in the school forest on the middle and high school campus in one of the first hands-on learning opportunities since the pandemic began. Written By: Jamey Malcomb | ×
Cloquet High School freshmen Walker Marquardt (left) and Keanna Simula plant a white spruce in the school forest Friday, April 30, 2021, outside Cloquet Middle School. (Jamey Malcomb / jmalcomb@pinejournal.com)
Cloquet High School science students and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources partnered to improve their school forest and combat climate change in recognition of Arbor Day on Friday, April 30.