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🌱 What will a new Scanlon roundabout mean for Carlton drivers?
Carlton, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Carlton! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What will a new Scanlon roundabout mean for Carlton drivers?
- How could Carlton County’s office shake-up change taxes and elections?
- How Cloquet’s shrinking enrollment could affect Carlton County classrooms soon
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• County seeks $1.5 million for roundabout (pinejournal.com) — Carlton County is seeking $1.5 million in state funds to build a roundabout at highways 61 and 45 in nearby Scanlon, a key route for Carlton, Cloquet, and Esko drivers. If approved, the 2029 project would ease congestion, improve safety, and upgrade stormwater and pedestrian infrastructure, with the county covering costs not funded by the state grant. 
• Carlton County seeks restructure of key offices (pinejournal.com) — Carlton County leaders are studying a major restructuring of the auditor/treasurer, recorder, and assessor offices that could change how property records, taxes, and elections are managed for Carlton residents. Prompted by upcoming retirements, the plan aims to streamline services through consolidation and cross-training, but commissioners are weighing staff workload, technology costs, and election-year timing before making final decisions.
• Enrollment trends downward at Cloquet schools (pinejournal.com) — Families in Carlton County’s largest school district, Cloquet, are seeing enrollment continue to decline, which is tightening the district’s budget and driving staff cuts. With more seniors graduating than kindergartners enrolling, the School Board will soon decide whether to close open enrollment for the year, a move that could limit midyear transfers but stabilize class sizes and funding.
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- Pumped-up Esko gets by Cloquet (pineknotnews.com)
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- Cloquet schools levy expected to decrease 4% (pinejournal.com)
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- Prep report: Murray, Spartans take down Rails (duluthnewstribune.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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