Area Organizations and Services

Bookmobile
Valley Homemakers
Pequaywan Garden Club
Volunteer Fire Department
Lakeside Chapel
North Star Recycling
Friends of the Cloquet Valley
Brimson Farmers Market
Brimson Post Office

The Bookmobile, part of the Arrowhead Library System, stops at the parking lot in near the Pequaywan Inn on Mondays once a month, from 2:30 to 3 p.m.For the schedule, check www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us or call 1-800-257-1442.

Valley Homemakers meets regularly over the summer and occasionally the rest of the year. Meeting are usually held the fourth Thursday of the month. The group holds social events and does a variety of community service events such as gathering personal items for residents of Duluth facilities and the spring cleaning at the Lake Chapel. It’s good way to socialize and meet your neighbors.

Contact: Donna Johnson, chair person. 848-2815

Pequaywan Garden Club meets monthly to discuss gardening — both flowers and vegetables. Each meeting features a program related to gardening. Members share seeds, roots, plants and ideas.

Contact: Kris Larsen, 525-7502 or Phyllis Mead, 848-2051

Volunteer Fire Department. We are fortunate to have a well staffed volunteer fire department in our area with three fire engines, located at the Fire Hall. There are 13 trained fire fighters and six members of a first-responder team, which has two defibrillators. Volunteers meet monthly.

The annual Pancake Breakfast, held around the Fourth of July, is the major fund raiser for the department.

Residents who are planning large-scale burning of brush or other material should contact the department to inform it of the time and location.

Contact: John Lucia, Fire Chief, 848-2824. Cell: 391-8232

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Lakeside Chapel. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, church services are held at 10 a.m. Sunday mornings at the Lakeside Chapel, 8905 Pequaywan Lake Road.

Contacts: Jerry Rosdahl 848-2396, or Don Bullene 848-2854

NorthStar Recycling: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to Noon, North Star Fire Hall on Hwy. #44. Accepts cans, glass, plastic, paper, cereal boxes, and cardboard. County Road 44.

Friends of the Cloquet Valley State Forest is a new nonprofit whose mission is to promote the responsible use and enjoyment of the natural and cultural resources of the Cloquet Valley State Forest. Click here to visit the web site

Brimson Farmers Market. Every Saturday, Memorial Day through Labor Day at the Brimson Fire Hall on Hwy 44 in Brimson, 9 am to noon. The market is approximately 6 miles north of Hugo's Store. Local arts & crafts, good rummage, fresh produce, coffee. If you are interested in selling at the market or would like more information, call 848-2894.

Brimson Post Office. The Brimson Post Office is behind the Brimson Fire Hall on Co. Rd. 44. It is open 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., including Saturdays.

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