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MEET THE NEW TEACHERS AT HIGHLAND AND WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

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Crookston Public Schools has four new teachers in the elementary schools for the 2020-2021 school year.  The new teachers are below –

ELIZABETH ERICKSON
Elizabeth Erickson has been a long-term substitute teacher in the Crookston School District and comes back to Crookston after teaching preschool at Hawley last year.  “I’m from Barnesville originally,” said Erickson. “I went to UMC and graduated with a degree in elementary education and early childhood education. This past year I taught preschool in Hawley, and now I’m back in Crookston again to teach kindergarten.”

Erickson said it will be an interesting year with COVID going on, but she’s excited to be back in Crookston. “It will definitely be an interesting year with all the COVID restrictions going on,” said Erickson. “But I’m really excited to try out kindergarten. I student taught in kindergarten in Fertile and liked it. I also long-termed subbed at Highland Elementary School in 2018. So, I’m excited to be back in the Crookston District and to try out kindergarten.”

DAN ROONEY
Dan Rooney graduated from the University of North Dakota and will be teaching sixth-grade special education at Highland. “I grew up in Belgrade, MN,” said Rooney. “That’s about three and a half or four hours from here, depending on how fast you drive. I went to school at the University of North Dakota, and I student taught in Becker. Originally was a physical education teacher, got into doing some para work, switched over to special education, and got my masters. I’m teaching sixth-grade special education here.”

Rooney said he’s ready for the school year to being. “It will definitely be different, but I’m working forward to the year,” said Rooney. “I’m ready to start. I’m readying to go; feeling good.”

TRACY HOFFMAN
Tracy Hoffman will teach first through sixth-grade music as well as fifth and sixth-grade choir. “I’ll be teaching music here, first through sixth, and fifth and sixth-grade choir.  I grew up in Fergus Falls. I went to college in Bemidji, and then I taught band in Atkin, MN, and then I moved to Shakopee.”

Hoffman said the changes from COVID will make the upcoming year and adventure. “I’m excited to meet everybody,” said Hoffman. “And it’s going to be an adventure for sure.”  

TANYA REITMEIER
Tanya Reitmeier is from Fisher and will teach third grade at Highland this year. “I will be teaching third grade this year at Highland Elementary,” said Reitmeier. “I was raised just outside of Fisher. Tim and Carol Wagner are my parents. My dad is a farmer outside of town. My mom taught piano lessons. I’m the oldest of four in my family. Now that I’m a Reitmeier as well, I’m also a part of another large family, and I’m living out on the Reitmeier Farm with my in-laws Everett and Joan Reitmeier. We are moving into one of the buildings there momentarily until we figure out where we want to land for sure.”

Reitmeier said she’s excited for the school year and to be back in the area with her family. “It’s been a crazy year this year with COVID,” said Reitmeier. “And excited about our school year, we’re about to embark on, and it’s going to be a crazy adventure for all of us. But, I’m happy to be here and back in the area with all of my family. Ready for the year to come.”

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Adorine G. Bennes – Death Notice

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Adorine G. Bennes, 91, of Fertile, MN, passed away at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, on Sunday, August 30, 2020 under the care of her family and Hospice.

Arrangements are pending at this time for a private, immediate family only graveside service.

Please view our guestbook and share condolences online at www.eriksonvikfh.com.

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POLK COUNTY AND KROX LISTENING AREA COVID-19 INFORMATION (SEPTEMBER 3)

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The Minnesota Department of Health released it’s COVID-19 Weekly Report (here) on Thursday.  All information is updated through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2.  Information on Polk County and the KROX listening area was pulled from the report and is below – 

Polk County Minnesota
Tests 5,677 1,540,107
Positive Cases 2.11 78,123
Percent Positive Tests 2.1% 5.5%
Case Rate per 10,000 54 141
Deaths 4 1,837
No longer require isolation 183 70,175
Open Cases 24 6,111

 

Zip Code City Population Cases Case Rate per 10,000
56517 Beltrami 279 5 or less NA
56523 Climax 539 0 0
56535 Erskine 1,363 14 103
56540 Fertile 1,962 11 56
56542 Fosston 2,829 6 21
56556 Mcintosh 1,160 5 or less NA
56568 Nielsville 142 0 0
56592 Winger 516 5 or less NA
56646 Gully 355 0 0
56684 Trail 282 0 0
56716 Crookston 9,416 48 51
56721 East Grand Forks 10,096 118 117
56722 Euclid 386 5 or less NA
56723 Fisher 970 5 or less NA
56736 Mentor 903 5 or less NA
56750 Red Lake Falls 2,539 26 102
56713 Argyle 1.022 0 0
56757 Stephen 932 5 or less NA
56762 Warren 2,494 15 60

 

SCHOOL LEARNING MODEL OPTIONS

Policy Option 14-day Case Rate per 10,000
All in-person 0 to less than 10
Elementary in-person/high school hybrid 10 to less than 20
Both hybrid 20 to less than 30
Elementary hybrid/high school distance 30 to less than 50
All Distance 50 or more 

 

CASE RATE PER COUNTY

  14-day Case Rate per 10,000 Increase or (-) Decrease
Marshall 1.06 0 
Norman 7.62 -3.05
Polk  9.81 .95
Red Lake  9.98 -4.99

 

 

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MN REPORTS 7 DEATHS, 1,047 NEW COVID-19 CASES INCLUDING 7 IN POLK COUNTY

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The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 1,047 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths. There were seven new cases reported in Polk County for a total of 211 cases in the county since the start of the pandemic. The 1,047 positive results came from 13,926 completed tests for a 7.5 percent positive rate.

Updated September 3, 2020
Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.

Data is for cases that were tested and returned positive. All data is preliminary and may change as cases are investigated. Many data points are collected during case interviews. Data presented below is for all cases, regardless of interview status. Data for cases pending interview may be listed as “unknown/missing.”

Not all suspected cases of COVID-19 are tested, so this data is not representative of the total number of people in Minnesota who have or had COVID-19. Cumulative numbers are since Jan. 20, 2020.

Daily Update:

Because all data is preliminary, the change in number of cumulative positive cases and deaths from one day to the next may not equal the newly reported cases or deaths.

78,123
Total positive cases (cumulative)
1,047
Newly reported cases		 7
Newly reported deaths

Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 1,540,107

  • Total approximate number of people tested: 1,158,388

Testing data table

Date reported to MDH Completed tests reported from the MDH Public Health Lab (daily) Completed tests reported from external laboratories (daily) Total approximate number of completed tests
3/28 470 1,054 18,081
3/29 245 964 19,290
3/30 156 890 20,336
3/31 176 1,341 21,853
4/1 300 703 22,856
4/2 102 1,880 24,838
4/3 56 1,292 26,186
4/4 108 1,555 27,849
4/5 30 1,435 29,314
4/6 46 1,133 30,493
4/7 90 1,461 32,044
4/8 80 1,373 33,497
4/9 93 1,738 35,328
4/10 107 1,651 37,086
4/11 93 1,532 38,711
4/12 56 1,134 39,901
4/13 39 746 40,686
4/14 128 1,063 41,877
4/15 137 1,559 43,573
4/16 110 1,345 45,028
4/17 126 1,340 46,494
4/18 123 1,357 47,974
4/19 66 1,165 49,205
4/20 124 716 50,045
4/21 214 1,535 51,794
4/22 230 1,899 53,923
4/23 216 2,273 56,412
4/24 296 2,793 59,501
4/25 172 2,447 62,120
4/26 71 2,492 64,683
4/27 149 1,869 66,701
4/28 268 3,080 70,049
4/29 253 6,826 77,128
4/30 429 3,918 81,475
5/1 277 4,206 85,958
5/2 302 3,536 89,796
5/3 70 3,092 92,958
5/4 231 3,837 97,026
5/5 266 2,899 100,191
5/6 323 4,157 104,671
5/7 336 4,674 109,681
5/8 254 4,621 114,556
5/9 232 4,679 119,467
5/10 68 5,229 124,764
5/11 278 5,025 130,067
5/12 355 3,661 134,083
5/13 301 6,995 141,379
5/14 1,074 5,658 148,111
5/15 548 8,583 157,242
5/16 717 7,249 165,208
5/17 232 5,749 171,189
5/18 132 6,257 177,578
5/19 601 5,771 183,950
5/20 531 6,423 190,904
5/21 394 7,861 199,159
5/22 742 8,977 208,878
5/23 1,069 7,828 217,775
5/24 86 6,894 224,755
5/25 86 6,561 231,402
5/26 162 6,772 238,336
5/27 254 9,274 247,864
5/28 652 9,241 257,757
5/29 667 9,714 268,138
5/30 0 8,439 276,577
5/31 0 6,888 283,465
6/1 0 4,183 287,648
6/2 1,061 6,621 295,330
6/3 653 15,261 311,244
6/4 378 10,558 322,180
6/5 930 10,111 333,221
6/6 1,087 9,315 343,623
6/7 735 8,756 353,114
6/8 44 7,722 360,880
6/9 300 8,579 369,759
6/10 674 11,343 381,776
6/11 764 12,633 395,173
6/12 1,031 11,772 407,976
6/13 828 8,962 417,766
6/14 253 4,774 422,793
6/15 22 6,176 428,991
6/16 357 19,136 448,484
6/17 486 12,011 460,981
6/18 915 13,262 475,158
6/19 1,113 15,631 491,902
6/20 823 11,304 504,029
6/21 401 8,182 512,612
6/22 23 7,185 519,820
6/23 340 9,351 529,511
6/24 765 12,038 542,314
6/25 1,057 13,546 556,917
6/26 459 12,453 569,829
6/27 820 14,055 584,704
6/28 186 7,342 592,232
6/29 0 12,357 604,589
6/30 264 11,679 616,532
7/1 465 13,072 630,069
7/2 871 13,810 644,750
7/3 409 13,587 658,746
7/4 207 14,207 673,160
7/5 32 5,622 678,814
7/6 0 5,892 684,706
7/7 227 7,373 692,306
7/8 508 13,421 706,235
7/9 1,149 18,055 725,439
7/10 458 15,597 741,494
7/11 505 14,228 756,227
7/12 112 11,903 768,242
7/13 30 8,860 777,132
7/14 223 12,178 789,533
7/15 480 14,298 804,311
7/16 693 14,030 819,034
7/17 695 15,852 835,581
7/18 392 16,395 852,368
7/19 97 13,944 866,409
7/20 0 9,505 875,914
7/21 329 11,933 888,176
7/22 687 15,763 904,626
7/23 1,059 15,679 921,364
7/24 784 17,251 939,399
7/25 435 15,810 955,644
7/26 282 13,254 969,180
7/27 18 9,353 978,551
7/28 345 13,159 992,055
7/29 658 14,146 1,006,859
7/30 1,062 15,568 1,023,489
7/31 507 14,481 1,038,477
8/1 273 14,881 1,053,631
8/2 444 15,320 1,069,395
8/3 13 8,062 1,077,470
8/4 276 11,632 1,089,378
8/5 763 14,181 1,104,322
8/6 691 15,217 1,120,230
8/7 41 17,675 1,137,946
8/8 755 19,257 1,157,958
8/9 330 12,342 1,170,630
8/10 22 6,283 1,176,935
8/11 75 10,873 1,187,883
8/12 508 14,267 1,202,658
8/13 483 16,172 1,219,313
8/14 321 16,792 1,236,426
8/15 114 16,560 1,253,100
8/16 77 12,627 1,265,804
8/17 316 7,048 1,273,168
8/18 426 34,244 1,307,838
8/19 344 13,463 1,321,645
8/20 548 18,261 1,340,454
8/21 381 16,330 1,357,165
8/22 186 16,543 1,373,894
8/23 287 12,031 1,386,212
8/24 36 8,822 1,395,070
8/25 400 10,581 1,406,051
8/26 360 20,804 1,427,215
8/27 460 15,862 1,443,537
8/28 441 16,664 1,460,642
8/29 207 17,274 1,478,123
8/30 464 10,878 1,489,465
8/31 0 9,153 1,498,618
9/1 219 27,344 1,526,181
9/2 286 13,640 1,540,107

Due to delays in deduplication of results data are subject to change.

More about testing data

Minnesota Case Overview

  • Total positive cases: 78,123
    • Number of health care workers: 8,522

Graph of confirmed cases of COVID-19 by specimen collection date, data in table below.

Positive cases by date specimen collected data table

More about positive cases

Patients no longer needing isolation

  • Patients no longer needing isolation: 70,175
More about patients no longer needing isolation

Deaths

  • Deaths: 1,837
    • Deaths among cases that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities: 1,348
  • Probable COVID-19 Deaths*: 52
    * COVID-19 listed on death certificate but a positive test not documented for the person.

Deaths of confirmed cases in Minnesota, data in table below

Deaths data table

More about deaths

Hospitalization

Total cases hospitalized: 6,592

  • Hospitalized as of today*: 272
    • Hospitalized in ICU as of today*: 138
      * Refer to “More about hospitalizations” for notes.

Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations, data in table below

Hospitalization data table

More about hospitalizations

Case Demographics

Age

Age group data table:
Including age group of deaths

More about age

Gender

Gender data table

More about gender

Race & Ethnicity

Race and ethnicity data table:
Including race and ethnicity of deaths

More about race and ethnicity

Likely Exposure

Likely exposure data table

More about likely exposure

Not all cases among health care workers have a likely exposure as health care staff.

Residence

Cases by County of Residence

County of residence is confirmed during the case interview. At the time of this posting not all interviews have been completed.

County of residence data table:
Including county of residence of deaths

More about location data

Residence Type

Residence type data table

Weekly Report

This report includes more detailed information on testing, demographics, syndromic surveillance, and more. Updated every Thursday.

Care Facilities

Congregate Care Facilities with Exposures, by County

Other Statistics

Data in the data tables is correct as of 11 a.m. daily. Dynamic images and maps for case demographics, likely exposure, residence, and residence type will update shortly after 11 a.m. daily and will not work if your browser is in compatibility mode.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GIVES PEAK WIND GUSTS FROM WEDNESDAY THUNDER STORMS

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The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has updated the peak wind gusts from the severe thunderstorm that moved through the area on Wednesday night.  The strongest peak gust was 64 miles per hour at the Grand Forks weather station.  The Grand Forks Air Force base reported a gust of 59 miles per hour. The Crookston Airport reported a peak gust of 40 miles per hour.  All the area gusts are below.

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CROOKSTON GIRL’S SOCCER HOSTS DETROIT LAKES

The Crookston Pirate Girl’s Soccer team has split in their first two matches of the season and are coming off a 1-0 loss at Fergus Falls Hillcrest on Tuesday. The Pirates will host Detroit Lakes this afternoon in another match up of Section 8A foes. The Lakers started out the season with a 10-0 whitewash of Pelican Rapids and then were beaten 4-0 at home by East Grand Forks on Tuesday night. This afternoon’s game will be on the Crookston High School Soccer pitch starting at 3:30 PM.

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CROOKSTON BOY’S SOCCER PLAYS AT EAST GRAND FORKS

The Crookston Pirate Boy’s Soccer team is coming off an opening season loss 5-0 to Pelican Rapids on Tuesday. The Pirates will look to rebound in their first match on the road when they play at East Grand Forks this afternoon. The Green Wave are also coming off a loss when they dropped a 3-2 match to Detroit Lakes at home on Tuesday night. The rivalry between the two Section 8A teams will start at 5:00 PM at the East Grand Forks Senior High School and the match will be on KROX RADIO starting at 4:30 PM with the RiverView Health pre-match show.

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CROOKSTON GIRL’S TENNIS HEADS FOR PERHAM LOOKING FOR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN

The Crookston Pirate Girl’s Tennis team has been perfect so far this season winning their first three matches handily including a 6-1 win over Park Rapids on Tuesday. Today the Pirates will face another Section 8A opponent, the Perham Yellowjackets in Perham. The Yellowjackets are 1-2 on the season with 5-2 losses to Thief River Falls and East Grand Forks while Perham defeated Roseau 6-1, which was the same score that Crookston beat the Rams. The match will start at 4:00 PM this afternoon.

CROOKSTON- Perham- Win Score
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1st Doubles
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Trump Campaign Sues Montana Governor Asking To Halt Mail-In Ballots

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The Trump reelection campaign and the Republican Party sued Montana on Wednesday, after Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock gave counties the choice to conduct the November election entirely by mail-in votes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit alleges Bullock’s directive would negatively affect Montana’s election system. The lawsuit in Montana names Bullock and Republican Secretary of State Corey Stapleton as defendants.

The move is the latest attempt by the Trump campaign to block mail-in voting, which he has claimed without proof would lead to widespread fraud. The campaign and Republican Party also sued last month over a new law in Nevada that will automatically send voters mail-in ballots for November, contending the plan would undermine the election’s integrity.

Montana allows for voting by mail but only at the request of the voter. Under Bullock’s directive, counties have the option to have voting done entirely by mail for the November election. Counties have until Friday to statehow they will conduct the election. According to the secretary of state’s elections office, 42 out of 56 counties have already confirmed they plan to hold the November elections entirely by mail.

Trump campaign sues Democratic Montana governor to limit mail-in voting

Via www.reuters.com
Republican President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign sued the Democratic governor of Montana…
 

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Arrest/Fire Report – Thursday, September 3, 2020

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The Northwest Regional Corrections Center announced the arrests of the following individuals:

Rani Lee Carpenter, 59 of Manvel, ND, for felony 3rd-degree drug possession in a school, park, or public housing zone.

Brian Lee Rogers, 48 of Wauben, for misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Released on personal recognizance.

William Leslie Bohrer, 37 of Warba, for misdemeanor tampering with a vehicle without owner permission. Released on personal recognizance.

Jacklyn Marie Folstrom, 33 of Mahnomen, for felony 3-rd degree possession of amphetamines in a school, park, or public housing zone. Released on personal recognizance.