Month: September 2020

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POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WARNS OF SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM CALLS

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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous reports of people receiving calls claiming there is fraud involving their Social Security number in Texas.  The calls are being placed to look like they are coming from local numbers. These calls are scams, the callers are asked to continue on with the phone call and typically the person on the line threatens criminal action if they don’t comply with the instructions. The IRS or Law Enforcement do not conduct business this way.

If you receive a call and believe it to be a scam, report it to your local law enforcement agency.

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CROOKSTON GIRL’S SOCCER TRY TO MAKE IT A SEASON SWEEP OVER PELICAN RAPIDS

The Crookston Pirate Girl’s Soccer team is 2-6 on the year and they have two games left of the regular season and both games are against the two teams they have already beaten once so far! This afternoon the Pirates head to Pelican Rapids, a Vikings team the Pirates defeated 5-1 on September 8, their last win of the season. Game time is slated for 3:30 PM. Crookston will close out the regular season tomorrow afternoon in Walker.

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Pelican Rapids

Scoring – 

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CROOKSTON BOY’S SOCCER HOSTS THE ROUGHRIDERS

It will be a cool and windy afternoon for soccer, but the Crookston Pirates will try for victory number two this afternoon when they host another North Dakota team, Grand Forks Red River at the Crookston High School Soccer Field. The Pirates are coming off a 4-0 loss to Fargo North (N.D.) on Saturday and in fact Crookston has been shutout the last three matches and are 1-6 on the year. The Roughriders have played 13 matches already and they just beat Fargo North 5-0 last Thursday to improve to 7-4-2 on the season. Match time is 4:00 PM and it will be on KROX RADIO starting with the RiverView Health pre-match show at 3:30 PM.

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CROOKSTON

Scoring – 

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RIVERVIEW HEALTH TO HOLD FLU SHOT CLINICS IN CROOKSTON

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With cold weather creeping in and flu season just around the corner, RiverView’s North Clinic, Crookston, will be holding public flu shot clinics on the following days:

  • Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2-5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 7, 4-6 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 13, 4-6 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2-5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 20, 4-6 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2-5 p.m.

Those who wish to have their insurance billed will be asked to present their insurance card. The cost of the flu vaccine is covered by Medicare and Medicaid, so individuals with those insurances are asked to present their insurance cards at the time of the shot as well.

If you have a child or are an adult with an aversion to shots, please ask your nurse to use “Buzzy’’ in administering the shot. Buzzy is an FDA approved device used to help block the pain of injections, IVs, burning from medications, and even muscle soreness. Buzzy is available for use at all RiverView Clinics and has been given the thumbs up by users of all ages.

Appointments are required. Call 281-9595 to make an appointment.

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MN REPORTS 7 DEATHS, 936 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 INCLUDING 6 MORE IN POLK COUNTY

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The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 936 new positive COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths. The new cases were found among 22,162 completed tests for a positive rate of 4.2 percent. There were six new cases reported in Polk County.

Updated September 28, 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.

97,638
Total positive cases (cumulative)
936
Newly reported cases		 7
Newly reported deaths

Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 2,003,115

  • Total approximate number of people tested: 1,397,865

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 (cumulative)
3/28 470 1,053 18,080
3/29 245 964 19,289
3/30 156 890 20,335
3/31 176 1,341 21,852
4/1 300 702 22,854
4/2 102 1,880 24,836
4/3 56 1,291 26,183
4/4 108 1,555 27,846
4/5 30 1,435 29,311
4/6 46 1,133 30,490
4/7 90 1,461 32,041
4/8 80 1,373 33,494
4/9 93 1,737 35,324
4/10 107 1,651 37,082
4/11 93 1,533 38,708
4/12 56 1,134 39,898
4/13 39 746 40,683
4/14 128 1,062 41,873
4/15 137 1,559 43,569
4/16 110 1,345 45,024
4/17 126 1,339 46,489
4/18 123 1,357 47,969
4/19 66 1,164 49,199
4/20 124 716 50,039
4/21 214 1,534 51,787
4/22 230 1,899 53,916
4/23 216 2,274 56,406
4/24 296 2,795 59,497
4/25 172 2,447 62,116
4/26 71 2,492 64,679
4/27 149 1,869 66,697
4/28 268 3,081 70,046
4/29 253 6,822 77,121
4/30 429 3,916 81,466
5/1 277 4,196 85,939
5/2 302 3,534 89,775
5/3 70 3,092 92,937
5/4 231 3,836 97,004
5/5 266 2,899 100,169
5/6 323 4,144 104,636
5/7 336 4,671 109,643
5/8 254 4,622 114,519
5/9 232 4,678 119,429
5/10 68 5,224 124,721
5/11 278 5,023 130,022
5/12 355 3,658 134,035
5/13 301 6,989 141,325
5/14 1,074 5,656 148,055
5/15 548 8,680 157,283
5/16 717 7,279 165,279
5/17 232 5,747 171,258
5/18 132 6,255 177,645
5/19 601 5,767 184,013
5/20 531 6,422 190,966
5/21 394 7,859 199,219
5/22 742 8,973 208,934
5/23 1,069 7,822 217,825
5/24 86 6,893 224,804
5/25 86 6,563 231,453
5/26 162 6,773 238,388
5/27 254 9,302 247,944
5/28 652 9,297 257,893
5/29 667 9,707 268,267
5/30 0 8,430 276,697
5/31 0 6,889 283,586
6/1 0 4,180 287,766
6/2 1,061 6,618 295,445
6/3 15,255 311,353
6/4 379 10,739 322,471
6/5 930 10,222 333,623
6/6 1,087 9,462 344,172
6/7 735 8,873 353,780
6/8 44 8,132 361,956
6/9 300 8,590 370,846
6/10 674 11,392 382,912
6/11 765 12,890 396,567
6/12 1,031 11,908 409,506
6/13 828 9,173 419,507
6/14 254 4,845 424,606
6/15 22 6,427 431,055
6/16 357 19,183 450,595
6/17 486 12,177 463,258
6/18 916 13,413 477,587
6/19 1,113 15,750 494,450
6/20 823 11,523 506,796
6/21 401 8,387 515,584
6/22 23 7,347 522,954
6/23 340 9,424 532,718
6/24 726 12,181 545,625
6/25 1,058 13,686 560,369
6/26 459 12,550 573,378
6/27 820 14,292 588,490
6/28 187 7,606 596,283
6/29 0 12,424 608,707
6/30 264 11,690 620,661
7/1 465 13,158 634,284
7/2 871 13,863 649,018
7/3 409 13,735 663,162
7/4 207 14,450 677,819
7/5 32 5,960 683,811
7/6 0 5,894 689,705
7/7 227 7,370 697,302
7/8 508 13,413 711,223
7/9 1,150 18,339 730,712
7/10 458 15,722 746,892
7/11 505 14,297 761,694
7/12 112 11,958 773,764
7/13 30 8,873 782,667
7/14 223 12,168 795,058
7/15 480 14,384 809,922
7/16 693 14,152 824,767
7/17 695 15,922 841,384
7/18 389 16,610 858,383
7/19 97 14,210 872,690
7/20 0 9,646 882,336
7/21 329 12,221 894,886
7/22 686 15,903 911,475
7/23 1,060 16,032 928,567
7/24 784 17,328 946,679
7/25 435 16,105 963,219
7/26 282 13,432 976,933
7/27 18 9,627 986,578
7/28 345 13,228 1,000,151
7/29 659 14,296 1,015,106
7/30 1,062 15,731 1,031,899
7/31 509 14,797 1,047,205
8/1 273 15,168 1,062,646
8/2 444 15,610 1,078,700
8/3 13 8,264 1,086,977
8/4 276 11,677 1,098,930
8/5 764 14,255 1,113,949
8/6 693 15,352 1,129,994
8/7 41 17,923 1,147,958
8/8 755 19,589 1,168,302
8/9 330 12,477 1,181,109
8/10 22 6,467 1,187,598
8/11 75 10,951 1,198,624
8/12 508 14,494 1,213,626
8/13 483 16,368 1,230,477
8/14 324 17,064 1,247,865
8/15 115 16,883 1,264,863
8/16 77 12,872 1,277,812
8/17 316 7,094 1,285,222
8/18 427 34,131 1,319,780
8/19 344 13,819 1,333,943
8/20 549 18,505 1,352,997
8/21 382 16,628 1,370,007
8/22 186 16,783 1,386,976
8/23 287 12,422 1,399,685
8/24 36 8,875 1,408,596
8/25 403 10,583 1,419,582
8/26 360 21,121 1,441,063
8/27 460 16,166 1,457,689
8/28 442 16,964 1,475,095
8/29 207 17,562 1,492,864
8/30 466 11,322 1,504,652
8/31 0 9,205 1,513,857
9/1 221 27,482 1,541,560
9/2 294 13,640 1,555,494
9/3 672 18,431 1,574,597
9/4 315 18,673 1,593,585
9/5 369 16,497 1,610,451
9/6 101 15,407 1,625,959
9/7 11 7,533 1,633,503
9/8 15 5,443 1,638,961
9/9 467 7,666 1,647,094
9/10 617 17,238 1,664,949
9/11 338 20,247 1,685,534
9/12 742 20,670 1,706,946
9/13 378 16,757 1,724,081
9/14 18 9,710 1,733,809
9/15 204 9,656 1,743,669
9/16 572 18,952 1,763,193
9/17 655 28,758 1,792,606
9/18 694 22,508 1,815,808
9/19 485 22,016 1,838,309
9/20 626 16,341 1,855,276
9/21 0 9,447 1,864,723
9/22 474 9,869 1,875,066
9/23 548 20,659 1,896,273
9/24 1,008 27,349 1,924,630
9/25 1,107 30,015 1,955,752
9/26 549 24,652 1,980,953
9/27 560 21,602 2,003,115

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

More about testing data

Minnesota Case Overview

  • Total positive cases: 97,638
    • Number of health care workers: 10,271

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: 87,330
More about patients no longer needing isolation

Deaths

  • Total deaths: 2,015
    • Deaths among cases that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities: 1,447
  • Total 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: 7,546
    • Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 2,111

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 will update shortly after 11 a.m. daily and will not work if your browser is in compatibility mode.

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Rosetta Jean LaRochelle – Obit

Rosetta Jean LaRochelle, 72, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Friday afternoon, September 25, 2020, at the Villa St. Vincent. A Memory Sharing service will be held for Rosie LaRochelle at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 4, 2020, at the Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home in Crookston, led by Trey Everett, Celebrant. Visitation will be from 1-3:00 p.m. COVID-19 restrictions will apply with the wearing of masks and social distancing in observance.

Online registry:  www.stenshoelhouske.com.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – GOOD TO SEE CARES ACT FUNDS GO TO BUSINESSES

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September 27, 2020

I was so happy to see the number of Crookston businesses poised to receive CARES act funding, what an important lifeline for so many in our community. I hope this funding will help these valuable members of our business community survive, recover and thrive in the future. I was also glad to see the United Way, an organization that helps so many others provide crucial help to those in need as a recipient. However, I was surprised at the number of businesses NOT on the list and I wonder if they were unaware or simply unable to navigate what must have been a complex process to apply for these funds.

I read that a second wave of funding may be available and hope that businesses like Hair Connexion, Shear Sisters, Montagues and China Moon will be able to benefit from that aid. On that note, someone to help them navigate this process might be in order. As the city is the distributor of those funds, I don’t know if they can really help or if they have the manpower to do so, but perhaps the Chamber would step up and help its members with this process. What a wonderful service they could provide and incredible support for the local business community since they can’t do all the in person events the Chamber normally does. I imagine with the boost in funding the Chamber received with all the rest of the businesses on the published list, they’d be well positioned to think of some way to help the rest of our local business owners to benefit in the same way. It’s so great the Chamber already knows the process and how to cross the Ts and dot the Is in what I imagine is somewhat complex and perhaps time-consuming process. This is a wonderful opportunity for the Chamber and all our local businesses to work hand in hand to ensure everyone’s survival.

Elizabeth Summers Boucher
Crookston, MN

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PEOPLE SHOW SUPPORT FOR POLICE IN CROOKSTON

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A group of people from Crookston and the surrounding area showed their support for the police on Saturday, September 26, by praying the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet for them. They were joined by 3,000 pro-police rallies nationwide.

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NFL Hall Of FamerJoe Montana And Wife Rescue Grandchild From Attempted Kidnapping

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Authorities say that NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana and his wife, Jennifer, rescued their grandchild from an attempted kidnapping Saturday at their home in California.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that the suspect, identified as Sodsai Dalzell, entered the Montana residence in Malibu around 5 p.m. Saturday. The statement alleged that she kidnapped the Montanas’ 9-month-old grandchild by removing the child from a playpen in the living room, then walked upstairs with the child, where she was met by Montana and his wife, according to the sheriff’s department.

The statement said, “Mr. Montana, and his wife Jennifer, confronted the female, attempted to de-escalate the situation, and asked for the suspect to give back their grandchild. A tussle ensued and Mrs. Montana was able to safely pry the child out of the suspects arms. The suspect fled to a nearby house, where she was located and arrested by Malibu/Lost Hills Deputie. She was charged with kidnapping and burglary. The child was not injured.”

Montana said in a statement on social media.: “Thank you to everyone who has reached out. Scary situation, but thankful that everybody is doing well. We appreciate respect for our privacy at this time.”

NFL icon and wife save grandchild from near-kidnapping

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Joe Montana’s grandchild was nearly kidnapped at his Malibu home.
 

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