The Supreme Court confirms draft opinion on abortion is authentic; opens investigation into leaked document

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that a draft opinion to overturn the landmark abortion ruling in Roe vs. Wade that was leaked late Monday is authentic, however cautioned that the draft is not necessarily the final word on the matter.

The opinion, drafted in February and reported by Politico on Monday night, has Justice Samuel Alito joined by four Republican-appointed justices in the decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade’s holding of a federal constitutional right to abortion and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, which largely maintained that right.  Alito writes in the document: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” The other four justices to join Alito were Clarence Thomas, who was appointed by former President George H.W. Bush, and Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, all of whom were nominated by former President Donald Trump.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Supreme Court acknowledged that the draft is legitimate, saying in a statement: “Justices circulate draft opinions internally as a routine and essential part of the court’s confidential and deliberative work. Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.” Chief Justice John Roberts said in the statement: “To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed. The work of the court will not be affected in any way. This was a singular and egregious breach of trust that is an affront to the court and the community of public servants who work here. I have directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.”

Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court on Monday night, chanting “abortion is healthcare” and carrying signs in opposition of the leaked opinion. Democratic leaders vowed to protect and expand access to the medical procedure in their states.

Politico said that it obtained a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in Dobbs vs. Jackson, a challenge to Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. It was not immediately clear whether changes had been made to the draft since it circulated in February; opinions can often undergo multiple drafts and vote changes before a decision is revealed.  The opinion in the case is not expected to be published until late June before the high court’s term ends.

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Screen adaptation of the Broadway show ‘Wicked’ to be split into two films

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Director Jon M. Chu announced that the movie adaptation of the Broadway show ‘Wicked” will be split into two films. The first film is scheduled for release December 2024. Wicked premiered on Broadway in 2003.

Chu cited misgivings about attempting to condense the Broadway musical into a single film, saying in part: “As we tried to cut songs or trim characters, those decisions began to feel like fatal compromises to the source material. With more space, we can tell the story of Wicked as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys of these beloved characters.”

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will play Glinda and Elphaba, the witches of Oz. Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel originated those roles on Broadway. Chu said rehearsals will begin prior to filming and he plans to share updates on production and post-production.

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Take a look at Florence Pugh and Harry Styles in the first trailer for the film ‘Don’t Worry Darling’

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New Line Cinema has released the first trailer for Don’t Worry Darling, the new movie directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles. In the film, Pugh plays Alice and Styles plays Jack, two citizens of a company town called Victory.

Don’t Worry Darling hits North American theaters on September 23, 2022. In addition to Pugh and Styles, the film stars Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine, and is scored by John Powell.

Take a look at the trailer for Don’t Worry Darlinghere.

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ARREST/FIRE REPORT- MAY 4, 2022

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The Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston made the following arrests.

Aaron Charles Stevens, 62, no address provided, for Disorderly Conduct.

William Heminchi Wunderhill, 27, of Jacksonville, Florida, for 4th-Degree Assault on a Police Officer.

The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls on 5/3/2022 –

At 10:00 a.m., the CFD responded to the 100 block of Sargent St. for a detector activation. Upon arrival, it was found a smoke detector had activated, but there was no danger was present. The CFD reset the alarm and cleared the scene.

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ARREST/FIRE REPORT- MAY 4, 2022

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The Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston made the following arrests.

Aaron Charles Stevens, 62, no address provided, for Disorderly Conduct.

William Heminchi Wunderhill, 27, of Jacksonville, Florida, for 4th-Degree Assault on a Police Officer.

The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls on 5/3/2022 –

At 10:00 a.m., the CFD responded to the 100 block of Sargent St. for a detector activation. Upon arrival, it was found a smoke detector had activated, but there was no danger was present. The CFD reset the alarm and cleared the scene.

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FOSSTON USES BIG SIXTH INNING TO BEAT CROOKSTON BASEBALL

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The Crookston Pirate Baseball team finally got to play their first game of the season and it happened to be one of the top teams in Section 8A, the Fosston Greyhounds in a game played in Erskine.   Fosston used a big sixth inning to beat Crookston 10-4.

Fosston got things going in the first inning when Cullen Norland reached on an error, stole second base, and advanced to third base on a pass ball.  Norland scored on a Tommy Simonson sacrifice fly to centerfield for a 1-0 lead.  Crookston’s George Widman singled and advanced to second in the bottom of the first inning, but was stranded there and Fosston had a 1-0. lead after one inning.

In the top of the second inning, Fosston had runners on first and second base with two outs, but the Pirate’s Alex Longoria struck out the next batter to get out of the inning.
Ethan Boll led off the bottom of the second inning with a walk before he stole second base.  After two strikeouts, Austin Trinkle reached on a fielder’s choice and everybody was safe.  The next Pirate batter flew out to left field and Fosston still held a 1-0 lead. 

In the top of the third inning, Fosston’s Cullen Norland reached on a Crookston error before Aaron Norland singled to centerfield and runners were at the corners.  The Greyhounds stole second base and on the throw to second, Ashton Larson injured his throwing arm forcing the Pirates to change catchers.  The Fosston baserunner was safe at second and runners were at the corners. The next batter grounded out to first base where the only play Pirate first baseman Jack Doda had was to get an out at first while a run scored.   Noah Mahlen hit a flyball to shallow centerfield and the Pirates dropped the ball on a running try and another run came into score.  The runner advanced to second on a wild pitch and then moved over to third on a pass ball. Crookston got out of the inning when Blake Melsa fielded the ball at short and just beat the Greyhound at first and Fosston led 3-0.

In the bottom of the third inning, Crookston’s George Widman reached and stole second before advancing to third base on a throwing error.  Longoria walked and tried to steal second base and the Fosston player couldn’t field the throw and the ball went into centerfield and Widman scored from third base.  Longoria tried to steal third base after a pitch went in the dirt, but the ball didn’t go far enough and the Fosston catcher threw the ball to third base to get Longoria and Crookston trailed 3-1 after three innings.

In the top of the fourth inning, Fosston had runners on first and second base when Aaron Norland doubled to score two more runs for a 4-1 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Crookston’s Jackson Demarais and Cade DeLeon both walked to put runners at first and second with nobody out.  Fosston decided to go to the bullpen and brought Mahlen in to pitch.  After a strikeout, Noah hit a ground ball to the second baseman, and on the throw to the shortstop covering second base the ball was dropped and everybody was safe.  With bases loaded, Gunnar Gunderson was hit by a pitch to score a run and Crookston was within a 4-2 deficit.  After a Pirate strikeout, Alex Longoria hit a fly ball to right field and the ball was dropped allowing two more runs to score to tie the game at 4-4.

Crookston brought in Jack Doda to pitch the top of the fifth inning.  Fosston had runners at first and second with one out.  Doda struck out the next batter for the second out before getting a ground out to third base and the game was still tied 4-4.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Jackson Demarais reached on an error as the sun was setting and the throw from the pitcher to first base was lost in the sun and Demarais advanced to second base.  DeLeon followed with a sacrifice bunt to advance Demarais to third before the next batter struck out for the third out of the inning and the game was still tied at 4-4.

In the top of the sixth inning, Cullen Norland started with a line-drive single to centerfield.  A few pitches later he stole second base and the throw to second went into centerfield allowing Norland to advance to third base.  Aaron Norland drew a walk before stealing second base and with runners at second and third base, Thomas Simonson singled in two runs and advanced to second on the throw home.  Fosston had a 6-4 lead.  Fosston kept it going as Mahlen helped his own cause with a double to left-center field to score a run for a 7-4 lead.  Mahlen advanced to third on a throwing error on the play before scoring on a wild pitch for an 8-4 lead.  With a runner at second base, Keegan Senger smashed a groundball through the infield to score another run and the Greyhounds led 9-4.  Josh Manecke kept the solid at-bats going as he singled and Jacob Gutterud walked to load the bases, but Crookston finally got out of the inning with a ground out to first base.
Crookston’s Blake Melsa walked in the bottom of the sixth inning, but they weren’t able to take advantage of the baserunner and Fosston took a 9-4 lead into the final inning.

In the top of the seventh inning, Fosston added an insurance run with an infield single, a stolen base, and a ground out by Mahlen to score a run for a 10-4 lead.
Crookston was retired in 1-2-3 fashion in the bottom of the seventh and Fosston won 10-4.

Crookston drops to 0-1 on the year and will host another top team in Section 8A on Thursday when they host Sacred Heart at 6:30 p.m.  Fosston improves to 2-0 on the year.

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Fosston 1 0 2 1 0 5 1 10
Crookston 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4

 

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Alex Longoria-Crox 4.0
Jack Doda – Crox (L) 1.0
Spencer Ness – Crox
Cullen Norland – Fosston
Noah Mahlen – Fosston (W)


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CROOKSTON HIGH SCHOOL GETS TWO NEW SIGNS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING

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The Crookston High School is showing its Pirate Pride in bigger ways than ever with the addition of two new signs on the front of the school. The first one is a large, glowing sign on the outside of the Auditorium and above the Pirate Ship saying, “Crookston High School” with the Pirate logo. The other is above the front main entrance that says, “Home of the Pirates.” They put the “Home of the Pirates” sign up last week and completed the “Crookston High School” sign on Tuesday. 

A few years ago, Crookston Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy Olson was assigned a project by the High School Board to increase Pirate Pride in the District. So, Olson came up with the idea of making the logo of the Pirates and the school’s colors a uniform focus for the district, students, and even for visiting schools and teams. “One of the jobs the School Board tasked me a few years ago was to increase Pirate Pride within our District. One part of increasing Pirate Pride is to focus on not only the spirit within our school, but also to embody the emblems, logos, and so forth,” said Crookston Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy Olson. “We’re trying to incorporate throughout our district a more uniform focus on our logo and our colors and building that Pirate Pride aesthetically while we also build that Pirate Pride within our student body and our staff.”

The main focus of the project came from the thought of trying to make the school stand out visually and make it clear to any visitors and opposing teams who they were coming to see and what the school was about. Before settling on the final designs, Olson and the School Board went through many different designs for many months before making the final choice. “We included the “Home of the Pirates” above our main entrance as a theme, and this was something we reviewed with the School Board. We actually spent several months on it, talking about different design options and so forth,” Superintendent Olson explained. “Then the “Crookston High School” sign, we had a couple of different renditions of it, one was just “Crookston High School,” another was just having the Pirate head logo on there as well. As we started looking at different options, this was the option that the School Board ultimately selected and funded last spring, and of course, with lead time and the interesting winter, it took some lead time and delayed the project a little bit.” The school had hired Ross Lewis Sign Co. Inc. of Bemidji to hang the “Crookston High School” sign, and now they are waiting for local electricians to complete the wiring to have it light up at night.

Superintendent Olson believes that after years of planning and debate, the Crookston High School has completed another tremendous long-term project to help increase Pirate Pride for the school and district and gave his thanks to everyone in the School District that’s helped make it possible. “I am happy with how it turned out,” said Olson. “I think this is thanks to the School Board’s strong support, they’ve pushed to focus on Pirate Pride, and we want everything to be quality here at Crookston Public Schools, both aesthetically and with what we’re doing programmatically. These are the things we’re trying to do and build, and it’s been fun to be a part of.”

Pictures of the signs being built and completed can be seen below.

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CHS COMMUNITY PROJECTS CLASS TAKES A TOUR OF ARCTIC CAT IN THIEF RIVER FALLS

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Today, the Crookston High School Community Projects Class visited Arctic Cat in Thief River Falls for a tour. 24 students went on the visit that included a factory tour with all the different stations throughout. They saw the production of Side by Sides, ATV’s and Snowmobiles, and the visit included guest speakers from the plant talking about what they do within the plant and their experience. They also gave advice to the students on what to take in high school and college classes and even made a pitch for summer part-time and full-time help to the students.

It was a very unique experience for the students. CHS Industrial Education Teacher Travis Oliver would like to thank Arctic Cat for allowing us the opportunity to visit.

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ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM ERSKINE TO FOSSTON TO BEGIN MAY 5

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Motorists on Highway 2 from Erskine to Fosston can expect short-term delays and lane closures as construction begins mid-May. During the project, crews will be replacing the concrete roadway on Highway 2 eastbound lanes between Erskine and Fosston as well as Highway 2 westbound lanes in McIntosh. The roadway will be replaced with bituminous pavement. The project also includes seal coat and a four-lane to three-lane restripe in Fosston, which will begin late summer 2022.

Spruce Valley Corporation is the contractor for the $18 million project. For more information and a project map, visit the website at www.mndot.gov/d2/projects/hwy2-fosston-erskine.

This project will include a safer road and a smoother, longer-lasting driving surface.

MnDOT reminds drivers to slow down, avoid distractions and follow traffic signs in work zones.

For updates on construction, road conditions, and other transportation-related topics, join the MnDOT District 2 Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/mndotnorthwest/. 

For a complete list of projects for 2021, please visit www.mndot.gov/d2. For real-time traffic and travel information in Minnesota, visit www.511mn.org or get the free smartphone app at Google Play or the App Store.

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CROOKSTON PIRATE SOFTBALL TAKING ON RED LAKE FALLS – ON KROX

The Crookston Pirate Softball team has three games under their belt and is enjoying the sunshine as they play at Red Lake Falls.  Crookston is 1-2 on the year and Red Lake Falls is coming off a win on Monday.

You can hear the game on KROX Radio or click on listen live in the upper right-hand corner.

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Crookston 0 0
Red Lake Falls 1 6

 

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Jenna Coauette- Crookston
Bella Amiot – RLF


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