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The Crookston Pirates Boys Tennis team is 5-7 on the year and will host Moorhead Tuesday afternoon at the Crookston High School.
| CROOKSTON- | Moorhead – | Win | Score | |
| 1st S | Jack Garmen | |||
| 2nd | Erik Couette | |||
| 3rd | Isaac Thomforde | |||
| 4th | Reggie Winjum | |||
| 1st Dubs | Evan Christensen Mason Owens |
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| 2nd | Nathan Kelly | |||
| 3rd | Sam Widesth |
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The Polk County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday morning inside the Polk County Government Center. They heard from Property Records Representative Michelle Cote to discuss a location for an Absentee Voting Location, the 2022 Primary & General Election dates, to appoint the Election Judges, and a resolution to establish an Absentee/Mail system for the 2022 Elections. They also heard from Public Health Department Director Sarah Reese to discuss an Out of State Travel Request and received a presentation from AG Innovation Campus Project Manager Jim Lambert and Board Chairman Mike Skaug on an update from the Ag Innovation Campus. They also heard from County Administrator Chuck Whiting, Polk County Sheriff James Tadman and held a Public Hearing on County Ditch No. 111.
CONSENT ITEMS
The Board opened the meeting by first approving the Auditor Warrants and the minutes from their meeting on April 26. The final item Consent Agenda also approved a payment to North American Systems, Int’l, Eagan, in the amount of $1,500 for cable for the MIS Department.
The Board approved all items unanimously.
MICHELLE COTE- PROPERTY RECORDS
The Board then heard from Director of Property Records Michelle Cote, to prepare the Board for the upcoming Primary and General Elections happening later this year. She first informed the Board that she was designating Absentee Voting in Minnesota Statutes 203B.05 and an additional location designated in the City Hall of East Grand Forks to serve voters in Wards 1-5 for the upcoming election. She then came forward to request a motion to set the Canvassing Dates of the 2022 Primary & General Election on Friday, August 12 at 10:00 a.m. for the Primary Election, and Wednesday, November 16 at 10:00 a.m. for the General Election as three of the five Commissioners were up for reelection by those times. She then went into the request to appoint and begin the training of new Election Judges Casey “CJ” Wilde-Olson, Kayla Schumacher, Julie Sandman, Connie Desrosier, Breanna Wavra, Janet Mattison, Amy Erdmann, Annalee Jones, Andrew Dessellier, Harrison Boucher, Diana Amiot, Jennifer Perreault, Patty Frydenlund, Michelle Erdmann, and Bruce Krueger to be utilized in the Testing, Validating, Tabulation, and Technical support for the 2022 elections. Her final item was a resolution to establish an Absentee and Mail Ballet Board for the 2022 Primary & General Elections. Many of the Election Judges she asked for earlier, including Bruch Krueger, David Murphy from East Grand Forks, and others, would be a part of the board to process the ballots that come through the facility. She mentioned that she wanted to have at least one Democrat and Republican member on the Ballet Board to help keep a neutral standing on Election Day after receiving a correspondence from one of the parties. “After some discussion and mapping out a plan for how this would work, I reached out to both the Republicans and Democrats and asked them to submit three potential people who could be a part of that process. We would have one from each party, so we’d always have party balance,” Property Records Director Michelle Cote explained. “They did supply the names, and we sent applications to all those people, but we did not receive any back. So, we are just continuing on as we have done in the past, utilizing staff, which are considered neutral parties, since as staff, we don’t have to declare a party, and just moving forward in that manner as we didn’t receive any response from either of the parties,” she added. She also reminded the Commissioners that Filing for the election would begin on Tuesday, May 17, and go until Tuesday, May 31.
The Board approved all motions unanimously.
CHUCK WHITING-ADMINISTRATION
The Board then heard from County Administrator Chuck Whiting, who first asked for the authorization to fill the position of Facilities Management Director after Mark Dietz’s impending departure. He followed up by asking for the authorization to hire two Maintenance Worker Facilities positions due to the department already stretching its current staff and that these positions will be difficult to fill due to them being Grade 6 positions. He revealed that the Facilities Department has not budgeted for these positions and that securing the hiring options now would be prudent for the Department. He continued by requesting the authorization for Architectural Services for the Judicial Center Roof Replacement Project, which was one of the projects included in the Capital Improvement bonds they budgeted. After the Building Committee has reviewed the project with Todd Blixt from ICON, the consensus is to proceed with the roofing project, but it exceeds the $150,000 budget, so specifications and bidding are required. The Agreement’s anticipated schedule he received to prepare for the bidding is set for late fall and to start spring work in 2023, with an anticipated cost of $49,500 to cover all the required services and permits needed to complete the project. He lastly approached the Board to seek the approval to fill the Administrative Assistant I-A vacancy created by the resignation of Pam Cournia that is going into effect on May 15.
The Board approved all motions unanimously.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Public Health Director Sarah Reese then approached the Board to make two out-of-state travel requests. The first was for Melissa Perreault to travel and participate in the Montana Summer Institute – Navigating Transformation: Increasing Health & Safety with Positive Community Norms in Big Sky, Montana, from June 21-24, 2022. With all expenses paid by DHS/Regional Prevention Coordinator. The second request was for Melissa Perreault and Sarah Shimek to travel and participate in the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) Mid-Year Training Institute in Orlando, Florida, from July 17-21, 2022. With all expenses paid by DHS/Regional Prevention Coordinator and Drug-Free Communities. Both are part of required training and orientation for Perreault.
The Board approved both requests unanimously.
JAMES TADMAN- SHERIFF
The Board was then approached by Polk County Sheriff Jim Tadman, who requested that the Department could advertise and hire for an Open Deputy Patrol Position and any subsequent openings due to a Patrol Deputy Heath Hanson retiring on May 15 after 25 years of service. He reported that Hanson planned on going to the Crookston Police Department as a Sergeant.
The Board approved the request unanimously.
JIM LAMBERT, AG INNOVATION CAMPUS PROJECT MANAGER & BOARD CHAIRMAN, MIKE SKAUG
The Board then received an update from Ag Innovation Campus Project Manager Jim Lambert and Board Chairman Mike Skaug on the upcoming Ag Innovation Campus. The Campus has set itself up to be self-funded for years and provide grant assistance to qualified projects that need their resources. Due to it being a 501(c)(3) organization, it will collaborate with public and private entities to help agricultural-based efforts worldwide. They explained that currently, they have three phases of construction planned to complete the project. They reported that they currently have general permitting for the rush plant portion completed along with Earth Work, parking areas, and site utilities that were finished for the crush plant last fall. They also reported that they had issued a building permit and plan to have footing and foundations start in the beginning of June. They then plan to have the pre-cast food grade building begin construction in late June, with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs being finalized. They will then build the interior rough-in work, with floor slabs and interior finishes by July/August. They then plan to install crush equipment and Grain Handling equipment in September, with proposals for the Load-in, Load-out building now in progress. “We expect the plant’s construction to be completed in the winter of this year and start operations in January of next year,” Ag Innovation Campus Project Manager Jim Lamber explained. “In January 2023, we’ll start doing some equipment testing and fine-tuning the operation. Then starting production shortly thereafter,” he added.
They explained that they also had submitted a proposal for the American Relief Funds and hoped that the Board would pick them to be funded, as they had simple but expensive items like concrete driveways and added storage compacity to features like oil refining and had tight funding for the entire project.
PUBLIC HEARING
The Board finished the meeting by opening a Public Hearing to the room to discuss adding half of East Section 18 to County Ditch No. 111, as this will allow the landowners to allow water to drain into the Ditch. The Board was approached by County Engineer Richard Sanders speaking on behalf of Landowners Randy and Brady Lee. “Back in the 1900s, when the County Ditches were built, all the lands that drained into them are their benefitted areas. This past winter, I got a call from Mr. Lee stating that he wanted to drain his land into County Ditch 111, and he currently wasn’t paying benefits into it,” County Engineer Richard Sanders explained. “So, today we had a Public Hearing to add their lands, the East half of Section 18 of Badger Township, to the County Ditch 111 benefited area. Now any future maintenance that goes on to County Ditch 111, the Lee’s will be paying their fair share of that work,” he added. The Lees then left to get a permit from Red Lake Watershed to tile their property to help the water drain West to the Ditch.
The Board approved their request unanimously. A map of the new addition to County Ditch 111 can be seen below.
The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 17, at 9:30 a.m. inside the Polk County Government Center.
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The Crookston Pirate Girls Golf finally got their first round of golf of the season in on Tuesday at the Moorhead Invitational played at the Meadows. Crookston finished fifth out of six teams while shooting a 443. Detroit Lakes won the event easily, shooting a 323 which was 47 strokes better than runner-up Moorhead. “The girls and coaches were excited just to get out for the first time,” said Pirate Coach Jeff Perreault.
The Pirates were led by Grace Fischer, a junior, with a 107. She had seven bogies in her first round of the year. “That is kind of where we expected her to be,” said Coach Perreault. “She was pretty happy with her first round of Ava Martin, an eighth-grader, had the second-best score with a 111 while recording two pars and four bogies. “She made the tournament team last year so it is no surprise she had a good start,” said Coach Perreault. Morgan Nelson, a sophomore, also tuned in a 111. Nelson had one par and three bogies in her round. Halle Nicholas, an eighth-grader, had the third-best score for Crookston while shooting a 112. Nicholas didn’t record a par, but she had seven bogies in her round. Georgia Sanders, a freshman, turned in a 120. Sanders didn’t have a par, but recorded three bogies. The final Pirate score was Coral Brekken, a sophomore, with a 122 with two bogies. “We are happy to get out, but it was a soggy round because it was wet everywhere,” said Coach Perreault. The girls said the greens were in pretty good shape, but all the girls were just happy to get the first round in and get a starting point for the season and try to shave the scores down.”
Detroit Lakes took the top three individual spots with the medalist, Hanna Knoop, shooting an outstanding 73.
Crookston will travel to Erskine on Thursday with several other North Fore conference teams to get another round of golf in.
| Teams | Pirates | Score | |
| 1. Detroit Lakes – 323 | Grace Fischer | 107 | |
| 2. Moorhead – 370 | Ava Martin | 111 | |
| 3. East Grand Forks – | Morgan Nelson | 111 | |
| 4. Roseau – 418 | Halle Nicholas | 112 | |
| 5. Crookston – 443 | Georgia Sanders | 120 | |
| 6. Thief River Falls – 461 | Coral Brekken | 122 | |
| Top Individuals | Score | ||
| 1. Hanna Knoop – DL | 73 | ||
| 2. McKenna Mallow – DL | 78 | ||
| 3. Laura Syltie – DL | 80 |
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As of 2:00 pm today, the Red Lake River level at Crookston was at 21.25 feet and is continuing to recede. The Crookston Emergency Operation Center and city staff will continue to monitor river levels ad levee systems.
At this time, operations at all Ward Command posts have been suspended. In the coming days, portions of the temporary clay levee systems will be removed, and road closures will be reopened.
For additional information and/or to report any high-water concerns, please call the Emergency Operation Center at 218-281-4363 or 218-281-4383.
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Dean G. Schenkey, 78, Fertile, MN, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 7, 2022, at Riverview Care Center in Crookston, MN.
Dean George Schenkey was born on March 14, 1943, in Thief River Falls, MN to George and Dorothy (Worman) Schenkey. He spent most of his life in the Beltrami area and graduated from Fertile High School. Dean had many long-time friends in the area. During the ’70s, Dean owned a gas station in Beltrami and worked in Minneapolis, MN for a few years, but mostly he ran farm equipment for several local farmers in the Beltrami area.
Dean loved family and hosting holiday meals. The more family there, the happier he was! Dean also greatly enjoyed action movies, reading, and rock n’ roll music. He was an avid Vikings and Twins fan. His family will always remember Viking games on TV evoking loud yells and pounding the arm of his chair during tense game moments!
Dean’s easy smile and laugh will be greatly missed by family and friends. He is survived by his sister, Pamela Clark; children, Jessie (John) Duffy, and Terry (Sherry) Schenkey; grandchildren, Sarah and Johnny Duffy, Jenae Schenkey, Kelsey Schenkey, Josh Awender, and Jason Awender; nephew, Gary Clark; great-grandchildren; and other nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Dorothy Schenkey; stepmother, Alice Schenkey; and grandson, Timothy Hedrich.
Memorial Service: 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Erikson-Vik-Ganje Funeral Home, Fertile, MN.
Inurnment: Fairview Cemetery, Beltrami, MN.
Please view our guestbook and share condolences online at www.eriksonvikfh.com
Arrangements with Erikson-Vik-Ganje Funeral Home Fertile, Minnesota
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All RiverView Health Orthopaedic patients, past and present, and their family members are invited to RiverView’s Walk and Roll 2K on May 21. Get out and enjoy some fresh air with the following members of RiverView’s Orthopaedics Team:
Enjoy yard games, entertainment, comradery with fellow patients, and visiting with your provider. Lucille’s Belly Rubbin’ Grub food truck will also be on-site for food purchases.
The event is a fundraiser with proceeds going toward the purchase of operating room equipment. The cost for patients and family members is $20 per person if registered by May 6 or $25 for late or same-day registration. Pre-registration guarantees your preferred t-shirt size and medal. Please make checks payable to RiverView Health. Checks and completed registration forms should be mailed to Carrie Bergquist, RiverView Health, 323 S. Minnesota St., Crookston, MN 56716.
We hope to see you on May 21! Registration forms can be downloaded below.
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Thousands of Minnesota students will take part in International Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 4. The annual event, sponsored by Minnesota Safe Routes to School, encourages students and parents to practice safe biking and walking activities.
Gov. Tim Walz has proclaimed May 4 as “Walk and Bike to School Day” in Minnesota.
Walk and Bike to School Days are one-day, special events to help make biking and walking more visible, fun, and rewarding for children. These events can encourage parents and students to make biking and walking to school a habit.
“We know students do better in school when they add physical activities to their day,” said Dave Cowan, MnDOT Safe Routes to School coordinator. “This event promotes safe bicycling and walking skills that students can use throughout their lives.”
These events also give local leaders an opportunity to see the value of walkable and bikeable communities.
Cowan says more than 117 Minnesota schools have registered for Bike to School Day events so far. Schools can still register events. Additional materials are available online to support year-round walking and biking activities.
Students can also participate in Minnesota’s Bike to School Day poster contest. They can create and submit posters (on the MnSRTS Facebook page using the hashtag #mnbikes) showing how they feel when they ride a bicycle. The top three posters will win prizes.
Minnesota Safe Routes to School combines the expertise of multiple state agencies with national and local partners to provide the resources needed to support walking and biking to school. More information is available at mndot.gov/saferoutes.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball team announced the signing of Xzavier Jones (G/F, 6-4 190, Milwaukee, Wis./Iowa Lakes C.C.) to a National Letter of Intent.
Jones averaged 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game as a redshirt sophomore at Iowa Lakes C.C. He shot 46.3 percent from the field. Jones had a season-high 26 points on 11-of-15 from the field in a victory over Central Community College-Columbus. In his first year at Iowa Lakes Community College, Jones averaged 13.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game during the 2020-21 slate. He shot 50.5 percent from the field during the 2020-21 season.
He was named a NJCAA Division II First Team All-American in the 2020-21 season.
He played his freshman season at Northern Michigan University during the 2019-20 season. Jones recorded 2.1 points and 2.0 rebounds per game as a freshman.
He competed as a prep at Martin Luther H.S. He led his team to the 2019 D3 State Championship.
“Xzavier is a guy we have been recruiting for a few years now,” said Head Coach Dan Weisse. “We really like him as a person and player. As a player, he is very versatile and can play the point guard through forward positions for us. He can handle the ball and has a playmaking ability not just to score, but to also get his teammates shots and make the right play. He rebounds very well and can guard multiple positions. He has a toughness and winning mentality about him and he has been well-coached by Coach Larson at Iowa Lakes. He is a great kid, it is a great fit, and I’m excited I get to coach him for the next few years.”
Jones is the son of Monique Fayne. He plans to major in communication at UMC.
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A former Philadelphia police officer who was fired after he fatally shot 12-year-old Thomas “TJ” Siderio in the back in March has been charged with murder. District Attorney Larry Krasner announced during a press conference on Monday that 26-year-old Edsaul Mendoza was arrested Sunday night and charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possessing an instrument of crime. Mendoza is being held without bail.
Mendoza and three other plainclothes officers had responded to reports involving a stolen gun; they were conducting surveillance in an unmarked car when they spotted Siderio holding a Taurus 9MM handgun with another 17-year-old boy, identified as N.K., on March 1. Krasner said that Mendoza and the other officers — identified as Kwaku Sarpong, Robert Cucinelli and Alexander Camacho — activated their emergency lights and drove toward the boys when Siderio allegedly fired into the car, adding, “when the child fired the gun, that immediately caused three officers to take cover and police officer Mendoza began what can fairly be called a tactically unsound foot chase of the 12-year-old.” Mendoza fired three shots, including the one that killed Siderio, and another officer fired a single shot “once at no target in particular.”
Krasner said the charges against Mendoza come after a grand jury viewed video footage that has not yet been made public, which he summarized during the press conference.
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled against the city of Boston, saying they violated the First Amendment when they denied a group the opportunity to fly the Christian Flag outside City Hall four years ago.
In 2017, the New Hampshire-based group Camp Constitution — which focuses on promoting “Judeo-Christian moral heritage” — had asked to fly the flag from one of three 83-feet-tall city flag poles outside Boston City Hall to celebrate Constitution Day. Created in 1907, The Christian Flag features a white field and a red Latin cross inside a blue canton and has been used by many churches from varying denominations in the United States since its adoption by the Federal Council of Churches in 1942.
Camp Constitution’s founder Hal Shurtlef said that the commissioner of Boston’s property management department told him that his organization could not fly the flag because he worried it would violate the U.S. Constitution’s establishment clause and that there was no instance of the city ever raising such a flag. Camp Constitution sued, arguing that the Christian Flag was the only one from a civic group that had ever been denied, and that Boston had flown around 50 unique flags since 2005 during similar public events.
Two lower courts had sided with the city of Boston, before the Supreme Court said it would hear the case last September. Arguments were presented before the high court in January. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the court concluded that the flagpole served as a public forum and that Boston had not used it as a form of governmental speech. He wrote: “The parties dispute whether, on these facts, Boston reserved the pole to fly flags that communicate governmental messages, or instead opened the flagpole for citizens to express their own views.”
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