Month: September 2022

The Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston reported the following arrest.

Kyle Duane Thompson, 29, of Twin Valley, for Domestic Assault

The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls on 9/21/2022 –

At 12:00 a.m., the CFD responded to the intersection of US Hwy 2 and US Hwy 75 N for a report of a semi-truck on fire. Upon arrival, it was found that the vehicle’s alternator had caught fire. The vehicle’s driver extinguished the fire with the fire extinguisher located in the vehicle’s cab. The CFD investigated to make sure the scene was safe and the fire was extinguished correctly. Once it was deemed that there was no danger present, the CFD turned over control to the other responding local agencies and cleared the scene. 

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Crookston Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dave Kuehn released a letter today addressing the apparent reports of an active shooter at the schools. The letter can be seen below-

Dear Crookston District Families,

On Wednesday (today), many school districts in Minnesota were affected by false reports of some type of threat related to an active shooter on their campuses. From what we understand, schools or local law enforcement agencies have received out-of-state internet-based phone calls with these threats, which turn out to be unsubstantiated. It appears to be part of a hoax known as “swatting.”

None of our schools received any threatening phone calls today, but this afternoon our local police department did receive an out-of-state phone call that referenced our high school. In coordination with our local police department, our school resource officer, and our high school administration, we took immediate action to check out the situation at our high school building. Law enforcement and school district administration determined there was no active threat to student safety. 

We know that our district families are understandably concerned about school safety. Please know that our top priority is the safety and well-being of our students and staff. We take any and all reports of potential threats seriously, and we are making every effort to maintain an environment where students and staff feel safe.

We would like to continue to encourage our students, our district families, and our school community to report anything that could constitute a threat to school safety. As always, we work closely with local law enforcement to assist in these situations. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your attention to this important message.

Sincerely,

Dave Kuehn, Interim Superintendent

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With summer coming to an end and fall coming up very close on the horizon, the Crookston Public Works Department and all of its divisions are making preparations and look to begin finishing some of its summer projects in time for the new season and even for winter.

The Public Works Street Department is currently working to complete sidewalk replacements in different areas in downtown Crookston, with them recently completing patchwork on South Main Street by Schultz Carpeting and preparing to pour and replace new sidewalk panels on North Main Street by Taco Johns. Other improvements were across from Holiday Gas Station, where some trees had pushed up the sidewalk, so the department removed the sidewalk and the trees that caused the rifts and is preparing the sod and grass stages on First and Second Avenue N. this week. A few other sidewalk panels also need to be replaced due to them receiving some damage from holding the replacement vehicles and equipment.

Public Works Director Brandon Carlson said that once those Street Improvement projects are completed, the Public Works crews and the department will shift their attention to maintaining the trees around the neighborhood. “The Public Works crews are going to shift their attentions soon from pavement and sidewalk repairs to hit some diseased trees here around town,” Director Brandon Carlson explained. “We’re going to start in the Samson’s addition and get all of the boulevard trees that are either dead or diseased taken care of down there, and we’ll spider-web out from there. The Samson’s addition, in my opinion, has the most dead trees right now, so we’ll start there and work out from there.” While the department has completed many road and sidewalk projects over the summer, they haven’t fully caught up with the road repair they had planned due to the flooding in the spring. Carlson reported that the department would make a few more rounds around the city to fill any potholes or water valves to prevent the snowplows from damaging them. Carlson said the department’s current goal is to complete as much sidewalk work as they can this summer to allow them to focus their resources on a different area next year.

Public Works’ other departments are also preparing for the changing season, such as the Wastewater Department making upgrades to the Lift Stations and preparing for winter storage. “The Wastewater Department has completed the control panel upgrades, and new pumps are going into Lift Stations one and two,” Carlson explained. “They are also trying to get their water sent down to the secondaries and get ready for winter storage out at the ponds.” The department will also begin jetting the Water Mains for a quarter of the town to clean out any blockage or sewage once they finish assisting the Sanitation Department in replacing the pumps around the city. Carlson states that this will not cause anyone to lose the use of their water, but people will see the truck parked for long periods of time in the middle of some roads.

The Sanitation Department and garbage crews are also preparing for the next season, mainly for Fall Clean-Up week at the end of October. While there is still time for them to plan, Director Carlson is planning to do it differently this year due to one of the department’s garbage trucks currently being unusable. “We used to have two garbage trucks, and one of them is down, so until we get our other one, we can’t operate like we used to. My initial game plan right now is from 24 thru the 29. We’ll do demolition and bagged household garbage, then a week or two later, we’ll most likely do brush and leaf pickup,” Carlson explained. “It’s going to be a split approach this year, and it might work better as we’ll be able to designate more crews to demo and garbage, and we can get it picked up a bit quicker. It might become the new normal, to be honest, but we’ll see how it works this year and go from there.”

We will have more information about Fall Clean-Up week as we get closer to the date, and more information about how it will be done is revealed.

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The Celebrate the Young Child Collaborative event “Let’s Go on a Pirate Adventure” at Wildwood Park was held on Monday evening. The rain stopped, the clouds broke away, and the sun shone for the entire event. About 200 children, parents, and volunteers attended this Pirate-filled community event. Children were able to “Walk The Plank, make Pirate telescopes, play with bubbles, do a ring toss, interact with our Pirate athletes, and more. Pizza was served, and each child was able to take a ball home with them to encourage active play at home as well as at parks.

The Celebrate the Young Child Collaborative would like to thank all of its sponsors: Crookston Public Schools, Thrivent Financial, RiverView Health, Polk County Public Health, Tri-Valley Head Start, Crookston Early Childhood Family Education, UMC, Crookston ECI and Summit Committees, Crookston Public Library, and Our Saviors Lutheran School. 

Pictures of the event can be seen below-

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To say that John Reitmeier has made his mark on the world is an understatement. You may have heard of John playing his part at the Reitmeier Farm. You may have heard him on local radio going back to 1976. He built and was one of the original owners of what is now KYCK and was heard for many years on KRAD in East Grand Forks and KCNN & KNOX in Grand Forks. Now, he regularly appears on podcasts in both the U.S. and Europe that involve travel, Hemp Production, and food. Fast forward a few years, and today the Crookston Area Chamber caught up with John to catch a glimpse of his next new venture. It was very clear that John has a new passion, and it’s called Canna Corners.

The Chamber Ambassadors were quick to ask questions of the Canna Corners co-owner’s new products and John took it from there. He talked about the products that he and Hemp Research & Development Partner Casey Hammer, produce and sell, all while explaining how the industry and laws are changing so rapidly. He touched on the dependency of state legislators and challenges at the local level. Then he changed things up to explaining “dosing” and the anatomy of the human brain. John is in the beginning of a booming industry, and as the industry progresses, so will the products. Canna Corners opened its doors for business on August 2 and since has had over 250 unique customers.

It was evident that John knew the ins and outs of his next venture, but there was something that rose above all. When asked the how and why of CannaCorners, John lit up like a Christmas tree. John quickly took the Chamber Ambassadors on a much more personal level. The room’s mood quickly changed as he shared testimonials from strangers and people close to his heart. John explained how his store and products are more than a store of hemp products. It’s a store that is genuine, cautious, and thought-out products that you know are grown in Minnesota.

“That’s the magic of this product. Most people don’t buy it to get high. The product fixes the human. It fixes the process that tells your brain that you have an illness or are in pain. We are just trying to be the best in this retail that we can be.” You can go to other retailers across the river or state line, and things are not as legit. John confidently says that his product is safe, and you know exactly what you are getting.

John and his co-owner, Casey Hammer, really believe in the product and believe that there are properties yet to be discovered. The products are free from pesticides, herbicides, and heavy metals. “Our customers are regular people who want to try something different to give them a better quality of life.” Visit CannaCorners at https://cannacorners.com/ or stop at 323 N Main Street in Crookston.

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