Month: September 2022

The Crookston Grand Theatre is holding a Free Fall Family Movie on Saturday, October 1, at 1:00 p.m. for all families to come and see a free mystery family movie and enjoy all of their favorite movie concessions.

The Theatre hasn’t revealed what the movie is to keep it a surprise for the families interested in coming to see the film, but its manager, Bo Brorby, assured us that it’s a relatively new and fun movie for families that they have not shown. “It’s going to be a really fun movie, and I will say that was a movie we were supposed to show, but then the studio pulled it and never released it for us to show in theaters. It’s a family movie that’s still relatively new but has been released within the last two years,” Bo Brorby explained. “It was supposed to come out, but then it got pushed back about two or three times, and they may have put it out in theaters, but by the time we could’ve shown it, it was too far gone, so we couldn’t show it at our theater at least.” Brorby noted that it has been a few months since the theater has shown a family community moment. While there have been some thanks to sponsorships and events by local organizations like the Crookston Public Library and Ox Cart Days, it is now looking to make these free family movies a more regular occurrence between their regularly scheduled family movie showings. “Earlier in the summer, the Library and Club Kid sponsored a free movie, and we had a huge turnout for that, so we said, whenever there’s going to be a gap in time without a family movie, we’ll do random, free community movies to bring people out. All of our concessions are open, and hopefully, we get the theater packed,” Brorby explained. “People are going to love the movie we’re going to show.” With the movie, the theater will have its concessions available for families to purchase to fully enhance their movie experience. These concessions include fresh popcorn, ICEEs, candy, soda, and more.

With the new times and gaps between holidays and local events, the theater plans to make these free movies a more regular occurrence for the city, with some having themes and activities happening during them. “I think we’ll continue to do these random community events, and we’ll think of some more fun things to do. Like we do a free Halloween movie every year, where we do costume contests and show a family Halloween movie at 7:00 p.m., but then a real, scary one at 9:30,” Brorby explained. “But this year, I highly recommend that you come out to the one this year because we’re going to show some special movies for that one too.” Other free community movies include a free movie playing around Christmas time and at the beginning of the summer.

With the start of the school year and the lack of new movies for the time, the theater has changed its hours to show movies at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. However, the free family movie will be shown at 1:00 p.m. before the theater returns to its regular showing times, where they will be showing the Rated R horror film, Smile, and the Rated R thriller, Don’t Worry Darling. However, with these new movie showing times, the theater has had more opportunities to allow for private and rental events in the theater for things like birthday parties to see certain movies or play video games on the big screen.

The Free Fall Family Movie event will be held in the Crookston Grand Theatre on Saturday, October 1, at 1:00 p.m. With other movies beginning at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m., with many new family movies and other movies coming in over the next couple of weeks. If you would like to plan a private event at the Grand Theatre, you can call them at 218-281-1820.

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

Ahmed Khalif Hussein, 30, from Fridley, for Theft of Services

The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls on 9/28/2022 –

At 11:00 a.m., the CFD responded to section 28 of Gentilly Township for a report of a heavy machine fire. Upon arrival, the CFD extinguished the fire. The CFD then performed some overhaul and when the area was deemed safe, cleared the scene.

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Governor Tim Walz signed Executive Order 22-21 today, waiving trucking regulations to help fight the spread of avian influenza and mitigate the risk to Minnesota’s poultry industry. The Executive Order is part of Minnesota’s continued efforts to control and contain H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The current HPAI outbreak in Minnesota poses a high risk to poultry but a low risk to the public, and there is no food safety concern for consumers.

“We are taking swift action to contain the spread of avian influenza and support Minnesota’s poultry farmers and producers,” said Governor Walz. “I’m grateful for the collaboration with Minnesota’s poultry industry and our federal partners to respond to these cases and protect our strong poultry industry.”

Minnesota is ranked first in the nation in turkey production, with more than 660 turkey farms that raise about 40 million birds annually. Turkey production generates $774 million in cash receipts annually, and in 2020, Minnesota exported about 15% of its production, worth approximately $114 million.

Poultry growers and industry associations have requested immediate help to support the safe and efficient movement of commodities used in H5N1 emergency response efforts. Waiving the strict enforcement of certain weight restriction regulations and hours of service requirements will assist with depopulation efforts, transportation of uninfected animals to processing facilities, and maintenance of adequate supplies to support healthy flocks. These waivers will also help prevent the spread of the virus between flocks by reducing the number of trips that trucks need to make to farm sites.

More information on the confirmed cases, including information and resources for farmers and flock owners, can be found on the Board of Animal Health’s response website.

Poultry is safe to eat, and proper handling and cooking of poultry and eggs to an internal temperature of 165˚F is always advised. The Centers for Disease Control also recently announced this strain of avian influenza is a low risk to the public. No human cases of these avian influenza viruses have been detected in the United States.

Executive Order 22-21 is effective immediately and will remain in effect through October 28.

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