Month: October 2022

November is here, and so is the opening weekend of firearms for deer hunting season in Crookston starting this Saturday, November 5, and while the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is wishing everyone a safe start to the season, there are some regulations they would like to introduce and remind the public about.

Like every year, the DNR has released the latest version of the Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations handbook, which hunters can read on what to prepare for the season. Some of these changes include one that always changes, like the bag limit and the addition of a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management zone. “Something that always has the potential to change year-to-year is the bag limit designation for the permit area in which hunters are hunting. That’s always something important that they check out what the bag limit is to make sure they don’t go over the limit in their area,” DNR Big Game Program Leader Barbara Keller explained. “Then, in particular, we also have several CWD-related regulations that hunters should be aware of in the Crookston area. We do have a CWD management zone that was formerly Permit Area 261, which has now become Permit Area 661, and there are some regulations associated with that.” These CWD regulations include that if you harvest a deer during the opening weekend of firearms season only (November 5 and 6), you are required to get the deer sampled at the zone, with the exception of harvesting a fawn. There are multiple in-person and self-service sampling stations around the area for hunters to use that wish to help with CWD check deer for the disease.

Another important regulation to help with this is the DNR’s carcass movement restriction for harvested deer. “If you harvest a deer in Area 661, you can’t bring the whole carcass out of that permit area. Specifically, the head and the spinal column cannot leave that area. The reason we do that is that infected deer carcasses. Specifically, the spinal column and brain of the deer can spread the disease if they’re deposited elsewhere in the state,” Keller explained. “So, be sure you’re aware that if that regulation affects you, you have a plan of what to do.” Some recommendations the DNR has on what to do include;

• You can quarter the deer out and bring the quarters of the deer with the leg bones in, outside of the area.
• Take it to a meat processor within that area and get the meat processed, or bone it out, except for the head and spinal column.

However, if you have a caught deer tested for CWD and the results come back with the disease not being detected, you can take the whole deer out of that area. If you choose not to hunt in one of the areas that require CWD sampling but still wish to, you can go to the DNR’s website and work with one of their partnering taxidermists or meat processors that are collecting samples, or you can apply for a mail-in kit to do it yourself.

Other general regulations hunters will have to follow include the following;

• Hunters may not take deer with the aid or use of bait.
• Hunters using firearms to take big game must use legal ammunition, which includes at least .220, .45, or .40 caliber ammunition and has center fire ignition, single projectile ammunition, a soft point, or an expanding bullet type.
• Legal bucks must have one antler at least three inches long. If not, they are antlerless deer.
• Fawn bucks are not legal bucks.
• The statewide bag limit for legal bucks is one. Deer harvested in special hunts do not contribute to the bag limit within the surrounding deer permit area. However, they do apply to the statewide limit.

Failure to follow these guidelines can result in violations on your license that will go on your record that Game & Fish Violations Officers can find.

The DNR also encourages hunters to plan ahead this season to help make their hunt as safe and successful as possible. “That involves knowing what permit area you plan to hunt in. Then if you go online, we have a DPA lookup link, where if you just enter the DPA tool that you plan to hunt, it will come up with regulations specific to that DPA and, again, some information on encouraging you to make a plan. That goes from purchasing the correct license for the DPA that you intend to hunt in, knowing if there are CWD-related regulations for the DPA and, if there are, making sure you know where the nearest and most convenient sampling stations are in the areas you plan to hunt,” Keller explained. “Also, knowing what you plan to do with those carcasses if you are in a carcass restriction area.” Hunters can find details for the DPA in which they hunt by visiting the DNR’s CWD page (mndnr.gov/CWD) and using the “find your requirements for your DPA” tool.

The open firearm season for deer will begin this Saturday, November 5. Hunters can find the Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations handbook either online on their website at www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/hunting/index.html or can purchase a print version at local vendors such as gas stations and sporting goods stores. A map of CWD Sampling areas can be found below-

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Grand Forks Road Crews will be closing the 1200 blk. of S. 9th St. on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, to repair a storm sewer line that was damaged during a watermain replacement project this summer.

The closure on S. 9th St. will be in place for seven to ten days, weather permitting.

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

Jeremy Dean Brown, 48, of Blackduck, for 2nd-Degree DUI

Adam Bertram Allen, 32, of Grand Forks, for Predatory Offender or Intentionally Providing False Information

Dylan Tyler Johnson, 22, of Climax, for Domestic Assault

Bonnie Marie Martinez, 61, of Crookston, for Harassment/Violating Restraining Order

Ricky Lee Harsha, 63, of Park Rapids, for 4th-Degree DUI

Heidi Marie Shepard, 48, no address provided, for Probation Violation

Robynn Lynn Stanislowski, 55, of Crookston, for Harassment/Violating Restraining Order

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Earlier today, at 4:57 p.m., officers of the Grand Forks Police Department were dispatched to a single-vehicle accident in the parking lot of Hugo’s (1750 32nd Ave South). The victim’s vehicle was driven by Adam Weshnevski, an 18-year-old resident of Grand Forks. He was the sole occupant of the vehicle. Initial investigation indicates the victim’s vehicle was traveling east on 32nd Ave South from the 2000 block. The vehicle crossed the center median into oncoming traffic, struck the berm, and then a tree. Upon striking the tree, the vehicle rolled and came to a final resting position in the Hugo’s parking lot. Mr. Weshnevski was transported via ambulance to Altru where he is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. This is still an active investigation, and at this time no citations had been issued.

The Grand Forks Police Department was assisted by the CART and WAS Teams.

The Grand Forks Police Department would also like to thank the Grand Forks Fire Department for their assistance during this crash.

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With winter in sight, RiverView Health Auxiliary is holding its 16th Annual Mitten Drive all through November, in the form of a Mitten Tree for elementary school students. The Mitten Tree is an artificial tree that the Auxiliary puts up in front of their Limited Addition Gift Shop on the east side of RiverView. The public is invited to “trim” the tree with new children’s winter clothes, specifically with mittens, gloves, and hats. “People can drop off their donations of mittens, gloves, headbands, or hats, and will run this from November 1 through November 30,” RiverView Health’s Community Relations and Events Specialist Carrie Bergquist explained. “The next day, either December 1 or 2, we will be distributing all of the donations to Highland Elementary School for sure and Washington Elementary School, as we have done in the past.” The Auxiliary requests that all donations to the tree be new items and be in sizes for children in grades K-6. People can then place their donations on the tree or drop them off in the gift shop if there’s not any more room on the tree.

The Auxiliary also asks that people only bring in the requested items for the drive, as those are the main items they are collecting. “We’re just focusing on the mittens, hand warmers, hats, and headbands for this drive,” Bergquist explained. “I would suggest that if people wanted to donate coats, snowpants, boots, and such, those can be donated to the Care and Share here in Crookston. I think they’re also running a winter drive.” When the drive ends at the end of November, the Auxiliary will drop off the items at the two schools and distribute them to the teachers, who will pass them out to their students. “We will distribute them to teachers and leave it from there. Those mittens, gloves, and hats may go to kids that lost those items or maybe forgot them at home that day. It’s not necessarily to kids that may not have those items, it does include them for sure, but it’s also for kids that maybe lost their gloves on the bus or left them on the bus that morning,” Bergquist explained. “We just want to ensure those items are available for kids no matter where their previous ones went. We want to make those available so they stay nice and warm before, during, and after school and during recess.” After the drive, the Auxiliary is still going to be in a charitable mood as it will have its Angel Tree in December, where it will have the wish lists of residents displayed on the tree for community members to donate for the holidays. We will have more information about it in a future story.

RiverView Health’s 16th Annual Mitten Drive will be going on all through November, with the Mitten Tree being located just outside of the Center’s Limited Addition Gift Shop on the east side of the Center. The public is invited to “trim” the tree with donations that will go to the local public Elementary Schools on December 1 or 2.

Pictures of last year’s Mitten Tree and donations can be found below-

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