Month: December 2022

The Northwest Regional Corrections Center reported the following arrests.

Leah Raquel Anderson, 32, of Fosston, for 5th-Degree Drug Possession

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On Wednesday, December 21, the Crookston Junior High Band and Orchestra traveled to the Grand Cities Mall in Grand Forks to play some holiday music!

Over 40 students attended this event, where the band and orchestra took turns playing music they had been working on in class the past few weeks. After performing at the mall, the students had lunch and some free time in the arcade at Pizza Ranch!

Pictures of students on their trip can be seen below-

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New child support guidelines, effective January 1, 2023, will improve parity between parents and make it easier for them to support their families.

While the updated guidelines will affect everyone who gets or modifies a court order for child support, the changes will likely have the most impact on families with lower incomes and families that include either parent’s child but not a child both parents had together.

The 2021 legislation to change the guidelines was based on recommendations from the Minnesota Child Support Task Force to remedy known issues and increase fairness to parents, resulting in child support orders more tailored for individual situations.

“These new child support guidelines better reflect the current costs to raise children and will result in child support orders that are more consistent for similarly-situated families,” said Assistant Commissioner Tikki Brown, Minnesota Department of Human Services. “More than two years of dedicated work by the parents, legislators, and child support professionals serving on the task force made this happen.”

The new guidelines:

• Use a basic support table to incorporate more up-to-date economic data on the costs of raising a child. The most recent guidelines were based on economic data from 20 years ago;
• Provide new minimum basic support amounts, starting at $50 for one child with incremental increases of $10 per additional child;
• Incorporate a low-income adjustment for parents with combined incomes of $6,000 or less per month. This helps parents who make too much to pay minimum child support but have had child support orders that withhold a percentage of their income they can’t afford;
• Extend the cap on parents’ combined incomes to $20,000 per month;
• Assure that in families that include either parent’s child but not a child both parents had together, the children are counted fairly for the purposes of income deductions;
• Include deductions for children in these families when parents are legally responsible but do not have a child support order.

Courts order child support amounts, which generally include payment for expenses relating to a child’s care, housing, food, clothing, and transportation, along with additional support for medical and child care costs. Courts use the guidelines to set a child support amount by considering the incomes of both parents and the number of children.

County and state child support offices provide services for more than 314,300 parents and more than 220,300 children. In 2021, the child support program collected and disbursed more than $550 million in child support.

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The Crookston Public Library is preparing several new programs in time for the new year with the theme of New Year’s Resolutions.

While several of the library’s programs are returning for another year, like its STEMsational programs and Reading by the Red Book Club, some will see new daily activities families and children can partake in, such as Take and Make activities. “Our Youth Services Librarian, Cassidy Manninen, is working on some things, like a Take and Make activity for younger children every other week, beginning next week, January 3, because we’re closed on Monday for the New Year. Every other week throughout the winter, we’ll have a Take and Make activity, where folks can come in, whether it’s with their kids, grandkids, or daycare kids, and grab a Take and Make activity that they can do at home or if it’s a stormy day or whatever it might be,” Crookston Public Library Director Chris Boike explained. “Next week’s Take and Make activity, the first one, will be making an aquarium out of stickers, paper fish cutouts, and tissue paper waves, so she’ll have some fun things going there.”
Other events include the return of the library’s Baby Bounce, which happens on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m., where infants and preschoolers can enjoy songs, stories, and action poems with their caregivers. A new event the library is looking to begin a new regular event called Art by the Red, on Monday, January 9, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. for people to partake in unique art and crafts projects every second week of the month. Another will be a virtual collagraphy class also starting on January 9, at 7:00 p.m. for people throughout the region. “That’s virtual for all Lake Agassiz regional folks, and it’ll be shown virtually throughout the region. You can check out our website for that,” Boike explained. “There’s no registration required, and it is an actual legacy event which will kick off an array of events that haven’t yet been released completely for the winter and spring but will be forthcoming, so you can keep an eye out for those as well.” To learn more about the class, you can go to www.larl.org/collagraphy.

The library is also beginning its Book Blizzard challenge on the first of January until the end of February for adults to complete readings for a chance to win prizes. “We’ve got our Book Blizzard, which starts January 1 through February 28. There’s always the Book Blizzard Challenge for adults, so they can come in or go online, fill out reading logs, submit those for prizes, and track their reading,” Chris Boike explained. “Which can help them get off with their New Year’s resolution of reading more and get off to a great start with that fun challenge.”

The library will be open only from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, December 31, and will be closed on January 1 and 2 but will resume its regular hours on January 3. The library welcomes everyone to come to these events or get their library cards. While there, people can also get Minnesota State Parks Library Passes for those interested in snowshoeing or cross-country skiing this winter. With there also be a Twinkle Light Trail at Itasca State Park next month. If you are unable to come into the library to get a card, you can fill out an online application at www.larl.org.

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