The Northwest Regional Corrections Center reported the arrest of the following –
Paige Marissa Sannes, 31 of East Grand Forks, for permitting public nuisance.
The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls over the weekend –
3/24/2023
At 1:16 p.m., the CFD responded to the 100 block of 3rd St E for a water flow alarm activation. Upon arrival, the CFD investigated, and it was found to be a false alarm. There was no danger present. The CFD reset the alarm and cleared the scene.
3/25/2023
At 1:58 p.m., the CFD responded to the 100 block of Sargent St for an alarm activation. Upon arrival, the CFD investigated, and it was found to be a false alarm. There was no danger present. The CFD reset the alarm and cleared the scene.
3/26/2023
At 4:18 p.m., the CFD responded to the 400 block of S Minnesota St. for a report of a fire alarm activation. Upon arrival, the CFD investigated and found that some electrical wiring had burned, and the smoke had activated the alarm. There was no other danger present. The CFD turned over control to staff to contact an electrician to replace the wiring. The CFD then cleared the scene.
The Crookston City Council will meet Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall council chambers.
The meeting will begin with the swearing-in of new Crookston Police Officers Nicholas Fladland, Corey Rich, and Derek Cox.
The consent agenda includes the approval of minutes from the City Council meeting on March 13, the approval of bills and disbursements in the amount of $230,681.07, a resolution to appoint Leah Winjum, Mike LaFrance, Mike Normandin, and Garret Kollin to the Charter Commission. The consent agenda also includes the acceptance of donations to the Park and Rec Department in memory of Tom Hunt and the Crookston Baseball Association. And the last item on the consent agenda is to approve the sale of permitted fireworks at Walmart.
The regular agenda includes the summary of the closed Ways and Means meeting on March 13, a resolution approving the lease with the University of Minnesota with respect to the occupancy of Suite 101 at Valley Technology Park, a resolution to approve easement with Ottertail Power Company, a resolution to receive the engineers report and calling for a public hearing on 2023 street improvements, to approve the Delegated Contracts Process (DCP) agreements between MnDOT and Local Public Agencies (LPA) eligible to receive Federal Funds. The regular agenda also includes a resolution to approve the Intermediary Relending Loan program and mortgage satisfaction on the property owned by Bucky’s LLC, to approve the labor agreement between the City of Crookston and the Crookston Professional Fire Fighters’ Union Local No. 3394, and a resolution accepting bids and awarding the contract for the Agricultural Road Street and utility construction.
The Ways and Means meeting scheduled for after the city council meeting has been cancelled due to a lack of agenda.
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The Crookston Pirate Girls Hockey Team held its end-of-the-season banquet at Crookston High School last week. The following awards were handed out –
TEAM AWARDS – Reese Swanson-Most Valuable Defensive Player Taylor Field-Rookie of the Year Morgan Nelson-PRIDE Award Addie Fee-Most Valuable Offensive Player Brynley Coleman-Hardest Worker Kambelle Freiji-Most Valuable Player Isabel Pahlin-Most Improved Hobey Baker Character Award – Senior Jenna Seaver
All-Section 8A First Team Kambelle Freije
All Section 8A Second Team: Cassie Solheim, Taylor Field, Ashlyn Bailey, Reese Swanson
Letterwinners Paetyn Strand, Ava Martin, Emma LaPlante, Parker Strand,Brekken Tull, Reese Swanson, Cassie Solheim, Grace Fischer, Kambelle Freije, Georgia Sanders, Coral Brekken, Natalie Narvaez, Ashlyn Bailey, Jenna Seaver, Brynley Coleman, Morgan Nelson, Paige Abrahamson, Taylor Field, Addie Fee, Logan Brekken, Kaylie Clauson, and Kailee Magsam.
Academic All-State: Seniors with a 3.80 or higher GPA Grace Fischer and Kailee Magsam
The Crookston Pirate Speech team competed at their final regular season competition of the year on Saturday at Detroit Lakes.
Award winners were –
Samantha Rezac – 1st place in Storytelling
Zara Baig and Samantha Rezac – 1st place in Duo
Jack Anderson and Thor Harbott – 2nd place in Duo
Zara Baig – 3rd place in Humor
The following students received ribbons as honorable mentions:
Brandon Wandrie – Original Oratory
Shayla Azure – Humor and Drama
Meliyah Moore – Extemporaneous Reading
Zac Plante – Humor
Ivan Luckow – Creative Expression
Also competing included Mareile Meyer in Poetry, and John Lisov in Humor.
The team will compete at the subsection competition on Saturday in Thief River Falls.
front row: Samantha Rezac, Zara Baig, Jack Anderson, and Thor Harbott Back row: Ivan Luckow, Brandon Wandrie, John Lisov, Shayla Azure, Mareile Meyer, Zac Plante, and Meliyah Moore
The Crookston School Board will meet in the Crookston High School choir and orchestra room on Monday, March 27, at 5:00 p.m.
The consent agenda includes the approval of meeting minutes from February 23 and 27, bills, and disbursements in the amount of $167,878.19. The personnel items in the consent agenda include the employment of Ben Parkin as a full-time physical education instructor at Highland School, with Autumn Hanson as a full-time art instructor at Crookston Middle School, a contract with Jill Larson as an independent consultant psychologist, and the seniority list for the 2022-23 school year.
The main agenda includes the non-renewal of third-grade teacher Jaclyn Hubbard, Special Ed teacher Ashley Nirschl, Kindergarten teacher Adrianne Winger, and second-grade teacher Amanda Wolf. The agenda includes the approval of a phone system purchase, approving a resolution of general obligation building bonds, and the certified certificate of compliance presented by the American Indian Parent Action Committee.
The board will receive administrative reports from Crookston High School Principal Matt Torgerson, Highland School principal Chris Trostad, Washington School Principal Denice Oliver, and an update from Special Ed Director Kathy Stronstad. The board will also receive a report from Superintendent Dave Kuehn.
There is a time for the public to share comments, questions, and concerns at the beginning of the meeting. Each person can speak for up to five minutes.
Last week, B&E Meats Owner Brent Epema traveled to St. Cloud to partake in the 81st Annual Convention of the Minnesota Association of Meat Processors, where they won several awards for their meat products against over 200 other meat packers around the state.
The convention is a way for meat packers across the state to come together to discuss each other’s businesses, the industry and test their products against each other in a friendly competition.
“We’re all members of the Minnesota Association of Meat Processors. We have roughly over 200 members that we all get together, go over all of our businesses, we have scholarships, we do a lot of stuff for changing the industry, and doing rulings and all that fun stuff that you want to go and go to legislature with,” Epema explained. “But a big part of our show is that we have our project judging where we compete against each other. Between 200 of us, anybody can bring different things of 26 different ranges of categories, from smoked salmon to your whole bone-in ham, to just your normal jerky or a seasoned steak. Most of it has to be already cooked as they just warm it up in a microwave because they don’t have a whole day of barbecuing they can do.”
The convention brings in meat packers of all different sizes, from large multistore packers to small packing plants like B&E Meats, to see where each packer’s product stands in the entire state, with expert judges from around the country judging all of the products.
Of the 26 categories, B&E Meats entered into 19 of them and placed in nine of the categories, with four of them being Grand Champions.
“The judges can be from Iowa Tech or Florida. They’re experts in the field, not just somebody off the street. They cut them apart, take one bite, and taste for the flavor, one bite, and look at what it looks like inside your sausage. They’re looking for what it looks like on the inside of your sausage to make sure there are no air pockets, and you’re using quality meat, using quality smoke, you need to be perfect,” Epema explained. “We competed in 19 that we brought down, placed in nine, and brought home seven awards from Grand Champion, to reserve Grand Champion, and a couple of 5th place showings, which was awesome for us. Out of 26 categories, placing out of that is pretty impressive for a small meat shop in northern Minnesota.”
B&E Meats were named Grand Champions in the Specialty Flavor Whole Muscle category with their “Damn Hot” Jerky, the Specialty Summer Sausage category with their Cheddar Green Olive Sausage, the Specialty Whole Muscle category with their “Damn Good” Pastrami, and the Smoked Turkey competition where they were only five points away from a perfect score. They were the Reserve Grand Champions (2nd place) in the Prepared Food Item category with their Ed’s Trapper Dish (a prepared sausage with sliced onions and peppers with cooked baby potatoes), took 3rd place in the Sausage category with their Cajun Dirty Rice Sausage, 4th place in the Non-Specialty Flavor Whole Muscle category with their Grand Champion jerky, and 5th place in the Dried Beef and Whole Ham competitions.
With the high placings in several categories, B&E Meats can participate in the American Meat Processors Association competition to put them up against other meat shops around the country and even parts of Canada.
“Depending on how dates line up and everything goes, being a small plant, it’s tough to get away to do this. This is only our second year of competing. I’ve been down to the meetings before, but to be able to compete and get away while having enough employees to run the shop is the hard part,” said Epema. “We’ll see when it comes up, but we’re qualified to go into the AMP competition, the American Meat Processors Association. They have their competition in the mid-summer, which can be anywhere in the United States. In the American one, they actually get people that come from outside the country to come to that one. This gives me an idea to go in that direction, and if we decide to do that, we’ll let you guys know.”
Epema wants to thank all of the workers at B&E Meats for their work in the store and for helping them achieve these awards.
A picture of the workers at B&E Meats with the awards can be seen below-
B&E Meats employees with the awards (from left to right): Karen Danielson, Marc Ulseth, Jacob Ulseth, Brent Epema, Nancy Miller-Boucher, Jake Aanden, and Melissa Hammer
Shirley Andersen, 99, Fertile, MN, formerly of Beltrami, MN, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile.
Shirley was born on October 12, 1923, to John W. and Clara M. (Drevland) Fritz on the home farm at Bath, SD. She was baptized and confirmed in the Bath Methodist Church.
Her siblings are Johnny Fritz, Beverly (Snooks) Benson, Roy (Bud) Fritz, Bonnie Richard, Evelyn Schroeder, and Donna Schmidt.
Shirley Anderson
Shirley and Ted Andersen were married at the home farm on May 16, 1946. Their children are Craig (Sonja) Andersen, West Fargo, ND, Lynne (Mark) Gullickson, Fertile, MN, John (Darlene) Andersen, Fort Mohave, AZ, and Kim (Jill) Andersen, St. Hilare, MN. Shirley has seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Shirley graduated from Bath High School in 1941. She attended Aberdeen Business College in Aberdeen, SD. After college, she worked at the Aberdeen National Bank before she was married and worked until she had her first baby.
On Labor Day weekend 1951, they moved to Beltrami, MN, so Ted could be the manager of the Cenex LP Gas Plant in Beltrami. Shirley thought he was bringing her to the end of the world. This is where they raised their family and enjoyed living.
She joined the Beltrami United Methodist Church. She held many offices in the Womens Society and church council. She was the Sunday School Superintendent and adult leader for the Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF). She belonged to Elizabeth Evening Circle. She and a few ladies from the church made the table decorations for their annual barbecue every year. She was a charter member of the Beltrami Garden Club which was started in 1957. She began working as a clerk at the Beltrami Post Office. She also worked as a floater at the Nielsville, Mentor, Crookston, and Euclid Post Offices.
She and Ted traveled together to all 48 states in the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico. They did several bus trips with friends and also took vacations with good friends during the winter months and would stop along the way to visit friends and relatives who lived in warmer areas.
She had many hobbies and was always ready to try new ones. She loved sewing and made many outfits and quilts. She could alter and figure out how to make clothes without patterns. Each of her grandchildren received a quilt for their graduations. She made Cabbage Patch dolls for her grandchildren. She loved painting. She did many folk-art things and even painted pictures. Ted would make wooden things and she would paint them. She crocheted, knitted, and did many other handcrafts.
Shirley loved roller skating in high school. When she dated Ted, they were quite the couple out on the roller-skating rink. When she worked at the bank during World War II, she was at the train station on bank business and ran into Clark Gable. This was a highlight for her!
Shirley always enjoyed making cakes for special occasions. She made birthday, wedding, confirmation, and graduation cakes for 25 years. Many local couples had their wedding cakes made by her. One of her famous cakes was a Volkswagen birthday cake for Bobby Vee!
Memorials are preferred to Fair Meadow Nursing Home Foundation or the Fairview Cemetery Fund.
Guests attending the visitation and funeral service are encouraged to wear purple in honor of Shirleys favorite color.
Funeral: 11:00 AM, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Little Norway Lutheran Church, Fertile, MN.
Visitation: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Monday, March 27, 2023, at Erikson-Vik-Ganje Funeral Home, Fertile, MN, with a prayer service to begin at 6:30 PM.
Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Beltrami, MN. (In late spring)
Shirley Andersen, 99, Fertile, MN, formerly of Beltrami, MN, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile.
Shirley was born on October 12, 1923, to John W. and Clara M. (Drevland) Fritz on the home farm at Bath, SD. She was baptized and confirmed in the Bath Methodist Church.
Her siblings are Johnny Fritz, Beverly (Snooks) Benson, Roy (Bud) Fritz, Bonnie Richard, Evelyn Schroeder, and Donna Schmidt.
Shirley Anderson
Shirley and Ted Andersen were married at the home farm on May 16, 1946. Their children are Craig (Sonja) Andersen, West Fargo, ND, Lynne (Mark) Gullickson, Fertile, MN, John (Darlene) Andersen, Fort Mohave, AZ, and Kim (Jill) Andersen, St. Hilare, MN. Shirley has seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Shirley graduated from Bath High School in 1941. She attended Aberdeen Business College in Aberdeen, SD. After college, she worked at the Aberdeen National Bank before she was married and worked until she had her first baby.
On Labor Day weekend 1951, they moved to Beltrami, MN, so Ted could be the manager of the Cenex LP Gas Plant in Beltrami. Shirley thought he was bringing her to the end of the world. This is where they raised their family and enjoyed living.
She joined the Beltrami United Methodist Church. She held many offices in the Women’s Society and church council. She was the Sunday School Superintendent and adult leader for the Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF). She belonged to Elizabeth Evening Circle. She and a few ladies from the church made the table decorations for their annual barbecue every year. She was a charter member of the Beltrami Garden Club which was started in 1957. She began working as a clerk at the Beltrami Post Office. She also worked as a floater at the Nielsville, Mentor, Crookston, and Euclid Post Offices.
She and Ted traveled together to all 48 states in the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico. They did several bus trips with friends and also took vacations with good friends during the winter months and would stop along the way to visit friends and relatives who lived in warmer areas.
She had many hobbies and was always ready to try new ones. She loved sewing and made many outfits and quilts. She could alter and figure out how to make clothes without patterns. Each of her grandchildren received a quilt for their graduations. She made Cabbage Patch dolls for her grandchildren. She loved painting. She did many folk-art things and even painted pictures. Ted would make wooden things and she would paint them. She crocheted, knitted, and did many other handcrafts.
Shirley loved roller skating in high school. When she dated Ted, they were quite the couple out on the roller-skating rink. When she worked at the bank during World War II, she was at the train station on bank business and ran into Clark Gable. This was a highlight for her!
Shirley always enjoyed making cakes for special occasions. She made birthday, wedding, confirmation, and graduation cakes for 25 years. Many local couples had their wedding cakes made by her. One of her famous cakes was a Volkswagen birthday cake for Bobby Vee!
Memorials are preferred to Fair Meadow Nursing Home Foundation or the Fairview Cemetery Fund.
Guests attending the visitation and funeral service are encouraged to wear purple in honor of Shirley’s favorite color.
Funeral: 11:00 AM, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Little Norway Lutheran Church, Fertile, MN.
Visitation: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Monday, March 27, 2023, at Erikson-Vik-Ganje Funeral Home, Fertile, MN, with a prayer service to begin at 6:30 PM.
Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Beltrami, MN. (In late spring)
Richard D. Henriksen, 61, Gary, MN passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at his residence in Gary.
Rick was born July 6, 1961, to Dick and Gloria Henriksen (Rogers). He attended school at Chokio-Alberta, MN, where he became a member of FFA. He enjoyed showing pigs & cows, he was involved in wrestling, and loved playing football. He also helped on the family farm throughout his youth. He had a beloved Spirit of 76 Chevy Nova. He graduated in 1979.
Richard Henriksen
Rick went to Alexandria Tech to get his small engine degree. During this time, he welcomed his daughter Amy Jo in 1980, worked on the farm with his dad and started his excavating career with Jim Riley construction. In 1983, he moved to Wyoming where he started working for Larrys Inc. until 1998. During this time, he welcomed his son Trevor in 1985. He enjoyed going to the Big Horn mountains, fishing, hunting, car races, hanging with his best friend Allen, and playing pool.
In 1991, he met Violet in McDonalds and they fell in love. They were united in marriage in Elko, NV, on May 18, 1991. They welcomed their son Kenny in 1992 and daughter Kasey in 1995.
In 1998, the family moved back to Minnesota, where they lived on Lake Traverse. Rick worked for Central Specialties, MIC, and Gophers Excavation. He welcomed his son Cody in 2005. He spent time on the lake and watching his children grow. In 2006, the family moved to Glyndon, MN. During this time, he worked for Randalls Excavation until the present. Rick spent a large amount of time at the racetrack and fishing on the weekends.
In 2014, the family moved to Gary, MN. It was here Rick found joy in planting food plots so he could watch the deer in the game cam, making a garden and tending to it with his wife, along with having chickens and watching his children and his grandchildren play. He loved ice fishing at Lake of the Woods and hunting in his backyard.
Ricks pride and joy were his grandchildren; Andrew 2005, Jasmine 2013, Nicolas 2014, Warren 2017, Wendy 2018, Makayla 2019, and Michael 2022. His best bud was Warren who would go outside with him and help him dig holes and play in the machinery. Over the years, Rick met many people and could strike up a conversation and tell stories of his family for all to hear. He always asked everyone how they were doing. He was a caring, compassionate, loving man who will be missed by everyone his life touched.
Richard is survived by his wife, Violet of Gary, MN; children, Amy Jo (Barry) of Dickinson, ND, Trevor (Monica) of Columbus, OH, Kenny of Gary, MN, Kasey (Dylan) of Lake Park, MN, and Cody of Gary, MN; grandchildren, Andrew, Jasmine, Nicolas, Reagan, Brayden, Warren, Wendy, Makayla, and Michael; mother, Gloria Henriksen of Dilworth, MN; brothers, Randall (Cindy) of Glyndon, MN and Charlie (Jill) of Cyrus, MN; nieces and nephews, Jake, Katie, Casey (Emily), Mariah, Samantha (Dillon), Ben (Maddy); and great nieces and nephews, Tia, TJ, Maverick, Max, Hayes, Eleanor, and Ava. He was preceded in death by his father, Dick Henriksen; and sister, Teresa Daly.
Memorials preferred to Richard Henriksen Memorial Fund c/o Gary State Bank, PO Box 70, Gary, MN 56545.
Memorial Service: 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Gary Lutheran Church, Gary, MN.
Visitation: One hour before the memorial service at the church.
Richard D. Henriksen, 61, Gary, MN passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at his residence in Gary.
Rick was born July 6, 1961, to Dick and Gloria Henriksen (Rogers). He attended school at Chokio-Alberta, MN, where he became a member of FFA. He enjoyed showing pigs & cows, he was involved in wrestling, and loved playing football. He also helped on the family farm throughout his youth. He had a beloved Spirit of 76’ Chevy Nova. He graduated in 1979.
Richard Henriksen
Rick went to Alexandria Tech to get his small engine degree. During this time, he welcomed his daughter Amy Jo in 1980, worked on the farm with his dad and started his excavating career with Jim Riley construction. In 1983, he moved to Wyoming where he started working for Larrys Inc. until 1998. During this time, he welcomed his son Trevor in 1985. He enjoyed going to the Big Horn mountains, fishing, hunting, car races, hanging with his best friend Allen, and playing pool.
In 1991, he met Violet in McDonalds and they fell in love. They were united in marriage in Elko, NV, on May 18, 1991. They welcomed their son Kenny in 1992 and daughter Kasey in 1995.
In 1998, the family moved back to Minnesota, where they lived on Lake Traverse. Rick worked for Central Specialties, MIC, and Gophers Excavation. He welcomed his son Cody in 2005. He spent time on the lake and watching his children grow. In 2006, the family moved to Glyndon, MN. During this time, he worked for Randall’s Excavation until the present. Rick spent a large amount of time at the racetrack and fishing on the weekends.
In 2014, the family moved to Gary, MN. It was here Rick found joy in planting food plots so he could watch the deer in the game cam, making a garden and tending to it with his wife, along with having chickens and watching his children and his grandchildren play. He loved ice fishing at Lake of the Woods and hunting in his backyard.
Rick’s pride and joy were his grandchildren; Andrew 2005, Jasmine 2013, Nicolas 2014, Warren 2017, Wendy 2018, Makayla 2019, and Michael 2022. His best bud was Warren who would go outside with him and help him dig holes and play in the machinery. Over the years, Rick met many people and could strike up a conversation and tell stories of his family for all to hear. He always asked everyone how they were doing. He was a caring, compassionate, loving man who will be missed by everyone his life touched.
Richard is survived by his wife, Violet of Gary, MN; children, Amy Jo (Barry) of Dickinson, ND, Trevor (Monica) of Columbus, OH, Kenny of Gary, MN, Kasey (Dylan) of Lake Park, MN, and Cody of Gary, MN; grandchildren, Andrew, Jasmine, Nicolas, Reagan, Brayden, Warren, Wendy, Makayla, and Michael; mother, Gloria Henriksen of Dilworth, MN; brothers, Randall (Cindy) of Glyndon, MN and Charlie (Jill) of Cyrus, MN; nieces and nephews, Jake, Katie, Casey (Emily), Mariah, Samantha (Dillon), Ben (Maddy); and great nieces and nephews, Tia, TJ, Maverick, Max, Hayes, Eleanor, and Ava. He was preceded in death by his father, Dick Henriksen; and sister, Teresa Daly.
Memorials preferred to Richard Henriksen Memorial Fund c/o Gary State Bank, PO Box 70, Gary, MN 56545.
Memorial Service: 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Gary Lutheran Church, Gary, MN.
Visitation: One hour before the memorial service at the church.
