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August 31, 2023

CROOKSTON PIRATE FOOTBALL HOSTS EGF IN SEASON-OPENER – ON KROX

The Crookston Pirate Football team hosts the East Grand Forks Green Wave in the 2023 season and home-opener tonight at the UMC Football field. The game will be on KROX Radio (1260AM/105.7FM or in EGF on 92.1FM), online by clicking on listen live, the KROX app, or on your smart speaker by saying “Listen to K-R-O-X in Crookston.”
Or you can watch the game by clicking on the video below. The RiverView Health pre-game show at 5:20 and the kickoff at 6:00 p.m.

Crookston Pirate Football hosts East Grand Forks Green Wave (8-31-23)

Crookston Pirate Football hosts East Grand Forks Green Wave (8-31-23)

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter –

4th Quarter –

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
East Grand Forks
CROOKSTON

SCORING
1st Quarter –

2nd Quarter –

3rd Quarter –

4th Quarter –

TEAM STATS	CROOKSTON	EGF
Rushing Yards
Passing Yards
Total Yards
Fumbles-Lost
First Downs
Penalties-Yards
Punts

INDIVIDUAL STATS

CROOKSTON		East Grand Forks
Rushing		Rushing






Passing		Passing
Teagen Lubinski		Drew Carpenter

Receiving		Receiving

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August 31, 2023

CROOKSTON BOYS SOCCER TAKING ON MELROSE

The Crookston Pirate Boys Soccer team is 1-1 on the year and travels to Melrose today to take on the Dutchmen in a Section 8A matchup. Melrose is 0-2 on the year and the match starts at 4:00 p.m.

We will have the story, scoring, and Coach Lon Boike’s comments after the match is over.

FIRST HALF –

SECOND HALF –

	1st	2nd	Final
CROOKSTON
Melrose

Scoring –

SAVES	1	2	Final
Blake Melsa – Crox
– Melrose

Carter Trudeau

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August 31, 2023

ALTRU ANNOUNCES HOURS DURING LABOR DAY WEEKEND

Altru will adjust hours and close clinics, outpatient, and retail services on Monday, September 4, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Some services will remain open, as detailed below.

The Express Clinic at Altru Professional Center:

-Open Monday, September 4, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Altru Retail Pharmacy:

-Open Monday, September 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Patients also have the following options available during the holiday weekends:

-Altru’s Emergency Department and Altru Hospital Open 24/7

In the event of an emergency, please call 911.

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August 31, 2023

Donald “Sandy” Sanders – OBIT

Donald “Sandy” Sanders, 80, Tulaby Lake, formerly of Crookston, died Sunday, August 27, 2023 at the VA Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.

Sandy was born in Fargo, ND on March 26, 1943, the son of Carroll E. Sanders and Bonnie (Illgen). As a child he moved with his family to Crookston, MN, where he grew up, attended school, and graduated in 1961 from Central High School. In 1964 he entered the US Navy, where he served on the USS Independence during the Vietnam War.

On November 28, 1964, he married his high school sweetheart, Carol Ann Brolsma, in Crookston. After working briefly in the communities of East Grand Forks, Minot, and Fridley, Sandy and Carol returned to Crookston where they lived, worked, and raised their three children, Scott, Susan, and Steven. Sandy was employed for 33 years at the University of Minnesota-Crookston retiring in 2003, as a master plumber. Sandy and Carol then moved to their lake home on Tulaby Lake near Waubun, Minnesota where he enjoyed living the lake life and the many visits from his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife; Carol, three children, Scott (Tricia) Sanders, Steve Sanders both of Crookston, Susan Sanders of Mesa, Arizona; grandchildren, Zachary Sanders, Sophia Sanders & finance, Alex LaFrance, Samantha Sanders, Georgia Sanders, Connor and Cayden Jennings; one sister, Terryl Erickson, Greenbush, MN.

He is preceded in death by both parents, Carroll & Bonnie, a sister, Jennifer, and a brother, Robert. A Celebration of Life is planned for Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 1pm at their home on Tulaby Lake.

Cards can be sent to:
Carol Sanders
38018 Tulaby Lake Dr.
Waubun, MN 56589

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August 31, 2023

AGASSIZ ALC TO HIGHLIGHT ITS OFFERINGS SEPTEMBER 2 AT MENTOR FARMERS MARKET

Explore, enjoy, and connect with Nature through all seasons at the Agassiz Environmental Learning Center of the Fertile Sand Hills. Saturday, September 2nd, 8:00 am-noon in the Center Circle of the Mentors Famers Market, AELC will highlight the various ways to connect with nature, including the beautiful autumn hiking trails, spooky Haunted Trails, and wonderful winter skiing and snowshoeing opportunities. Discover ways to enjoy all Agassiz Environmental Learning Center has to offer by joining our team as we Nurture Nature.

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August 31, 2023

MN DNR REPORTS WELL SAMPLINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN ST.LOUIS COUNTY FOR GROUNDWATER ATLAS

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will collect water samples from about 180 wells in St. Louis County for use in developing a Groundwater Atlas of St. Louis County.

Selected well owners will be contacted by mail or phone to request permission to sample their wells. The process involves collecting a water sample from an outside spigot or hydrant for laboratory analysis. Dozens of different water components are analyzed to determine the natural chemistry of aquifers. Participation is voluntary, and owners will receive a report of the laboratory results. Sample well locations are shown on the maps produced for the atlas, but no contact or ownership information is included in the data. There is no cost to well owners.

Wells are selected based on geology, location, depth, and construction. Participation will help hydrologists create county maps and descriptions of groundwater distribution, movement, conditions, and the pollution sensitivity of aquifers. The final atlas products will be available as printed maps, reports, and geographic information system files on the web.

The groundwater atlases are used to identify viable drinking water sources, manage sustainability, guide well and septic system construction decisions, inform well-head protection efforts for public water supply, understand regional recharge and groundwater movement, and assess pollution sensitivity and possible contaminant migration. Neither healthy sampling nor the atlases are used to regulate individual well owners.

The Groundwater Atlas of St. Louis County is expected to be completed in 2025. This groundwater portion is Part B of a two-part series. Part A, the geology of St. Louis County, was conducted by the Minnesota Geological Survey in 2022.

The County Atlas Program is partly funded by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources.

A full description of this Minnesota DNR program and completed atlas products are available on the Minnesota DNR website (//mndnr.gov/groundwatermapping).

For more information, contact Emma Young (emma.young@state.mn.us), DNR hydrogeologist, 651-259-5680 or Paul Putzier (paul.putzier@state.mn.us), DNR County Groundwater Atlas Program supervisor, 651-259-5692.

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August 31, 2023

Federal judge finds Rudy Giuliani liable for defaming Georgia election workers

On Wednesday, a federal judge awarded a default judgment to two Georgia election workers as part of their civil defamation suit against former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. U.S. Judge Beryl Howell found Giuliani liable for his defamatory remarks, leveling harsh sanctions against him (including the default judgment), and ordering a trial to determine the complete scope of damages.

The election workers, mother-daughter Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, sued the former New York City mayor for defamation over erroneous remarks he made accusing the pair of fraudulently manipulating ballots on Election Day 2020 in Georgia. Freeman and Moss became the subjects of a Trump-backed conspiracy theory that was later found to be “false and unsubstantiated,” according to an investigation by the Georgia Elections Board. In an appearance before a committee of the Georgia state legislature, Giuliani told lawmakers that a video circulating online showed “Ruby Freeman and Shaye Freeman Moss … quite obviously surreptitiously passing around USB ports, as if they’re vials of heroin or cocaine.”

U.S. Judge Beryl Howell said in a 57-page opinion in the case: “The bottom line is that Giuliani has refused to comply with his discovery obligations and thwarted plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea’ ArShaye Moss’ procedural rights to obtain any meaningful discovery in this case … Rather than simply play by the rules designed to promote a discovery process necessary to reach a fair decision on the merits of plaintiffs’ claims, Giuliani has bemoaned plaintiffs’ efforts to secure his compliance as ‘punishment by process’ … Donning a cloak of victimization may play well on a public stage to certain audiences, but in a court of law, this performance has served only to subvert the normal process of discovery in a straightforward defamation case.”

In a statement, Freeman and Moss lauded the ruling: “Rudy Giuliani helped unleash a wave of hatred and threats we never could have imagined. It cost us our sense of security and our freedom to go about our lives. Nothing can restore all we lost, but today’s ruling is yet another neutral finding that has confirmed what we have known all along: that there was never any truth to any of the accusations about us and that we did nothing wrong. We were smeared for purely political reasons, and the people responsible can and should be held accountable.”

Judge Howell wrote that a trial to determine the full scope of damages will take place later this year or early next, adding that “the jury will be instructed that they must, when determining an appropriate sum of punitive damages, infer that Giuliani is intentionally trying to hide relevant discovery about his financial assets for the purpose of artificially deflating his net worth.”

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August 31, 2023

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to have another medical episode during public event

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again during an exchange with reporters on Wednesday during an event in his home state of Kentucky.

Video footage showed McConnell, 81, trailing off and remaining silent after he was asked if he would seek re-election in 2026. While the Republican leader acknowledged the question, he froze and began to stare ahead; after roughly 10 seconds, an aide stepped in and asked whether he heard the question. McConnell replied, “yes,” but continued to look off into the distance, prompting the aide to say, “we’re going to need a minute.” The aide then asked for assistance from what appeared to be a member of McConnell’s security detail. The senator appeared to regain his composure after roughly 30 seconds of silence, clearing his throat and stating, “OK.” McConnell answered two more questions from reporters, though his aide relayed the topics to him. He then left the gathering.

A spokesperson for McConnell said he felt “momentarily lightheaded and paused” during the press conference, adding that while he said he feels fine, “as a prudential measure, the leader will be consulting a physician prior to his next event.” President Biden told reporters after delivering remarks on the federal response to Hurricane Idalia and the wildfires on Maui that McConnell is a “good friend,” and said he is going to try to get in contact with him.

The incident marked the second time McConnell appeared to have a medical episode at a public event. The first instance of McConnell freezing occurred during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol on July 26, when he stopped speaking mid-sentence while delivering opening comments and appeared unable to continue with his remarks for roughly 15 seconds. An aide to McConnell later said he “felt lightheaded and stepped away for a moment.”

The freezing incidents come after McConnell tripped at a dinner event in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Washington in March, suffering a concussion. He was hospitalized for several days and received additional treatment at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. McConnell returned to the Senate more than a month after the fall.

McConnell has served as the top Senate Republican since 2007, and he became the longest-serving Senate leader in history when the new Congress began in January. The lawmaker is among the oldest politicians in office and is the 13th longest-serving senator in history with 38 years in office.

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August 31, 2023

SPORTS FEEVER – August 31, 2023

SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com

The start of the Minnesota High School Football season is this week and teams across northwest Minnesota are playing Thursday and Friday.

I will give my predictions on who will be in the section championship at the Fargodome at the end of the season.

SECTION 8AA
Barnesville vs Pelican Rapids
Barnesville is the easiest pick of all the area sections. Pelican Rapids had a very good team last year and have a lot of key players back and I would be surprised if both teams aren’t facing off in the championship.

SECTION 8A
Mahnomen/Waubun vs Red Lake County.
Mahnomen/Waubun has some great players coming back this year and Red Lake County might have been the youngest team in the section last year has a lot of experience back. They have size, athletes, and are always well coached.
Don’t count out Polk County West and Ada-Borup-West either. Any of those four teams in the championship would be o pretty good bet.

SECTION 6 9-MAN
Fertile-Beltrami vs either NCE/UH or Blackduck
Fertile-Beltrami is the two-time defending section champion and have a bunch of horses back again this year. They just reload and have great numbers every year. The opponent, I believe would be either Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal or Blackduck. Both teams had solid teams last year and I would put money on those two in the second and third seed, playing in the semi-finals for the rights to be in the championship.

SECTION 8 9-MAN
This is the toughest one to pick. I am guessing it will be a fight between ive teams. Kittson County Central, Goodridge/Grygla, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, Win-E-Mac or Stephen-Argyle.
The regular season match-ups will be big for each team and seeding will be important, but it all comes down to who put more time in the offseason.

SECTION 8AAA
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton and East Grand Forks.
DGF beat EGF in the section championship last year and I am expecting the two teams to battle for the title again. Morris moved into the section this year and to be honest, I don’t know much about them, other than they had a good season last year and could be a team to keep an eye one.

Good luck to all teams and if I didn’t pick you to be in the championship, don’t take it personal. I am usually wrong!

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Nebraska Women’s Volleyball broke the World Record for attendance at a female athletic event Wednesday night when they 92,003 fans at the match at the football stadium!

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The Minnesota High School League released its Section alignments for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years with several changes for section teams in northwest Minnesota. We have a list of all the sports and who is in and who is out next year. The Fall sports sections are listed below –

FOOTBALL –

Section 6 9-Man (Fosston in, Nevis out)
Blackduck
Cass Lake-Bena
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Laporte
Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
Park Christian

8 9-MAN (No Change)
BGMR
Goodridge-Grygla
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Northern Freeze
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac

Section 8A Football – (Fosston out)
Ada-Borup-West
Bagley
Mahnomen-Waubun
Polk County West
Red Lake County
Red Lake

Section 8AA Football (Park Rapids and Roseau drop from 8AAA)
Barnesville
Crookston
Frazee
Hawley
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Roseau
Warroad

Section 8AAA (Park Rapids and Roseau out, Morris in)
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Perham
Thief River Falls

VOLLEYBALL –

8A Volleyball – (added Red Lake)
Ada-Borup-West
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Blackduck
Climax-Fisher
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Fertile-Beltrami
Goodridge/Grygla
Indus
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Northome/Kelliher
Red Lake County Central
Red Lake Falls
Red Lake
Sacred Heart
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac

Section 8AA (Red Lake moved down to 8A)
Barnesville
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Frazee
Hawley
Menahga
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Perham
Roseau
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek
Warroad

BOYS SOCCER –

Section 8A (Added East Grand Forks)
Central Minnesota Christian
Crookston
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Hillcrest
Melrose
Minnewaska Area
Pelican Rapids
St. Cloud Cathedral
St. John’s Prep

GIRLS SOCCER –

Section 8A (Added East Grand Forks, lost Fergus Falls)
Albany
Crookston
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls Hillcrest
Melrose
Pelican Rapids
St. Cloud Cathedral
St. John’s Prep
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley

GIRLS TENNIS –

Section 8A (added East Grand Forks, Perham, and Thief River Falls, lost Long Prairie-Grey Eagle)
Crookston
East Grand Forks
Park Rapids
Parkers Prairie
Perham/NYM
Roseau
Staples-Motley
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY –

Section 8A (Perham is out)
Ada-Borup-West
Bagley/Fosston
Cass Lake-Bena
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
DNA Homeschool
Frazee
Hawley
Lake of the Woods
Lake Park-Audubon
Nevis
New York Mills
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Red Lake County
Riverside Christian School
Roseau
United North Central
Warroad
West Marshall

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY –

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JOKES

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How are former Crookston Pirates athletes doing in college or elsewhere?
****LET ME KNOW OF OTHERS TO ADD TO THE LIST. Email me at chrisjfee@yahoo.com

Ethan Boll is a Freshman on the University of North Dakota Football team.

Breanna Kressin is a Sophomore on the Hockey Cheer Team for THE University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey team.

Emma Osborn is a Sophomore playing basketball at Northland Technical and Community College in Thief River Falls.

Jacey Larson is a Sophomore playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.

Aleah Bienek is a Sophomore playing hockey at Trine University in Indiana.

Elise Tangquist is the Head Girls Golf Coach at Horace High School in Fargo, ND..

Kaleb Thingelstad is a sophomore playing golf at Dakota Wesleyan.

Joslynn Leach is a sophomore playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead. The Cobbers wrapped up the Fall season.

Brady Butt is a Junior playing football at the University of Jamestown.

Ty Hamre is playing football at Bemidji State University.

Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Norway.

Kate MacGregor is senior swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.

Aleece Durbin is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Womens Track and Field team.

Elizabeth Erdman is a coach for the Moorhead Red Dragon swim team.

Crookston School District Coaches
Ben Parkin is the head Pirate Baseball Coach.
Emily Meyer is the Pirate head girls hockey coach and softball assistant coach.
Jeremy Lubinski is a Pirate 8th Grade Football coach.
Amy Boll is the head Pirate Girls Track head coach
Sarah Reese is the Pirate Head Girls Soccer coach
Marley Melbye is the Head Girls Swimming coach and assistant girls golf coach
Jeff Perreault is the Pirate Girls Golf head coach
Wes Hanson is the Pirate Wrestling Head Coach and assistant boys golf coach
Kevin Weber is a Pirate Boys Basketball volunteer assistant coach
Connor Morgan is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach
Sam Melbye is the Pirate Boys J.V. Hockey coach
Chris Dufault is a youth wrestling Coach
Colton Weiland is an assistant wrestling coach

Non-Crookston High School coaching/Admin/etc

Tim Desrosier is an Assistant Coach for Warren-Alvarado-Oslo Pony Boys Basketball

Pat Wolfe is the head wrestling coach for Fosston/Bagley.

Austin Sommerfeld is an Assistant Athletic Director for Strategic Communication at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth.

Collin Reynolds is the head baseball coach for the University of Colorado Buffalo Club Baseball team.

Trent Stahlecker is a School Security Specialist & he works for the Brevard Public Schools, Florida.

Cody Weiland is an assistant wrestling coach at Proctor/Hermantown.

Josh Edlund is the head football coach and phy ed teacher at Flandreau, South Dakota.

Allison Lindsey Axness is Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach at Champlin Park

Jeff Olson is the Head Wrestling Coach and Head Baseball coach at Delano.

Jake Olson is an Assistant Football Coach and Head Boys Tennis coach at Delano.

Katy (Westrom) Horgen is the Head Boys Tennis coach at Monticello High School.

Matt Harris is an Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Marty Bratrud is the Superintendent and High School Principal at Westhope High School.

Gordie Haug is an assistant football coach at the University of Wyoming.

Mike Hastings is the Wisconsin Badgers Men’s head Hockey coach.

Mike Biermaier is the Athletic Director at Grand Forks Schools.

Stephanie (Lindsay) Perreault works with the North Dakota State stats crew for Bison football, volleyball, and basketball in the winter. Stephanie’s husband, Ryan, is the assistant director for Bison media relations.

Jason Bushie is the hockey athletic trainer at Colorado College.

Chris Myrold is the Director and Fitness at Mission Ranch and Fitness in Camel, California.

Kyle Buchmeier is a Tennis Pro at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis

Ben Andringa is serving our country in the Army and is now a Ranger.

Jarrett Butenhoff is serving our country with the U.S. Navy.

Joshua Butenhoff is serving our country on a Submarine with the Pacific Fleet with the US Navy.

Peter Cournia is a 2002 Crookston High School Graduate and a grad of West Point and currently serving in the U.S. Army.

Erik Ellingson is serving our country with the U.S. Air Force at Minot.

Philip Kujawa class of 2004, from Crookston High School. He is an Army recruiter in Rochester.

Rob Sobolik is the General Manager of the Fargodome

That’s it for this week. Thanks for the comments, and if you have anything to add or share, please e-mail chrisjfee@yahoo.com or call. Thanks for reading and listening to KROX RADIO and kroxam.com.

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August 31, 2023

Apple TV+ shares Season 3 trailer for ‘The Morning Show’

Apple TV+ dropped the trailer for Season 3 of The Morning Show.

While a previous teaser trailer established that Alex (Jennifer Aniston) is the sole anchor of the morning broadcast and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) is now on the evening news, the newly released footage establishes new series regular Jon Hamm as “an Elon Musk-type business titan with more money than God”, and a first glimpse of fellow newbie Nicole Beharie. In addition, Mark Duplass, Néstor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee and Julianna Margulies all reprise their roles in Season 3.

The Apple TV+ drama will return with two episodes on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Single episodes will follow weekly through the finale on Nov. 8, for a total of 10 episodes. It was already revealed that the show has been renewed for Season 4.

Take a look at the Season 3 trailer for The Morning Show – here.

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