Month: August 2023

The Northwest Regional Correction Center reported the arrest of the following-

Nicholas Walter Johnson, 35, of Red Lake Falls, for third-degree DUI and refusal to submit to chemical testing.

The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls on 8/30/2023 –

At 8:14 a.m., the CFD responded to the 500 block of Walsh St. for a report of a general fire alarm activation. Upon arrival, it was found that contractors were on-site working and accidentally set off the alarm. There was no danger present. The CFD reset the alarm and cleared the scene.

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Crookston Home-delivered meals will be provided by American Federal Bank, United Valley Bank, and Noah Insurance Agency through Friday, September 1.

Register now for the Benedictine Living Community Golf Glow Ball Tournament Fundraiser on Saturday, September 9, at Minakwa Golf Course.  On the day of the Golf Tournament, registration starts at 3:30. 1^st 9-hole Shotgun starts at 4:00 p.m., followed by supper and raffle drawings, 2^nd 9-hole Glow Golf will be at sunset, with awards and more raffle drawings to follow. Prizes awarded for best decorated glow golf cart and glow golfer. For more information or to register a team, call Cassie Rudie, Foundation Director, at 281-9713. Proceeds go to Benedictine Living Community in Crookston.

The Golden Link Senior Center will have SAIL today starting at 2:30 p.m.

The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo this evening starting at 6:30 p.m.

The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo on Friday, September 1, starting at 6:30 p.m. Including a $500 must-go jackpot.

The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo on Saturday, September 2, starting at 2:00 p.m. This will include a $400 must-go jackpot.

Garbage and recycling collection for Monday, September 4, will be collected on Tuesday, September 5, in observance of Labor Day. Tuesday’s garbage and recycling collection will remain the same.

The Polk County Transfer Station will be closed on Monday, September 4, in observance of Labor Day. Regular hours will resume at the transfer station on Tuesday, September 5.

Post Offices will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2023, in observance of Labor Day. No mail delivery, caller service, or Post Office Box service will exist.  All services resume on Tuesday, September 5.

City Hall will be closed on Monday, September 5, in observance of Labor Day.

All Lake Agassiz Regional Library (LARL) branches and LINK sites will be closed on Monday, September 4, in observance of Labor Day, with operations resuming Tuesday, September 5. 

The King of Trails Crookston City Wide Garage Sales will be on Saturday, September 9, for a list of sales, go to Facebook’s Crookston What’s Happening page or pick up lists at Sistas Corner.

The 18^th Annual Sugarbeet Museum Harvest Festival will be held Sunday, September 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum in Crookston. Beet Harvest at 11:00 a.m., tractor pull at noon. Watch harvesting sugarbeets with vintage machines and many other items on display, including a new style of sugarbeet harvester, a steam thrasher, and many other items on display. Food truck available for lunch. A free bus will run between the Sugarbeet Museum and the Polk County Museum. Free admission. For more information, call 218-280-8181.

The Polk County Historical Society  Pioneer Day will be  Sunday, September 10, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Polk County Museum. The event opens with lunch and pie, exhibits, tours, blacksmithing, and lefse-making demonstrations, a display of “Hit and Miss” engines, musical entertainment by  Four Mile Portage at 1:00, Lyndon Johnson at 2:15 and The Woodpicks at 3:30. Free Wagon rides from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Free admission, but donations are greatly appreciated.  A free bus will run between the Sugarbeet Museum and Polk County Historical Society Museum. This activity is made possible, in part, by an Arts Legacy Grant from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council.

The 18th Annual Lillian Bridgeford Memorial Scramble will be on Saturday, September 16, at Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston. The event starts at 10:00 a.m. with a tee-off at 10:30 a.m. There is a minimum donation of $75 or $50 for Minakwa Golf Course Club members. With a donation, you get 18 holes of golf & 1/2 cart, lunch, and a chance to win some great prizes! All proceeds benefit Hospice of the Red River Valley. For questions and registration, contact John Bridgeford at (218) 280-5369 or leanpackaging@gmail.com.

There will be a Free Will Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction Benefit for Pastor Phil Larsen on Sunday, September 17, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Fertile Fire Hall.  A 2003 Subaru Baja will be auctioned off at 12:30 p.m. Pastor Phil Larsen was a United In Christ Lutheran Parish in Fertile pastor. He was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma brain tumor in November 2022. Monetary donations can be dropped off at Concordia Church. If you want to donate a silent auction item or themed basket, contact Renee Rongen at 218-289-0236 or Patty Mosher at 218-280-7264. Assisted by Thrivent member action teams, Red River State Bank and West Central Ag Services.

CONTINUING ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Crookston Squadron Civil Air Patrol meets every Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Call 218-281-3954 for more information.

Twig and Branch Collection will be held on the second and fourth Mondays from June through October. Place the materials on your curbside. Branches must be cut into four-foot lengths and bundled by the crew to take them away. Annuities or tree trunks not cut to this length and bundled will be left for the owner to haul away. Twigs may be in boxes or bags. Individuals removing their diseased elm trees should call City Hall to schedule a pickup. Please note that leaves, grass, and other compostable material must be in the clear City of Crookston bags and will be collected on your regular garbage collection day.

The Crookston Care and Share is now accepting donations of Women’s, Men’s, and children’s clothing, toiletries, and other everyday items. Donations may be dropped off at the Care and Share Center at 220 East Third Street.

The Crookston Public Library’s Books & Brews Book Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of every other month at 6:30 p.m. at Drafts Sports Bar and Grill. They will discuss books and enjoy beverages. Appetizers are provided by the Friends of the Crookston Public Library; participants are responsible for the cost of their food and drinks. All are welcome.

The Crookston Public Library’s Reading by the Red Book Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of every other month at 6:30 p.m. They will discuss books and enjoy beverages.

The Golden Link is serving noon lunch Monday through Friday. Call 281-3072 by 10:00 the day you plan to have lunch.

The Crookston Friends of the Library meet on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

The Crookston Library Board meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 5:15 p.m.

The Cove Youth Center in Crookston is open Monday through Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Students and parents should call ahead to check the availability of the youth center at 218-470-0149.

The Crookston Care and Share Center’s Donation and New Hope Food Shelf will be open every Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and every Friday from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. For more information or to donate, call 218-277-0000.

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Randy Bergquist is entering his first year as Crookston Public Schools superintendent and is looking to immediately impact the district, starting with the Crookston Middle School.

Crookston Middle School is a new addition this school year for kids entering grades 6-8, and there will be a new cell phone policy during regular school hours, specifically during class periods. “Some parents are going to be happy with this decision, and some parents may be upset with the decision,” said Bergquist. “A lot of schools are using this implementation of no cell phone use, and an issue with parents is wondering how they can get ahold of their children in emergencies.”

When an emergency presents itself during a school day, parents are now asked to call the middle school office and report the crisis. The child will be contacted from the office following that procedure. If it is a non-emergency situation and parents would like to speak to their child, they can also reach them through the office.

Many people believe technology comes with the good and the bad, and Bergquist believes there are many beneficial aspects to keeping technology away from students during class periods. “Technology is great! For many aspects, but right now technology, in my opinion, is hindering students and staff from teaching and learning inside the classroom,” said Bergquist. “You have all these different apps like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, I think kids nowadays are used to chatting with their friends online, even when their friends might be sitting a few chairs away from them.” The phone regulations could help get children back to face-to-face interactions and communication. The district is also using this implementation to focus on students’ emotional health and learning.

The system will be put in place for the first day of school and students will be asked to keep their cellular devices in their backpacks or lockers during the day. If a student does not put their device away at the beginning of the day, teachers may ask for it and store it in the classroom before giving it back to the student at the end of the day.  “We’re hoping the students will be able to comply with the honor system,” said Bergquist. “Hopefully, they get acclimated right away, and there is the research of other schools who have done this, and some of the research I’ve noticed, students feel better about not using cell phones during the day,” Bergquist added, that in his research on this topic, many students have shown improvement with face-to-face interaction with their classmates, but also their parent interactions at home.

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There have been several recent felony level charges in Polk County and Neil Carlson of iNewz.tv tells us about them. Click on the video below.

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The City of Crookston is soliciting Proposals from qualified firms for the completion of a detailed 5-year and summary 10-year comprehensive Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and related street, streetlight, sidewalk, sanitary sewer, water, stormwater, and signage inventory report.

Sealed proposals must be submitted in writing and shall be delivered to Crookston City Hall, City Administrator, 124 N. Broadway Avenue, Crookston, MN 56716, no later than Wednesday, October 4, 2023, by 4:00 p.m. Proposals received after the date and time specified will not be considered and will be rejected by the City of Crookston.

A pre-proposal meeting will be held via Zoom at 1:30 p.m., September 13, 2023. Proposer attendance is encouraged but is not mandatory. The City reserves the right to reject all proposals in part or whole.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: All qualified firms will receive consideration of contract(s) without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin, ancestry, age, physical and mental handicap, severe medical conditions, disability, spousal affiliation, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Request for proposal documents will be available by contacting City Administrator Charles “Corky” Reynolds by telephone at (218) 281-1232, or by email at creynolds@crookston.mn.us or via the City website at www.crookston.mn.us.

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds firearm and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as an antlerless permit lottery this hunting season to purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 7. Hunters who buy their support on or before this date are automatically entered into the lottery for the deer permit area or particular hunt area they declare.

Successful applicants will receive a postcard in the mail authorizing them to take an antlerless deer using their regular license in that antlerless permit lottery area. No application is needed to take antlerless deer in permit areas with either sex, two-deer limit, three-deer limit, or five-deer limit designations.

Hunters who want to participate in a particular firearm or muzzleloader deer hunt must also apply for permits issued through a lottery. That application deadline is also Sept. 7.

More information about designations and regulations for deer permit areas, as well as details about exceptional hunt opportunities, are available on the Minnesota DNR website (mndnr.gov/hunting/deer) and in the 2023 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook, which is available online and in print by late August wherever DNR licenses are sold.

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Check out this week’s Scruffy Tails Pet of The Week, Violet!

If you are interested in Violet, or if you have any questions, go to www.scruffytails.org or call 218-281-7225

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