Month: January 2024

Crookston Home Delivered Meals will be delivered by the Kiwanis 100’s and the CHS Leo Club through Friday, January 26.

The United Way of Crookston’s Dine Out week will go on until Saturday, January 27. 

The Golden Link Senior Center will have foot care today from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., followed by SAIL at 2:30 p.m.

The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. The kitchen will serve baskets.

Saturday, February 3,  Get Kids Outdoors (the foundation set up in memory of Adam Parnow) will hold their 1st annual event at Island Lake, Lengby, east of Fosston, for kids ages 10-16 who would like the opportunity to go ice fishing. There are 40 available spots. Applications are due at the end of today. The Get Kids Outdoors Ice Fishing Committee will notify those approved after January 28th. February 3rd, the bus will leave Crookston High School at 1:00 pm and pick up other kids as determined along the way to Lengby, returning to Crookston at approximately 7:00 pm. Throughout the day, the kids will learn to set up fish houses, learn to fish, get door prizes, have supper, and, most importantly, they will have FUN!  For more information, contact fred.parnow@gmail.com or 218-280-6344.

The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo on Friday, January 26, starting at 6:30 p.m. This will include a $500 must-go jackpot, and the kitchen will serve baskets.

The Crookston Eagles Club will have Bar Bingo on Saturday, January 27, starting at 2:00 p.m. This will be a $400 must-go jackpot, the kitchen will serve baskets.

The Crookston Eagles Club will host the U.M.C AgArama Dance on Saturday, January 27, from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

The public is welcome to attend the Crookston Public School Wellness Policy Meeting at CHS on January 29 at 11:00 a.m. in the conference room.

The Children’s Dental Services are hosting a Dental Health Clinic on Tuesday, January 29, and Wednesday, January 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Crookston Polk County Public Health Office. They offer dental hygiene services to people of all ages and they accept Medical Assistance and offer reduced-cost care under an income-based sliding scale. To schedule an appointment, call 612-746-1530 or 866-543-6009.

The Early Childhood Build a Wood Project for ages birth to 5 years will be on Monday, January 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please bring an adult, a Phillips screwdriver, and a hammer. Register early to save your spot by calling 281-5078.

The Washington Elementary School P.T.O. meeting will be on Tuesday, January 30, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. R.S.V.P. for childcare by January 29.

The Fisher American Legion will have Wednesday Night Burger Night on Wednesday, January 31.

RiverView Health will host a four-hour First Aid Class on Thursday, February 1, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the RiverView Home Care Building, 721 South Minnesota Street in Crookston. The cost of the class is $55. You must pay in advance to save your spot.  To register or for more information, call 281-9536. No walk-ins will be accepted.

RiverView Health will be offering a CPR class on Thursday, February 8, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the RiverView Home Care Building, 721 South Minnesota Street in Crookston. The cost is $55 for those needing certification, and for those not needing certification, the class is free. To register, call 218-281-9536. No walk-ins will be allowed.

The 21^st Annual Ice Buster Daze Fishing Derby in Crookston will be on Saturday, February 10. The Masonic Lodge Breakfast will be 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. at 112 West Robert Street. Pancakes, Waffles, sausage, coffee, juice, and milk will be served. It’s a free-will offering with money going to local charities. Ice fishing will be from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the Red Lake River at Central Park. Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. $25 for 2 holes. Tickets are being pre-sold at Crookston Ace Hardware and Scott’s True Value. Ticket sales are limited to 300. The Awards Ceremony will be at 7:00 p.m. at the Crookston Eagles. For more information, contact Crookston Ace Hardware at 281-1749 or Brian at 281-7762.

The Camp Confidence Fundraiser Cornhole Tournament will be held on Saturday, February 10, at the Crookston Eagles Club. Registration and check-in will be 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Bags will fly at noon. The cost per team is $40, and Venmo is available. It’s double elimination with payouts for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place.  There are new custom-made boards and bags. Wear your favorite football jersey for a chance at a $20 bar tab. To pre-register, call or text Tandra at 218-289-0575 or Nicole at 443-716-8635.

The Driftbusters Snowmobile Club  Fundraiser Galentine’s  Designer Purse Bingo and Vendor Show, with special guest, Blinked Permanent Jewelry, will be held Tuesday, February 13, at the Crookston Eagles Club. Vendor Show will be from 5:30 to 7:00 and Bingo at 7:00.  Advanced tickets are $40 and $50 at the door. 15 games will be played. There will be door prize drawings throughout the vendor show. For tickets, contact Anna Peterson at 218-280-8994 or Shannon Knaack at 320-309-7308.

The Crookston Gun Club will host its 43rd annual Family Fun Night and Awards Banquet on Saturday, February 24, at the Crookston Eagles Club. There will be a social at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Dinner choices will include Prime Rib or Walleye. The price is $30 for adults and $25 for ages under 18. For more information, call Steve Videen at 218-289-2115.

CONTINUING ANNOUNCEMENTS

North Star 4-H is hosting a Socks & Snacks for Students Drive through January 31. Items needed are socks to fit youth shoe sizes 1 up to  6,  non-perishable, individually-packaged snacks for packing lunches, beverages like Capri Sun and flavored water,  snacks like granola bars, fruit snacks, chips, crackers, popcorn, cookies, and rice krispies treats. Please, NO peanut butter snacks due to allergies. The drop-off locations are Highland School, Washington School, Our Savior’s Lutheran School, Cathedral Church, Shear Sisters, Crookston Floral, Crookston Fire Station, Crookston Library, Tractor Supply (Grand Forks)

Join the Crookston Library winter’s reading adventure Book Blizzard going on now through February 29!! Read to win cozy prizes. Complete a reading log for every four books you listen to or read. Participate at the Crookston Library or online at larl.org/bookblizzard 

The Crookston January pool hours are Monday through Friday- lap swim  6:00 to 9:00 a.m., aqua aerobics 9:00 to 10:00, homeschool open swim 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., and open swim 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, mom and tot 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., open swim 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. birthday party slots from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. Closed on Sundays.

As the Crookston Care and Share expands, its women’s dormitories are in need of twin bed frames, dressers, lamps, and end tables. Donate: call 218-281-2644.

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

Highland Elementary School is looking for new or used winter gloves and snow pants in sizes 8, 9, and 10. If you are interested in donating or have any questions, call 218-281-5600.

Parents of children are invited to register their children for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The program provides one book every month to your child for FREE from when you enroll until they turn five. Crookston Public School manages the program, and you can register at www.ImaginationLibrary.com.

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 or call 281-2644. The Donation Room is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and Fridays from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Polk County Public Health and ECFE will host a Newborn Baby Talk event for parents with babies newborn to 12 weeks every Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Crookston Public Library. There will be 2-12 week sessions. January 9-March 26, and April 2-June 18. A public health nurse, parent educator and lactation specialist will be available to answer questions about your newborn and provide support and information on your journey of parenting. A facilitated discussion will cover feeding, attachment, sleep, development, family changes, and returning to work. You can have your baby weighed too.

Every Tuesday (except for Federal Holidays), The Crookston Public Library will host New Born Baby Talk from 9:30 am. to 11:00 a.m. This is for parents with babies 0-12 weeks old. A public health nurse, parent educator, and lactation specialist will be available to answer questions about your newborn and provide support and information on your new journey of parenting.

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 Crookston Public Library will have StoryTime every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

The Golden Link is serving noon lunch Monday through Friday. All are welcome to dine in between the hours of 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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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The Crookston Planning Commission held a special meeting on Tuesday night in the City hall council chambers.

The lone item on the agenda was the approval of rezoning a large portion of the Ag Innovation Campus from an I-1 Heavy Industrial zone to an I-2 Light Industrial zone. “Heavy Industrial is the heavy manufacturing such as large utility,” said Crookston Building Official Greg Hefta, “It requires large capital infrastructures where light industrial requires much less, like medium or small capital requirements.”

According to the city’s ordinance regarding heavy industrial zones include areas that are used for manufacturing, compounding, assembly, packaging, treatment or storage of the following products or materials; brewing, cement, concrete, stone cutting, mill working, meat packing, flour, feed, grain milling, asphalt distillation etc.

The Crookston City ordinance regarding light industrial zones explains the intent is to provide for industrial uses that may be suitably located in areas of relatively close proximity to non-industrial development. Permitted uses include; Warehouse, packing and crating establishment, laboratories for research and quality control, offices, and the manufacturing of compounding or processing food products.

“If you could visualize basically south of Titan, and corner of Crystal Sugar,” said Hefta, “Or Ingersoll and Highway 75 south. Basically the ten acres the Ag Innovation Center has to the county met property is where we would like to make it light industrial and that’s about 36 acres.”

There are multiple anonymous businesses that have contacted the city regarding this area. The Planning Commission believed changing the zone to light a light industrial zone would benefit future development.

The Planning Commission had consensus to recommend the Crookston city council to approve the zoning change.

 

 

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The Crookston City Council received a presentation on Monday regarding the Minnesota Rail Service Improvement (MRSI) at the Industrial Park.

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Regional Business Development Manager Chet Bodin and Crookston EDA Director Karie Kirschbaum proposed that the city donate 15 acres of land at Industrial Park to expand the rail spur at that location. “We’re proposing that the city donate 15 acres in the case that we receive a grant from the Department of Transportation (MnDOT),” said Bodin, “To extend the railroad spur in the Industrial Park surrounding the Ag Innovation Campus.”

The Crookston EDA has already applied for a grant through MnDot in the amount of $1.765 million. The funding would pay for the earthwork, installation of the rail spur, and rail switch equipment. The proposal to the city includes an additional 10 acres of private storage space for private storage development, which stores agricultural products. “There are approximately 90 acres surrounding the rail spur,” said Bodin, “So having that capacity in the rail park will help the park develop business because it offers businesses who need railroad shipment options.”

MnDOT has $18 million in the MSRI grant program. Crookston EDA Director Karie Kirschbaum expressed that this is a competitive grant, and only $9 million of that funding is left to disburse. “We feel very confident due to the economic impact of this railroad spur coming in that we will be awarded funding,” said Kirschbaum, “My department initiates a lot of these projects and communicates with different business owners, and gets hold a lot of meetings with entities to put packages together that will make sense for the community of Crookston, and city council to make a decision.”

Kirschbaum also stated that this would benefit the city due to infrastructure investments that would lead to a tax space increase, which would ultimately decrease taxes for Crookston residents. “That’s the biggest thing for me after attending the Truth in Taxation hearing,” said Kirschbaum, “Especially from my department, it’s like what can we do to help them get lower utility bills, and whatever we can do to lower their bills and increase our tax space.” Another benefit of the railroad spur that was discussed was the opportunity for local farmers to bring their products and load them on a rail car. One rail car is equivalent to four semi-truck loads. This may be deemed beneficial due to the region’s recent trucking and shipping shortages.

The council ultimately found consensus regarding installing the railroad spur and accepting grant funding. After the presentation, the council held a discussion and instructed City Administrator Corky Reynolds to begin drafting a Memorandum of Understanding with Minnesota Northern Railway. “A railway would allow Minnesota Northern to transfer various commodities,” said Reynolds, “From here to Duluth, for shipping overseas. This initial phase in the MSRI grant would allow Minnesota Northern to construct that spur.”

The next City Council meeting will take place on Monday, February 12, and will look to review the MSRI grant Memorandum of Understanding.

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Voting is now open for the 2023-24 Name a Snowplow contest, the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The top eight vote-getters will become MnDOT snowplow names – one new name for each MnDOT district.

 

See the list of finalists and vote now at mndot.gov/nameasnowplow.

 

Voting will remain open through Sunday, Jan. 28. Individuals will be able to vote once and select up to eight of their favorite names.

 

MnDOT received more than 8,000 snowplow name submissions in December. MnDOT staff reviewed the suggestions and selected 50 finalists for public voting. The agency considered a variety of factors, including uniqueness, frequency of submissions, Minnesota-specific ideas, and names that would be easily identifiable and understandable to most audiences. 

 

Winning names will be announced in late January. Minnesotans are encouraged to follow @mndot on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on the Name a Snowplow contest, as well as for winter weather alerts, safety messages, project updates, and more.

 

This is MnDOT’s fourth Name a Snowplow contest. In addition to the 24 named snowplows selected through previous contests, MnDOT staff have also helped to name three additional snowplows: Giiwedin-The North Wind; Goonodaabaan-Snow Vehicle (both Ojibwe); and Icamna-Blizzard (Dakota) in acknowledgment of the highways the state plows adjacent to tribal lands.

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