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Federal Reserve leaves interest rates steady noting ‘lack of further progress’ on inflation

Fed Chair Jerome Powell via CNBC Television YouTube Channel^ on a Macbook Pro

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates steady and postponed anticipated rate cuts stemming from elevated inflation across the U.S., which remains above the central bank’s 2% threshold.

The Federal reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement that the central bank left interest rates for overnight bank borrowing within a range of 5.25%-5.5%: “The economic outlook is uncertain, and the Committee remains highly attentive to inflation risks.”  In addition, with CPI inflation at 3.5%, the FOMC said, “In recent months, there has been a lack of further progress toward the Committee’s 2% inflation objective.”

Inflation has dropped dramatically from a high point of 9.1% annually to 2.7% as measured by the personal consumption expenditures, or PCE index. However, it remains more than a percentage point higher than the Fed’s target rate of 2%.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said at a press conference in Washington D.C. on Wednesday: “So far the data has not given us that greater confidence. It is likely that gaining such greater confidence will take longer than previously expected.” While the possibility of an interest rate hike in the coming months was raised (before the central bank moves forward with cuts), Powell said: “It is unlikely that the next policy rate move will be a hike.”

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Jessica Biel to star in the Peacock limited series ‘The Good Daughter’

Jessica Biel at the 30th Vanity Fair Oscar Party. LOS ANGELES^ USA. March 10^ 2024

Peacock has ordered the limited series crime drama ‘The Good Daughter’, starring and executive produced by Jessica Biel.  The limited series is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel “The Good Daughter”; and Slaughter will write all episodes and executive produce.

Biel will portray Charlotte, who survived a violent attack 28 years ago along with her sister, Samantha. The official series synopsis reads: “Sisters Charlotte (Biel) and Samantha Quinn have spent the last twenty-eight years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte is the first witness on the scene. Now a lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her own demons as the case twists through one shocking revelation after another. In the end, both she and Samantha find themselves wondering if the price of being the good daughter was worth it after all.”

‘The Good Daughter’ is the second of Slaughter’s novels to be adapted for television by Made Up Stories, who previously produced a series version of her book “Pieces of Her,” which starred Toni Collette and aired on Netflix in March 2022. Slaughter’s ‘Will Trent’ novel series also serves as the basis for the hit ABC series “Will Trent,” which was recently renewed for a third season.

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Jason Bateman, Jude Law to star in Netflix limited series ‘Black Rabbit’

Jason Batema at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 16^ 2016 in New York City

Jason Bateman and Jude Law are set to star and executive produce the new Netflix drama series, ‘Black Rabbit’. The official series synopsis reads:“When the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) allows his turbulent brother (Bateman) back in his life, he opens the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.”

Netflix also confirmed that Cleopatra Coleman (“Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire”), Amaka Okafor (“Bodies,” “The Responder”), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (“Gangs of London,” “Slow Horses”), and Dagmara Dominczyk (“Succession,” “The Lost Daughter”) will all star in the series, alongside Bateman and Law.

Bateman will direct the first two episodes of the one-hour drama, written and created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, who also serve as executive producers.

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ARREST/FIRE REPORT- MAY 2, 2024

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

Jerome Anthony White, 23, of Cass Lake, for probation violation.

The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls on 5/1/2024 –

At 11:00 p.m., the CFD responded to the 600 block of 2nd Ave NE for a report of an alarm activation. Upon arrival, a large amount of smoke was present in the building. It was found that unattended cooking was the cause of the smoke. The CFD turned off the stove and ventilated the smoke out of the building. Once the area was deemed safe, the CFD reset the alarm and cleared the scene.

 

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ARREST/FIRE REPORT- MAY 2, 2024

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

Jerome Anthony White, 23, of Cass Lake, for probation violation.

The Crookston Fire Department (CFD) responded to the following calls on 5/1/2024 –

At 11:00 p.m., the CFD responded to the 600 block of 2nd Ave NE for a report of an alarm activation. Upon arrival, a large amount of smoke was present in the building. It was found that unattended cooking was the cause of the smoke. The CFD turned off the stove and ventilated the smoke out of the building. Once the area was deemed safe, the CFD reset the alarm and cleared the scene.

 

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CROOKSTON PIRATE GIRLS GOLF FINISH 2ND AT EGF TRIANGULAR

The Crookston Pirate Girls’ Golf team shot a 210, but the East Grand Forks Green Wave won their own triangular by three strokes over the Pirates at Valley Golf Course in East Grand Forks. 

Ava Martin led the Pirates for the second straight meet while recording a 50. She had one par, four bogies, three double bogies, and one triple bogey.
Addie Fee shot a 53 with five bogies, two double bogies, one triple bogey, and one quadruple bogey.
Georgia Sanders also shot a 53. She had two pars, one bogey, three double bogies, three triple bogies.
Madelyn Anderson shot a 54. She had three bogies, four double bogies, and two triple bogies.
Emelia Hoerner shot a 55. She had four bogies, four double bogies, and a five-over-par. 
Kaylie Clauson shot a 58. She had two bogies, three double bogies, three triple bogies, one quadruple bogey.

The results are below-

Teams Pirates Score
1. East Grand Forks- 207 Ava Martin 50
2. Crookston – 210 Addie Fee 53
3. Thief River Falls-233 Georgia Sanders 53
Madelyn Anderson 54
Emelia Hoerner 55
Top Individual Scores Kaylie Clauson 58
1. Jillian Frost-EGF 47
1. Kayla Thompson-EGF 47
3. Ava Martin-Crox 50
4. Addie Fee-Crox 53
4. Georgia Sanders-Crox 53

 

Georgia Sanders

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PIRATE BOYS GOLF FINISH 9TH OUT OF 17 TEAMS AT BEMIDJI

The Crookston Pirate Boys golf team finished ninth place out of 17 teams at the Boys Section 8 Preview meet with a team score of 347. Fertile-Beltrami won the meet with a 327, three strokes better than Hawley.  “I think today was one of our better team outings of the year,” said Pirate Coach Steve Kofoed.

Section 8A and 8AA Boys and Girls golf tournaments are held at Bemidji Town and Country Club, so it was a mix of Section 8A and 8AA teams competing.

Crookston was led by Garrett Fischer as the sophomore shot an 81, good for 10th place individually. Fischer had two birdies, nine pars, and four bogies for his best scores. “He hit the ball great but had a couple of unforced errors which hurt him on a few holes,” said Coach Kofoed.

Evan Shockman had the best round of his career as he turned in an 85. The sophomore had seven pars, nine bogies, and two double bogies for a consistent round. “Evan had a very good round,” said Coach Kofoed.
Tate Hamre had a solid round with an 89. Hamre had five pars and 11 bogies for his best scores. He also had a double bogey, and the one hole that hurt his score a bit was a quadruple bogey. “Tate had a great round going until the final hole or so,” said Coach Kofoed.
Brannon Tangquist turned in a 92. The senior had six pars and five bogies for his top scores.
David Dauksavage had one of his best rounds of the year while turning in a 99. The sophomore had one par and eight bogies for his top scores. “David breaking 100 in his first look at Bemidji Town and Country Club was awesome,” said Coach Kofoed.
Ashton Shockman putted well but struggled with the drive and just couldn’t lock it in and turned in a 104. “Ashton was the only one that was really frustrated,” said Coach Kofoed. “He struggled to hit the ball but was pleased with how he was putting. Feeling good about putting is the number one factor at Bemidji, so I could see him dropping 15 strokes on Monday.

Teams   Pirates Score
1. Fertile-Beltrami-327 Garrett Fischer 81
2. Hawley-330 Evan Shockman 85
3. BGMR – 332 Tate Hamre 89
4.East Grand Forks-333 Brannon Tangquist 92
5. Roseau – 334 David Dauksavage 99
6. Thief River Falls-336
7. Barnesville-344
8. Mahnomen-W-345		 Ashton Shockman
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9. Crookston-347 TOP GOLFERS
10. Park Christian-351 1. Jack Justesen-Haw 74
11. Perham-352 2. Lucas Fuller-Barns 76
12. Fosston-356 3. Tanner Doeden-Park Ch 78
13. Ada-Borup-W-364 3. Bradyn Thingvold-Ros 78
14. West Marshall-374
15. LOW – 379
16. Bagley-415
17. Win-E-Mac-419

 

Evan Shockman

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THE CROOKSTON HIGH SCHOOL TRAP SEASON IS UNDERWAY

The Crookston High School Trapshooting season is well underway, with a roster of 35 students this year, ranging from seventh through 12th grade. This year’s group includes 12 seniors. First-year head coach Randy Prudhomme leads the team.

Prudhomme said his first year has been good so far. “It’s pretty good, a little nervous at the beginning, you know, new coach, they are always going to have different coaching styles and different expectations, but the kids have really turned around, and they adapted real fast,” said Prudhomme, “They were like oh okay never heard of it explained that way and some it helped.”

The Trap team has found plenty of early success in their season. “It’s going good; kids are adapting with a new coach. Picking up different coaching styles, the kids are doing good” Prudhomme, “It seems they are holding or improving. That’s all you can ask for. If I start seeing your slide, I’ll say, hey, let’s take a look and see what’s happening, but everyone is doing well and can’t be any happier now”.

The Trap team scored very well throughout the season’s early stages, with two students shooting a perfect score of 25 for 25. Tate Hamre and Wyatt Wilkens were the students who accomplished the feat.

The Crookston High School Trap team will have remaining competitions for weeks two through five here in Crookston. Following those competitions, on June 1, the team will be heading to Greenbush Middle River for the Gator Clay Busters Invite. The final competition will occur on June 13, when we head to Alexandria for the final state-wide shoot. 

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CROOKSTON SENIORS CAN RECEIVE FREE HOME SURVEYS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE TESTING

The Crookston Fire Department now encourages senior residents in Crookston to participate in free home surveys and testing for Carbon Monoxide with the Crookston Fire Department.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, and invisible gas. Symptoms of CO poisoning can include headaches, nausea, fatigue, vomiting, and disorientation. Crookston Fire Fighter Garett Bengston commented about the dangers of the gas but also where it stems from within homes. “Primarily, Carbon monoxide will be in the homes that contain a furnace or a water heater,” said Bengston, “It’s going to be a unit that uses that natural gas, so it’s burning.”

Those who are encouraged to do the home surveys may receive free installation and a new carbon monoxide detector. To qualify for the free service, you must be at least 60 years of age, reside in the Crookston city limits, and own the home in which you live. “The purpose of this program is to ensure the safety of our senior residents,” said Bengston, “By providing and installing the carbon monoxide detector in their home with no cost to them. This is something I feel like we need to do, and that’s take care of our senior citizens. They’re our heart and soul, and we wouldn’t be here without them.”

The Crookston Area Community Fund recently awarded the Fire Department with grant funding in which the department will use a portion of the grant to fund this project. The funds will go toward the purchase of new Carbon Monoxide monitors and the installation of the devices.

Call the Fire Department at 218-281-4584 and request a survey to be done at your home. The firefighter on shift will come to your home and check to see that your detectors are working properly. If your detector is not working properly, the firefighter will either install new batteries or a new Carbon monoxide detector. The new detector comes with a 10-year sealed battery as well.

 

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PIRATE BOY’S TENNIS WINS ALL SINGLES MATCHES, WINS NW QUAD

The Crookston Pirate Boy’s Tennis team won all 12 singles matches to sweep the singles on its way to a first-place team finish in the Northwest Quad in East Grand Forks and Grand Forks on Wednesday. Bemidji finished second place.

TEAM SCORES –
1. Crookston
2. Bemidji
3.
4.

SINGLES –
Crookston went 12-0 in singles with all four singles players winning the championship.
Isaac Thomforde won all three of his first singles matches. He beat Thomas McMahon of East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-0, beat Owen Lappunga of Bemidji 6-3, 6-1 before beating Jett Cornelius of Thief River Falls by a forfeit for a first place finish.
Reggie Winjum beat Dom Arndt of Bemidji 6-0, 6-3 in his first match. He beat Nolan Meulbroeck of East Grand Forks 6-3, 6-2, and beat Spencer Heupel of Thief River Falls 6-3, 6-3 to win the second singles championship.
Gunnar Groven won three close matches as he beat Kaleb Funk of Thief River Falls 6-3, 7-5. He beat Peter Mathews in a three-setter in the second match. Gunnar lost the first set 6-2 before bouncing back to win the second set 6-3. In the third set, it was back and forth before Gunnar won the set 10-8 to win the championship.
Sam Widseth completed the singles sweep at fourth singles as he beat Austin Kovar of East Grand Forks 6-2, 6-4, beat Jack Dodson of Thief River Falls 6-1, 6-2, before winning a tight third match 7-6, 6-3 over Josh Arel of Bemidji to win the championship.

DOUBLES 
The doubles matches were highly competitive, with great matches up and down the lineup. At first doubles, Jack Everett and Grant Funk lost a close match to Bemidji 6-4, 7-5. They beat Thief River Falls in a wild match. They won the first set 7-5 before losing the second set 6-2 to force a third set. In the third, Everett and Funk outlasted their opponents to win 13-11. The third match also went three sets, with East Grand Forks winning the first set decisively 6-1. Crookston won the second set 6-3 before East Grand Forks won the third set 10-7, and Funk and Everette finished third place.
The second doubles team of Tim Brule and Caden Boike beat Thief River Falls 6-0, 6-2 before losing to Bemidji 7-5, 6-2. In the third match, East Grand Forks beat Brule and Boike 6-1, before the Crookston duo bounced back to win 6-2. In the third set, East Grand Forks won 10-6, and Crookston finished third place.
The third doubles team of Colton Osborn and Hudson Rick beat East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-2. They also beat Thief River Falls 6-4, 6-4 before falling to a good Bemidji team 6-1, 6-1 to finish second place.
The fourth doubles team of Eon Deleon and Breck Borowicz lost to Bemidji 6-2, 6-0 in their first match. In the second match, they bounced back to beat East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-0, and beat Thief River Falls 6-1, 6-1 to finish second place.

CROOKSTON Opponents Place
1st Sin Isaac Thomforde W Thomas McMahen(EGF) 6-1, 6-0
W Owen Lappunga (Bem) 6-3, 6-1
W Jett Cornelius (TRF) Forfeit		 1st
2nd Reggie Winjum W Dom Arndt (Bem) 6-0, 6-3
W N. Meulebroeck (EGF) 6-3, 6-2
W Spencer Heupel (TRF) 6-3, 6-3		 1st
3rd Gunnar Groven W Kaleb Funk (TRF) 6-3, 7-5
W P Mathews (Bem) 2-6, 6-3, 10-8
W Bauer Water (EGF) 6-3, 6-3		 1st
4th Sam Widseth W Austin Kovar (EGF) 6-2, 6-4
W Jack Dodson (TRF) 6-1, 6-2
W Josh Arel (Bem) 7-6, 6-3		 1st
1st Dub Jack Everett
Grant Funk		 L Bemidji 6-4, 7-5
W Thief River Falls 7-5, 2-6, 13-11
L East Grand Forks 6-1, 3-6, 10-7		 3rd
2nd Tim Brule
Caden Boike		 W Thief River Falls 6-0, 6-2
L Bemidji 7-5, 6-2
L East Grand Forks 6-1, 2-6, 10-6		 3rd
3rd Colton Osborn
Hudson Rick		 W East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-2
W Thief River Falls 6-4, 6-4
L Bemidji 6-1, 6-1		 2nd
4th Ean Deleon
Breck Borowicz		 L Bemidji 6-2, 6-0
W East Grand Forks 6-1, 6-0
W Thief River Falls 6-1, 6-1		 2nd

 

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