Month: December 2024

BISSELL Pet Foundation is hosting its Empty the Shelters—Holiday Hope reduced-fee adoption event from December 1 to 17. Scruffy Tails Humane Society is on board and ready to help ensure no pet is in the shelter this holiday season. 

More than 400 organizations in 45 states are participating. In the past, this effort has helped more than 300,000 pets find loving homes, making Empty the Shelters the largest funded adoption event in the country. During the event, BISSELL Pet Foundation sponsors reduced adoption fees so shelters can charge $50 or less to take deserving pets from kennels to the couches in their new homes.

Scruffy Tails Humane Society will participate in Empty the Shelters from December 1-14 and currently has eight dogs and multiple cats up for adoption. By participating, Scruffy Tails will be reimbursed for each pet adopted, which allows families to bring home a fully vaccinated, microchipped, and spayed or neutered pet.

We stopped out to Scruffy Tails to speak to Shelter Manager Erin Wilson, and she told us that all but one pet in the shelter was up for adoption during the event.  The youngest in the shelter, Pirate, the adorable kitten, is too young to be neutered in time.  Wilson encourages people to come out and see the animals, hoping to find them all homes. “Our goal is to try and get all of the animals out; that way, we can get new ones in,” says Wilson. “We do have a lot on our surrender list, and with it being winter, there is a lot for cats, wanting to get cats in off the streets.”

Wilson has provided photos of all animals up for adoption and a short bio on each one. I visited with many of the animals while I was at Scruffy Tails, and I hope that everyone reading this will also take some time to visit. Whether you are looking for a companion for a pet you already have, a companion for yourself, or a family pet, this is the perfect time. Visit Scruffy Tail Humane Society and help Empty the Shelters this holiday.

For more information, call Scruffy Tails Humane Society at 218-281-7225 or visit scruffytails.org.

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking hunters and other recreationists spending time outdoors this fall to report the locations of occupied bear dens they encounter in and around the Brainerd and Duluth areas. Bear researchers with the DNR and University of Minnesota Duluth hope to fit an additional number of bears with GPS tracking collars this winter.

“Getting a few bears collared in winter would really help these studies,” said Andrew Tri, Minnesota DNR bear project leader. “It would allow us to get a whole year of movement data, which we can’t do with bears that we catch and collar in mid-summer.”

The purpose of this research is to document bear movements on the landscape (both rural and urban) and assess the age of first reproduction in these two study areas.

Anyone finding a den in either area should obtain a GPS location (if possible) and call DNR bear research in Grand Rapids at 218-328-8879 or 218-328-8874.

The Minnesota DNR has had a decades-long study on bears collared in the Chippewa National Forest and at Camp Ripley Training Center to assess survival, reproduction and movement. Assessing the age of first reproduction is critical to keeping tabs on the bear population and effectively set harvest quotas.

“Bears can cause conflicts when they live near people, and collaring and tracking bears in the Duluth area will help us better understand how they are using the developed landscape,” said Michael Joyce, UMD wildlife ecologist. “Ultimately, we would like to use the information we gather to help reduce human-bear conflicts and promote coexistence.”

Bear research provides a better understanding of factors that cause populations to change, enabling the Minnesota DNR and partners to better manage and conserve this species.

Separate from the bear den study, the Minnesota DNR also has an online tool that allows people to report bear sightings. The bear sightings tool and more about bear management in Minnesota are available on the Minnesota DNR website (mndnr.gov/bear).

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The Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston reported the following arrests –

Chagoya Antonio Alonso, 34, is being held for INS

Becky Devlin Jane, 67, of Manvel, for Domestic Assault

Roxanne Zapata, 39, of Grand Forks for DUI

The post ARREST/FIRE REPORT DECEMBER 2 first appeared on KROX.

Commercial office space FOR RENT –
206 South Main Street in downtown Crookston (Former Starland Video and Edward Jones office) is available for rent for commercial/office space.
There are 1,500 square feet with a main reception area, two offices, one break room/IT room, and a bathroom.
There was a total remodel over five years ago with new heating/air, plumbing, carpet, paint, and more.
The office is fully wired for internet and phone. There is parking in the back of the building and parking in the front on the street.
Snow removal is provided. Utilities are taken care of by the renter.

Rent is negotiable. The building is owned by KROX Radio.
For more information and to set up a tour, contact Chris Fee at KROX RADIO at 218-281-1140. Pictures are below.

The entry/front of the building

The main entrance/front office area

The main reception/front office area

The first office

The second office

The break room/IT room

The hall from the back of the office looking to the front

The bathroom

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