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The numbers are in, and this year’s sugar beet harvest was record-setting for American Crystal Sugar. After a dry start to the season, a little rain and a warm September set the stage for the record harvest. There were 12.7 million tons of sugar beets harvested, which beat the previous record of 12.1 million tons. […]
The Polk County Commissioners met Tuesday morning at the Polk County Government Center. Annalee Jones started the meeting with a request on behalf of several levying authorities for levies for taxes payable in 2024 in the amount of $2,641,196.21. This included watershed levy requests, Northwest Regional Development Commission and Northwest Minnesota Multi-County Housing and Redevelopment
Three school districts in northwest Minnesota had school district referendums on Tuesday. The Fisher School District operating levy referendum did not pass. There were 154 no votes (61%) to 97 yes votes (39%). The referendum was asking Fisher School District residents to revoke the school district’s existing referendum revenue of $161 per pupil and to
Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today launched a new effort to support and grow small businesses in Minnesota. The $10 million program will provide low-interest loans to small businesses, promoting the growth and success of Minnesota’s small business economy. “Small businesses are foundational to Minnesota’s economic ecosystem – they’re at
Crookston High School senior Isaac Thomforde, signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Northwestern University in St. Paul and play tennis for the Eagles. Thomforde will be in his fourth year of varsity tennis and is coming off a fourth-place finish in the Section 8A Boys Tennis Singles tournament last spring. Isaac came out
The East Grand Forks City Council approved the continuation of the Police Department’s program that allows the department to collect food or cash donations for the East Grand Forks Food Shelf in place of monetary fines for certain parking violations through the month of December. The program allows people who receive calendar parking or snow
