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COVID-19 vaccination moved another step forward on Tuesday when Gov. Tim Walz announced the eligibility for vaccination of another 1.8 million Minnesotans made up of front-line workers and those with preexisting conditions. Walz announced that the state had reached its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of Minnesotans ages 65 and older several weeks ahead of […]
The Minnesota Department of Health released its COVID-19 Weekly Report (here) on Thursday. All information is updated through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10 unless noted. Information on Polk County and the KROX listening area was pulled from the report and is below – Polk County Minnesota Tests 32,725 7,663,467 Positive Cases 3,458 494,106 State
The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 921 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, 175 probable cases from antigen testing, and 19 deaths. The confirmed cases were the result of 31,784 completed tests for a positive rate of 2.9 percent. Roseau County had 3 confirmed cases, Kittson County-2 cases, and Mahnomen County-1 case. There
The Crookston Fire Department responded to the following call on 3/10/2021: At 9:47 a.m., the CFD responded to the 2900 block of University Ave for an alarm system activation. Upon investigation, it was found that a detector had activated due to dust getting inside the detector. CFD assisted in turning off the detector, resetting the
A special facility committee met Wednesday at the Crookston High School to discuss building an athletic complex for the Crookston School District, including a track and football/soccer field and other amenities. The School Board had tasked Superintendent Jeremy Olson with creating a committee back in December (here), and 25 teachers, staff, business owners, community leaders,
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a train derailment from Burlington Northern Sante Fe at the intersection of Highway 75 and 210th Street Southwest north of Crookston. Nobody was injured in the train derailment and nothing was leaking from the cars. A total of 22 cars had derailed. There is no concern
