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The Northwest Regional Corrections Center announced the arrests of the following individuals: Stephanie Ann Rasmussen, 46, for felony 5th-degree procurement, possession, or control over a controlled substance. Daniele LaMae Rasmussen, 39 of Fertile, for felony 5th-degree procurement, possession, or control over a controlled substance.
Rep. Deb Kiel of Crookston, and more than 50 other Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Monday in response to a letter sent last week by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) informing hospitality industry leaders of stepped-up compliance checks that could result in fines, forced closure loss
The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council will offer several grants again in 2020. Deadlines for the different grants range from October 1 through November 15. Individual Artist Grants of $5,000 have an October 1 deadline and grants of $1,500 have a November 15 deadline! Arts Project grants of up to $3,000.00, Arts Equipment for Schools Grants for $3,000, and Arts
Crookston Public Schools has four new teachers in the elementary schools for the 2020-2021 school year. The new teachers are below – ELIZABETH ERICKSON Elizabeth Erickson has been a long-term substitute teacher in the Crookston School District and comes back to Crookston after teaching preschool at Hawley last year. “I’m from Barnesville originally,” said Erickson.
The Minnesota Department of Health released it’s COVID-19 Weekly Report (here) on Thursday. All information is updated through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2. Information on Polk County and the KROX listening area was pulled from the report and is below – Polk County Minnesota Tests 5,677 1,540,107 Positive Cases 211 78,123 Percent Positive Tests
The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 1,047 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths. There were seven new cases reported in Polk County for a total of 211 cases in the county since the start of the pandemic. The 1,047 positive results came from 13,926 completed tests for a 7.5 percent positive rate.
