CROOKSTON CHAMBER AMBASSADORS VISIT LESMEISTER DENTAL
The Crookston Chamber Ambassador team visited Lesmeister Dental, and Steven Lesmeister to welcome him to the community this week.
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TRISTAN SUNDQUIST WINS CROOKSTON DISTRICT SPELLING BEE, ADVANCES TO REGIONAL BEE
Tristan Sundquist, a sixth-grader at Highland Elementary won the annual Crookston District Spelling Bee and will advance to the Regional Spelling Bee in Thief River Falls on February 5. Sundquist said his first word was pretty easy and helped him overcome his nervousness. “At first when I got up there, I was a bit nervous,
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CROOKSTON HIGH SCHOOL GRAD KIRK RONGEN DIES IN AN AVALANCHE IN IDAHO
Crookston High School graduate, Kirk Rongen, was killed in an avalanche on Wednesday, January 15, while snowmobiling in Sawtooth National Forest in the Baker Creek drainage approximately a half-mile northeast of Baker Lake, Idaho. Rongen was one of two snowmobilers caught in the avalanche near an elevation of 9,000 feet. One of the riders escaped
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CROOKSTON LIBRARY BOOKS & BREWS BOOK CLUB TO DISCUSS “HEARTLAND”
The Crookston Public Library’s Books & Brews Book Club will meet Monday, January 20 at 7:00 p.m. at Irishman’s Shanty, 1501 S. Main St. The group meets the third Monday of every other month to discuss books and enjoy beverages. This month they will discuss “Heartland” by Sarah Marsh, an eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America.
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THE COUNTY LINE – BY POLK COUNTY COMMISSIONER WARREN STRANDELL
By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner, Dist. 2 Hot topics for the County Board in the year ahead are issues like these. Replacement of the elevator in the Government Center: This will involve how access to services located on the upper floor of the building will be made available during several months of the
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CROOKSTON LEO CLUB FILL FOOD BOXES AT NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK
This morning, the Crookston Leo Club had its last day of volunteering at the North Country Food Bank before it moves to East Grand Forks. The Leo Club packaged 240 boxes of food that will be delivered to neighboring communities. The Crookston Leo Club had volunteered to fill boxes four times a month at the