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The Cathedral School 4th and 5th graders who participated in the 2025-2026 Catholic Daughters Essay and Art Contest were proudly sponsored by Court St Cecilia Catholic Daughters from Court #2025 in Red Lake Falls. The students showed their faith, their creativity, and thoughtful reflections through beautiful artwork and meaningful essays. The theme this year was The […]
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) was recognized by the Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA) as the Legislator of the Year for championing legislation to benefit law enforcement agencies nationwide. Klobuchar was one of two legislators to receive the award, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was honored as the other recipient for this year. Klobuchar
The Crookston High School Speech team competed in Glyndon on Saturday at the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton competition. Senior Zac Plante placed 2nd in Creative Expression, and it was his first time performing his speech and competing in this event. This event has speakers writing and performing their own original speeches. He also took a red ribbon for his humorous
With sad news, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office is informing the public that K-9 Rex has passed away today (2/8/2026). K-9 Rex recently became very ill and was diagnosed with Lyme disease and was in kidney failure. To relieve K-9 Rex from suffering, the decision was made to put Rex down. K-9 Rex was a
The Mathcounts chapter competition was held on Friday, February 6, in Thief River Falls. The Competition Series has four levels of competition—school, chapter, state, and national. Each level of competition consists of four rounds—Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown Round. The Mathcounts competition is for kids in grades 6 through 8. Crookston’s scoring team finished first place
Voting on a new list of finalists begins today in the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s latest Name a Snowplow contest. The top eight vote-getters will become new MnDOT snowplow names, one new name for each MnDOT district. See the list of finalists and vote now at mndot.gov/nameasnowplow. Voting will remain open through noon on Friday, Feb. 13.
