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The Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) Board met on Tuesday morning. The board authorized Executive Director Craig Hoiseth to apply for a grant from the USDA for rural business development using $100,000 of the funds allocated to CHEDA last year by the Crookston City Council. Hoiseth said the application, due by the end […]
The Tri-Valley Opportunity Council’s bus transportation service is continuing to operate under regular hours despite the shutdown of many public places. The bus is still available for trips to the grocery store and will be providing free trips to The New Hope Food Shelf when it is open over the next three weeks, according to
The United Way of Crookston has reached its fundraising goal for the year. Director Lori Wagner thanked those who have donated thus far this year. “We reach our goal for the United Way,” said Wagner. “I’d like to thank all the donors because I’d say the United Way is the stewards of all the dollars
UPDATE 3/23/20 The New Hope Food Shelf will be holding a food drop for dinner Mondays through Fridays from 6:00-6:30 p.m. at the following locations: Highland Park Complex (Barrette Street/Central Avenue) and Crookston Public Library parking lot (North Ash Street). There will be gluten-free options available and allergy requests should be sent to Rachel LaFerriere
The Shoe Drive Fundraiser for the Crookston Care and Share collected 2,775 pairs of shoes that were packaged and transported to Florida for distribution by Funds2Orgs. Those shoes were shipped to several countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Ghana, and Haiti. Small business owners purchase the shoes for pennies on the dollar and resell to local
The Crookston Care and Share announced this week they would begin operating a food shelf out of their facility two days a week starting on March 16. The food shelf will be open Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Crookston had been without a food shelf since October when the North Country Food
