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The Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) held a special board meeting Tuesday morning. The majority of the meeting was held in a closed session related to land sales and acquisition as allowed in MN Statutes 13D.05, Subd. 1 and 3. The open part of the meeting consisted of one agenda item, a proposal […]
The Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority’s (CHEDA) Board of Commissioners recently approved $50,000 for a buildout for a child care center at the Marywood facility east of town. CHEDA’s Executive Director Craig Hoiseth talked about that buildout and what will follow in terms alleviating the child care shortage in the coming months and year.
On Thursday, Governor Tim Walz signed the omnibus agriculture finance bill which includes $5 million in funding for the Soy Innovation Campus between Epitome Energy and the University of Minnesota Crookston. The campus will be located adjacent to Epitome Energy’s 21-million-bushel soybean crush and 30-million-gallon biodiesel facility. Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority Executive Director
The Crookston City Council had a public forum scheduled for Tuesday night’s meeting to discuss the proposed Gateway Overlay District. Councilmembers were the only ones to speak during the forum before voting to send the district back to the Crookston Planning Commission. Councilmen Jake Fee, Tom Vedbraaten, Bobby Baird and Steve Erickson all expressed concern
The Crookston City Council met on Tuesday night and opened their meeting with the Crookston Forum for individuals to address the council on items not on the agenda. Steve Krueger, the former board chair of Agassiz Federal Credit Union for 12 years, spoke to the council about their history and how the merger with First
The City of Crookston Ways & Means Committee meeting got off to a bad start Tuesday night and ended on an even more negative note. The mayor called the meeting to order only about 90 seconds after the conclusion of the City Council meeting while several members of the council were engaged in conversations with
