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Within the last few weeks of winter, Sustainability Coordinator and Associate Professor of the University of Minnesota Crookston Katy Chapman, along with Lindsay Peace (NW Research & Outreach Center), wrote and secured a grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. With the help of farm cooperators Craig and Brian LaPlante, their efforts were rewarded as […]
After two years off because of COVID, the Dream Boutique in Crookston is returning to help provide dresses for local girls looking to go to their prom. The Dream Boutique will hold several shopping and donation events throughout the spring, leading up to the day of prom, where people can donate items for the Boutique
One would be especially challenged to find a teacher with a more wide-ranging courseload than Kristen Schwarz, who carries the title of “ag instructor” at Fisher Public School. She teaches Food Science, along with Veterinary Science. She leads a class teaching students what it takes to earn a CDL (Commercial Driver’s License), a class on
The Polk County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday morning inside the Polk County Government Center for their last meeting of 2021. 2022 BUDGET APPROVAL The board officially approved the 2022 budget, 2022 Net Levy, 2022 Commissioners Salary/Per Diem, and set the 2022 Wage Grid for the County Administrator, Department Heads, and other Non-Union Personnel.
MnDOT announced yesterday motorists on Highway 2 between Fisher and East Grand Forks can now access both eastbound and westbound lanes. Eastbound traffic will experience lane closure during the construction of turn lanes as well as the J-turn at the intersection of Highway 2/2B. The project is expected to be complete by mid-November, weather permitting.
The Polk County Office of Emergency Management is working with U-Spatial at the University of Minnesota Duluth to update the county’s Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (MHMP). The plan assesses the natural hazards that pose risk to the county, such as tornadoes, straight-line winds, ice storms, blizzards, wildfire, flooding, and extreme temperatures, and identifies ways to minimize
