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With the nice spring, many people are likely looking to get outside and start spring cleaning on their property. For some that will include burning, but there are rules for burning both in the City of Crookston and the Crookston Fire District that residents should be aware of. Crookston Firefighter Shane Heldstab said the local […]
The soldiers of B Company from the Crookston Armory departed Tuesday afternoon with an escort from the Crookston Police Department, Crookston Fire Department, Crookston Ambulance, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, and Minnesota State Patrol. They will head to training in Texas before deploying to Kuwait.
The Crookston Firefighters took to the river Thursday evening for their monthly training to practice ice and water rescues. Crookston Firefighter Bob Magsam said the fire department likes to brush up on those skills as the weather warms and deteriorates the ice conditions. “Every spring, we try to brush up on our skills for ice/cold
With less than average snowfall this year, Crookston’s Adopt a Hydrant program has been pretty slow going. Not that many people have signed up to adopt a hydrant in their area to keep clean this year but that may be due to Mother Nature has been easy on us so far. The attempt to drive
On Monday, February 8 the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a train derailment near Highway 75 and County Road 252 north of Crookston. Deputies arrived and located multiple rail cars scattered along the tracks and ditch. A total of nine of the train’s 14 cars were derailed. Several cars were leaking non-hazardous material. There
The Crookston Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 338 Hurlbut Avenue on Monday night. The structure was a home that had been converted into a duplex. Crookston Firefighter Bob Magsam said the fire spread onto multiple floors but that the firefighters felt the fire was knocked down as of 8:40 p.m. “Upon arrival,
