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The Crookston Ox Cart Days Kids Lemonade Stand Contest has been going on all week across Crookston. There have been quite a few ingenious ideas for unique stands. A gallery of the stands is below – SKYLER BERG DONATES LEMONADE STAND EARNINGS TO FIRST RESPONDERS Also this week, Crookston youth Skyler Berg donated his earnings […]
The Crookston firefighters are hoping people are hungry for hotcakes and sausage on Friday, August 21 when they’ll hold their annual Pancake Breakfast, drive-thru style for 2020. Because of the pandemic, this will be their only fundraiser and they wanted to continue the traditional event in a safe way. The event will be held from
On Friday, August 14 at approximately 9:05 a.m., the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a property damage traffic accident that involved a BSNF train and a semi dump truck. The nearest intersection was 290th Ave SW and 260th St. SW in Rural Crookston MN. Deputies arrived and were able to determine that the train
The Crookston City Council met on Monday night and had two people speak at the public forum, and the Crookston Fire Department received a FEMA grant. PUBLIC FORUM Michelle Christopherson from the University of Minnesota Crookston handed out information to the council about a COVID-19 grant the university received from the Economic Development Administration focused
At 6:36 p.m. Monday, the Crookston Fire Department was called to the alley of Stuart Ave. and Pleasant Ave. for a transformer on fire. Crews were on standby until the Otter Tail Power Company showed up. The transformer was de-energized, and crews returned to quarters. The transformer was deemed a total loss.
While people continue to miss county and state fairs, and other large gatherings throughout summer 2020, especially Crookston’s Ox Cart Days, which postponed its events to 2021 due to the pandemic and insurance-related reasons, some events happening the third week of August in Crookston will keep the festival spirit alive. The annual Miss Crookston Scholarship
