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Rosetta Jean LaRochelle, 72, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Friday afternoon, September 25, 2020, at the Villa St. Vincent. Rosetta was born in Crookston on November 17, 1947, to Alphonse and Martha (Froemming) LaRochelle. She grew up on the family’s turkey farm near Crookston in Kertsonville Township and received her education in local schools. […]
The Polk County Commissioners voted to set the preliminary tax levy for 2021 at 4.938 percent at their meeting on Tuesday. The preliminary levy represents $3.8 million in cuts from the proposed budgets the commissioners received last week. Polk County Administrator Chuck Whiting said the goal is to reduce the levy further before budgets are
Crookston High School graduate Brent Blake is on a lengthy road to recovery after undergoing surgery for a stage IV brain tumor. Blake, who is 50-years-old and currently lives in Detroit Lakes, is the son of former Crookston residents Percy and Colleen Blake, who live in Grand Forks. In early August, Brent was on his
The year 2020 has seen many sports seasons postponed or delayed due to COVID-19. This includes most University of Minnesota-Crookston athletics, as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference announced in August that fall sports will be postponed through December 31. One UMC team that’s been able to practice and proceed as normal is the trapshooting team.
Evelyn Alvina Halverson age 80, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, with her family by her side. Evelyn Alvina Anderson was born on June 27, 1940, on the family farm in Middle River, MN, the daughter of the late Albert and Edith (Nelson)
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has updated the peak wind gusts from the severe thunderstorm that moved through the area on Wednesday night. The strongest peak gust was 64 miles per hour at the Grand Forks weather station. The Grand Forks Air Force base reported a gust of 59 miles per hour. The
