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Otter Tail Power Company is upgrading all company-owned street and area light fixtures in the community of Crookston, Minnesota, to light-emitting diode (LED) technology. The company’s LED tariff and replacement plan, which the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved on November 30, 2017, closed out all tariffs for high-pressure sodium, metal halide, and mercury vapor lighting […]
The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) held it’s 2020 legislative kick-off on Tuesday with Mike Miller, the advocacy coordinator for the University of Minnesota. The bonding request from the University of Minnesota totals $200 million for the Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) fund, including four highlighted projects at UMC. Additionally, a further $175.8
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting bids for private landowners to graze cattle on parts of Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, beginning in May of 2020. The selected landowner will enter into a Cooperative Agricultural Agreement to conduct grazing on specified units of the Refuge. This conservation grazing opportunity has the potential to
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has released its first spring flooding outlook for 2020 for the Red River Basin. The flooding along the main stem of the Red River was a top ten flood a year ago, and this year could be a top-five flood. In Crookston the Red Lake River crested at
One of the many remarkable things about my friend, Fred Rogers, was his capacity to be deeply and genuinely moved whenever he encountered goodness and decency. As such, he would have loved my hometown and the people in it. I have felt so fortunate over the decades to have come from a place where so
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has canceled a Winter Storm Warning for the Red River Valley and implemented a Blizzard Warning from now until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. The blizzard warning includes the following cities in Minnesota – Crookston, East Grand Forks, Ada, Twin Valley, Halstad, Moorhead, Hallock, Karlstad, Lancaster, Warren, Stephen, Argyle,
