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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has expanded a no travel advisory to portions of northwestern Minnesota due to low visibility and dangerous driving conditions. High winds and blowing snow are causing whiteout conditions. The expanded no travel advisory now includes all highways in Norman County and western Polk County located south of Highway 2. The […]
The Polk County Highway Department awarded two road projects this week. The first was for overlay and widening the shoulders on County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 36, CSAH 41 and CSH 42 around Union Lake. The project in total encompasses 15 miles and was awarded to Knife River Materials out of Bemidji for $1,837,371.00. The
The Polk County Soybean and Corn Growers and their checkoff dollars are supporting their schools and promoting agriculture with donations of books to local schools. The growers have donated agricultural educational books to elementary schools in Fosston, Erskine, Fertile, Crookston, Fisher, and East Grand Forks. The goal of the endeavor is to show the value
The public is invited to attend an informational meeting on Thursday, April 11 to learn more about this summer’s construction project on Highway 2 between Erskine and Highway 59. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Erskine City Hall, 105 Ross Avenue. It will be held as an open house
By Terri Heggie, Executive Director Crookston Area Chamber Terri On the Town made another stop recently. This time at Altru. Shayla Solberg, Regional Clinic Manager, and Carrie Bergquist, Regional Health Care Preparedness Coordinator gave me an inside tour and filled me in on the history of Altru. This recently remodeled clinic started out in 1920
Ask Bridget Landsverk, of Fosston, when she started volunteering as a firearms safety instructor and there’s a brief pause. She starts to count the years, then remembers: Last year she received a plaque for 10 years of service, which means 2019 marks the beginning of her second decade of instruction. Now 35 years old, she’s
