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The annual Ox Cart Days Taste of Crookston, sponsored by United Valley Bank of Crookston, was held at the Crookston Eagles Club on Monday night to officially kick off Ox Cart Days Week. 14 businesses, agencies, and individuals served delicious food, and desserts, to hundreds of happy attendees. The People’s Choice winner was the UMC […]
One year ago, on March 16, 2020, Governor Tim Walz announced executive order 20-05, which closed bars, restaurants, theaters, fitness centers, and other places of public accommodation and amusement at 5 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. That was the first of many orders regarding COVID-19 restrictions and closures that have impacted businesses across the state,
The Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) convened a special committee to review small business relief grant applications. Polk County had allocated $200,000 from the county total of $620,000 to the businesses in Crookston. The committee consisted of CHEDA Board members Kurt Heldstab, Leon Kremeier, Craig Buness, and City Council members Tom Vedbraaten and
The Crookston Rotary Club is holding a Christmas Raffle fundraiser to help support their projects. Club President Bob Magsam said COVID-19 has slowed some fundraising, so they put a raffle together. “We’re trying to do a little bit of a fundraiser like every other group out there that relies on some fundraising efforts to accomplish
On Wednesday, Governor Tim Walz announced new COVID-19 restrictions that will close the doors on fitness centers, movie theaters, and public pools. Those closures go into effect Friday, November 20. CROOKSTON POOL The Crookston Pool will freeze its programs after Friday and plans to honor those once they are allowed to reopen, said manager Cody
Anyone driving down North Broadway the last couple of weeks likely noticed a couple of characters scaling the Fournet Building’s front wall. While the skeletons provided a seasonal laugh for many, they also drew passersby’s eyes to the work being completed on the ground floor of the building, which is now covered in tin siding.
