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Corey Strem won the 2026 Happy Joe’s Pizza and Ice Cream Parlor Ox Cart Days Pizza Eating Contest on Saturday. He finished 12 slices of pizza in seven minutes and 10 seconds. Corey will receive one large Happy Joe’s pizza a month for an entire year, and his photo will be added to their Wall
The Crookston Ox Cart Days festival has hit the halfway point, as the schedule of events is full of fun activities for all ages all weekend long. Some highlights include the Shriners Parade on Thursday at 7:00 p.m, the Miss Crookston Pageant on Thursday at 7:00 p.m., community s’mores events on Friday from 5:00 to
Caden Osborn won the 2025 Happy Joe’s Pizza and Ice Cream Parlor Ox Cart Days pizza-eating contest on Saturday afternoon. Also competing were Tyler Brekken and Zach Delage. People enjoyed the Grove Mechanical S’mores table, Crookston Championship Taekwondo demonstrated, there was a vendor fair, kids’ activities, Just For Kix demonstration, and a lot more. Pictures
The United Valley Bank’s Taste of Crookston was held Monday night at the Crookston Eagles Club to kick off Ox Cart Week festivities. There were 17 food vendors, and another big crowd enjoyed the delicious variety of food offerings. TASTE OF CROOKSTONFirst place ($500 prize) – Mill Street Catering with a burrito bowl with smoked
The winner of the 42nd Annual KROX Viking Voyage was Karen Lunak of Erskine, who registered at Erickson’s Smokehouse in Fertile. Karen won a grand prize package for a trip for two on the weekend of November 1-3. The trip includes two round-trip airfare to Minneapolis, private car service in Minneapolis, a two-night stay at
Ox Cart Days 2024 wrapped up on Sunday, and we have winners from a few of the events on Saturday. TORCHLIGHT PARADE The Ox Cart Days Torchlight Parade was another outstanding parade with so many great entries, but the Crookston Lions Club judges had the difficult job of picking the top three. The winners are
