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Scott Butt promoted to Parks & Rec Director, Council Member Kristie Jerde resigns, At-Large advisory council approved

The Crookston City Council met on Monday night and promoted Scott Butt to Park and Rec Director, approved the at-large advisory council, and council member Kristie Jerde resigned. ADVISORY BOARD APPROVEDThe first item on the regular agenda was a resolution establishing an Advisory Board to recommend an appointment for the vacant At-Large City Council Seat. […]

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PROJECTS ARE ONGOING FOR SEVERAL CROOKSTON BASEBALL FIELDS

Both Jim Karn Field and the Ray Ecklund Complex are currently undergoing renovation projects, which involve many moving pieces.  Crookston Parks and Recreation Director Jake Solberg details the project: “At Karn, we are putting in the storage underneath the grandstand. So what we are doing there is we are kind of making it look like

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CROOKSTON PARK BOARD GIVES UPDATES ON ECKLUND AND KARN PROJECTS

The Crookston Parks & Recreation held a Park Board Meeting Monday afternoon at City Hall. The meeting started with the board discussing youth activities, policies, and procedures for the programs in the community. They went over their mission statement and spoke on the philosophy of youth sports activities. “It’s just more of a guideline and

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PIRATE BASEBALL USES OUTSTANDING PITCHING TO BEAT RED LAKE COUNTY

The Crookston Pirate Baseball team got an outstanding pitching performance from Matt Contreras as they beat the Red Lake County Rebels 9-2 at Les Drechsel Athletic Field in Red Lake Falls. FIRST INNING Crookston’s first batter struck out swinging before Matt Contreras walked. After another Pirate strikeout, Greyson Ecker singled up the middle, and the

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ADA-BORUP-WEST OUTLASTS CROOKSTON BASEBALL IN SEASON-OPENER

The Crookston Pirate Baseball team had some solid at-bats and decent pitching, but mental and physical errors cost them in a 14-11 loss to the veteran Ada-Borup-West Cougars in the season-opening game played at the University of Minnesota Crookston Baseball Field.  Crookston committed five errors, while ABW committed one.  FIRST INNING ABW’s Brennan Fetting got

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NEW JIM KARN FIELD GRANDSTAND SEATING INSTALLATION COMPLETE

In the summer of 2023, the Crookston Baseball Association and the City of Crookston agreed to add new grandstand seating behind home plate at Jim Karn Field. The project included 238 seats, with 133 being stadium seating. Four wheelchair spaces, along with 100 bench seats designed as bleacher seating. The Southern Bleacher Company started the

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