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OAKDALE CEMETERY PLACES NEW COLUMBARIUM NEXT TO ITS MAUSOLEUM

The Oakdale Cemetery recently added a new addition to the mausoleum with a new columbarium placed next to it on Thursday morning. While the Oakdale Cemetery is a 50+-acre plot of land that holds many of the resting places of many in Crookston, it also contains a columbarium for people that had chosen to be […]

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CROOKSTON ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DINNER HAPPENING THANKSGIVING DAY NOV. 25

The Crookston Annual Thanksgiving Dinner returns this year on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Crookston Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. It has been going on for nearly 40 years, and this year the event will be drive-through only. Lester Wilkens and Gaye Wick are once again helping with

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OAKDALE CEMETERY FUNDRAISING FOR NEW OSSUARIUM

The Oakdale Cemetery Association is holding a fundraiser to purchase a new Ossuarium for the Oakdale Cemetery. The Ossuarium would be a resting place for cremated remains in soft urns. President of the Oakdale Cemetery Association, Lester Wilkens, is hopeful the public will donate due to the lack of space in their old columbarium. “I

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MASONIC LODGE DONATES 100 POUNDS OF ONIONS TO CARE AND SHARE

The Crookston Masonic Lodge recently presented Care and Share of Crookston with a donation of 100 pounds of Vidalia onions.  Pictured left to right, Adrian Gonzales-Care and Share Kitchen/Food Shelf Manager, Brian Halos-Care and Share Executive Director, Lester Wilkens-Crookston Masonic Lodge Treasurer, and Earl Hill-Crookston Masonic Lodge Master.

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CROOKSTON ECUMENICAL THANKSGIVING DINNER TO BE SERVED TO GO

The Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Dinner has been held in Crookston for more than 40 years and will be held Thursday, November 26.  The meal will be served to go beginning at 11:30 a.m. until about 1 p.m. Lester Wilkens said six families started offering the meal more than 40 years ago, and about 6-8 families

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