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[yotuwp type=”videos” id=”NbYRN1vLsP4″ ] Another major milestone for the Ag Innovation Campus was reached on Wednesday when the facility’s groundbreaking ceremony was held. The ceremony was attended by local and state leaders, including the Crookston City Council members, Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority Board, Senator Mark Johnson, Representative Deb Kiel, and Governor Tim Walz.
The Crookston Chamber will host the 2020 Meet the Candidate Forum on Wednesday, October 21, at 6 p.m. Because of the COVID-19 restriction, the forum is not open to a public audience, explains Chamber Director Terri Heggie. “KROX will be doing a live feed,” said Heggie. “Something different this year is it will not be
A joint meeting of the Crookston City Council Ways & Means Committee and the Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) Board was held on Tuesday night at Crookston High School. Mayor Dale Stainbrook opened the meeting by saying he’d requested a meeting between the city and CHEDA, such as this for the past three
Republicans and Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature are at odds over the allocation of funds to counties from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to counties. Minnesota received $1.87 billion dollars from the CARES ACT, with a portion, $667 million, to go to counties, cities, and towns struggling with COVID-19. Hennepin
On Monday, Senate Republicans shared ideas from small businesses and churches to safely reopen as Minnesota enters the third month with a stay at home order. Despite billions in federal stimulus dollars being pumped into the state, nearly 600,000 Minnesotans have filed for unemployment, and thousands of small and local businesses and churches, have closed their
Senator Mark Johnson (R-EGF), along with Senator Paul Utke (R-Park Rapids) and Representative Jeff Backer (R-Browns Valley), wrote a letter last week to Gov. Tim Walz urging him to reconsider his one-size-fits-all approach to battling COVID-19 in Minnesota. The letter was co-signed by 44 senators and representatives across rural Minnesota, including Deb Kiel (R-Crookston). Johnson
