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(Updated – 7:00 a.m.) The Minnesota Department of Transportation advises no travel on the following highways in northwest Minnesota. Highway 2- Crookston to East Grand Forks Highway 200 – Ada to North Dakota border No Travel Advised means that the roadway has deteriorated and/or visibility has been reduced to the point that it is very […]
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking creative, witty and fun names as part of a new effort to name eight snowplows in the agency’s fleet – one snowplow for each MnDOT district in the state. Name ideas can be submitted on the MnDOT website. The submission form will be open until Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, and all
The Crookston City Council will meet Monday, October 12 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. There is one item on the main agenda, to a resolution to approve $176,043.45 in CARES Act Small Business grants. The consent agenda includes approving the September 28 meeting minutes, approving bills and disbursements totaling $311,312.30,
Motorists traveling on Minnesota highways this fall need to be aware of large, slow-moving farm equipment transporting crops to markets, grain elevators, and processing plants. Farm equipment is large and heavy, making it hard for operators to accelerate, slow down, and stop. The machines also make wide turns and sometimes cross over the centerline. They
In September 2018, Polk County held a workshop on its County Road Safety Plan (CRSP). The CRSP is a joint project developed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, and County Engineers to improve safety on roadways outside the seven-county Twin Cities metro area. Two projects were discussed during that meeting, the urbanization
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is thanking thousands of Adopt a Highway volunteers across the state – and encouraging others to sign up to clean a section of roadway – in celebration of the program’s 30th anniversary. More than 3,800 volunteer groups, ranging from four to 25 people, spent an estimated 272,000 hours cleaning roadway
