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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced that its Public Health Laboratory has found the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus known as Omicron in a specimen from a Minnesota resident with recent travel history to New York City. The variant was found through the MDH variant surveillance program, which is one of strongest surveillance […]
A local pet adopter’s heartwarming story about how his adopted dog changed his life has earned the Humane Society of Polk County a lifesaving grant award from Petco Love. Tim Menard’s story was selected as one of the 100 national winners from thousands of submissions to help the Humane Society of Polk County earn a
The Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston reported the following arrests. Devin Joseph Williams, 25 (no address given) for Violation of a Restraining Order. Ty Lawrence Altman, 36 of Grand Forks, for possession of a pistol and Assault. Valencia Marie Cooper, 46 (no address given) for Third-Degree Burglary. Alanah Jae Moreno, 48 of East Grand
Crookston High School students Ethan Boll and Libby Salentine have been honored as the recipients of the 2021-2022 Excel Award. Excel Award recipients at Crookston High School meet the following criteria: The student must be a junior in high school. The student must be making satisfactory progress toward his or her graduation requirements. He or
The Tri-County Community Corrections Board held a special meeting this afternoon inside the Polk County Justice Center. The only item on the agenda was a Northwest Regional Corrections Center Population Reduction plan due to staffing shortages. Tri-County Community Corrections Executive Director Andrew Larson’s recommendation to the board was to reduce the jail’s population by closing
After last year’s successful contest and outstanding snowplow name ideas, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is inviting the public to help name another round of eight snowplows – one snowplow for each MnDOT district in the state. MnDOT encourages the public to get creative and submit their most witty, unique or punny snowplow name ideas on the agency’s
