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Tourism is a key sector of the Minnesota economy, comparable to agriculture in its contribution to the gross state product. Minnesota’s leisure and hospitality industry account for more than 270,000 full and part-time jobs and close to $5.8 billion in wages. Travelers in Minnesota spend more than $42 million per day. These dollars circulate widely […]
Crews will be closing the inside lanes of the Kennedy Bridge on Highway 2 starting on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Traffic will be down to one lane in each direction. Once the work on the inside lanes is complete crews will switch over to the outside lanes. Crews will be wrapping up their work on
Crookston High School Junior, Blaine Asman, auditioned and was selected as Tenor II for the 2019-2020 Minnesota Music Educators Association All-State Men’s Chorus. Blaine will attend the All-State choir camp from August 5 – August 10, at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. The All-State Choirs will gather together again on February 14-15 to perform at
Fire calls: At 8:52 Tuesday evening, the Crookston Fire Department was called for a carbon monoxide alarm on the 200 block of 5th Avenue South in Crookston. The detector was out of date.
Jana (Carlson) Hedlund, a Crookston High School graduate (1998) was a 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year candidate semi-finalist. Hedlund is a special education/autism teacher at North St. Paul High School and is the Hedlund daughter of Kathie (Carlson) Barnes of Crookston and John Carlson of Grand Forks. The Minnesota Teacher of the Year award
The Polk County Commissioners met on Tuesday morning at the Polk County Government Center. In their final resolution of the morning, they reappointed Richard Sanders as the Polk County Engineer through May 2023. Sanders was named the 2018 Outstanding County Engineer of the Year by the Minnesota County Engineers Association. He also received a 2018
