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The Crookston firefighters are hoping people are hungry for hotcakes and sausage on Friday, August 21 when they’ll hold their annual Pancake Breakfast, drive-thru style for 2020. Because of the pandemic, this will be their only fundraiser and they wanted to continue the traditional event in a safe way. The event will be held from […]
The Ox Cart Days festival committee will be hosting a “Virtual Scavenger Hunt” daily August 17-21 online and with local media. Each day they’ll name items that people must find in the community and take pictures of them, then submit to the committee via social media or text. For example, one day they might ask
The Crookston Times and University of Minnesota Crookston Admissions Office will again be hosting the annual Medallion Hunt the third week of August beginning Monday, August 17. The medallion, a gold coin created by Carl Melbye of Melbye’s Trophies, will be hidden somewhere publicly in Crookston, not on private property nor hidden under an object.
The Ox Cart Days festival committee wanted to do something in honor of 2020 after having to postpone the festival to 2021, so they’ll be awarding gift cards to people in the Crookston community who are shopping local on Thursday, August 20, 2020. They’ll be visiting a variety of retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, convenience
The Downtown Crookston Development Partnership will be hosting a “Food Truck Fest” the third week in August, Monday through Thursday, August 17-20 to be exact, downtown at the old Wayne Hotel parking lot on Second Street and Main. They’ll have a variety of savory and sweet treats, and encourage hungry customers to visit for lunch
The third week of August will still be special in Crookston with a handful of “socially-distanced” events planned August 17-22, including fireworks, a cruise night, and food truck fest. Ox Cart Days chair, Jess Bengtson, has been working with separate organizers who wanted to offer a safe alternative version of their events in August despite
