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Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Services (CHS) is celebrating Minnesota Breastfeeding Awareness Month in August and World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7. This year’s theme focuses on “Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life.” The week helps raise awareness of the importance of breastfeeding for promoting healthy babies, mothers, and communities and calls attention to local efforts that support breastfeeding. According […]
The Polk, Norman and Mahnomen County Public Health offices offer free Healthy Home Assessments and Environmental Intervention services. The assessment is free of charge regardless of income and it was started with the Minnesota Department of Health and Housing and Urban Development to look at families that had children with asthma to see if they
The Crookston Marketplace theme this Thursday is the Power of Produce Club. The marketplace will be celebrating the first day the $2 produce vouchers can be used. Below is more information on the PoP Club from a story KROX ran earlier this month. The University of Minnesota Extension, RiverView Health, Polk County Public Health and
As the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee (MNSBHC) closes the books on a successful Super Bowl, it’s Legacy Fund is providing a final 52 grants to the recipients of its 52 Weeks of Giving. This final ‘dividend’ grant, in the amount of $1,475 will be provided to each of the 52 organizations selected as part
Crookston and area residents have been asked to participate in the One Vegetable, One Community (OVOC) program this summer and this year’s vegetable is squash. OVOC is a collaboration of Polk County Public Health, Crookston Chamber of Commerce, Wonderful Life Foods, Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, University of Minnesota Extension, and the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership. OVOC
The Crookston School Board will meet Monday at 5:00 p.m. in the Large Group Room at Highland Elementary School. Agenda items include a presentation by Kelly Smith, Vice President of Springstead Inc., approval of personnel items including an employment agreement increase with Mike Delorme, Assistant Mechanic at the Bus Garage; employment with Gayathri Venkatachalam as
