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The National Weather Service in Grand Forks released its first spring flood outlook for 2021 on Thursday. As you can imagine, given the mild winter, the spring snowmelt flood risk is quite low. Warning Coordination Meteorologist Greg Gust said a dry fall and below normal snowpacks are prevalent throughout Crookston and the entire Red River […]
“With the long-awaited arrival of summer in the Red River Valley, it certainly has not disappointed. With the ongoing guidelines with COVID tourism and travel plans have changed for many families these past few months. Instead of flying to their destination or packing up the car and traveling to their getaway, many are choosing to
The Crookston City Council will meet Monday night at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at city hall. All items for the meeting are on the consent agenda including approving the June 22 meeting minutes, and bills and disbursements totaling $273,451.18. There are also resolutions to approve a partial payment for 2020 street improvements to
The City of Crookston Emergency Operations Center (EOC) provided the following update regarding the Red Lake River level and EOC operations Friday – The river height has consistently decreased in the past two days. The current level is 20.23, and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is currently open. We expect the EOC will be closing
The City of Crookston has decided to postpone the annual spring cleanup due to uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic and how long Governor Tim Walz may extend the “Stay at Home” and other executive orders. Interim City Administrator Angel Weasner said at this time the spring cleanup will be postponed and the Ways & Means
The Red Lake River in Crookston crested over 20 feet last week with an ice jam momentarily pushing the gauge of 21 feet. Crookston Emergency Manager Tim Froeber said a separate ice jam upstream of the gauge had the river over 22 feet in some parts of Crookston. “On Thursday afternoon, we ended up with
