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The Tim and Kay Rolf family of McIntosh has been named Polk County’s “2020 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minnesota. Tim’s parents, Truman and Agnes, took over the dairy farm from Truman’s parents in 1950. The couple grew the dairy to 65 cows. Tim and his brother, Dave, purchased the dairy […]
Following the advice of public health experts, Governor Tim Walz today signed Executive Order 20-78, extending the COVID-19 peacetime emergency that gives the state flexibility in responding to rapidly-evolving issues stemming from COVID-19. Including Minnesota, 49 out of 50 states remain in a COVID-19 state of emergency. “COVID-19 continues to present an unprecedented and rapidly
The Ron and Sharon Weiss family of Red Lake Falls, have been named a University of Minnesota Extension Farm Family of 2020. Ron and Sharon started farming in 1977. They have been growing asparagus for the last 15 years. The family’s 13 acres of asparagus is in addition to about 1,100 acres of wheat and
For the more than 70,000 students set to graduate from the University of Minnesota system schools this week, graduation will be conducted online just as their last two months of classes have been. University of Minnesota Crookston Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause said the virtual ceremony will start in the Twin Cities with the conferring of degrees
As part of the state’s effort to provide widespread, rapid COVID-19 testing, Governor Tim Walz today unveiled a new website to help Minnesotans find a testing location within their community. In Polk County, the testing locations are at RiverView Health in Crookston and at the Sanford Health Clinic in East Grand Forks. “Access to COVID-19
Governor Tim Walz, representatives of the state’s health care delivery systems, the Mayo Clinic, and the University of Minnesota (U of M) today announced a breakthrough for rapid, widespread testing of COVID-19 in Minnesota. Standing together at the State’s Emergency Operations Center, they launched a statewide testing strategy to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed
