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        • Chamber's June 20 Block Party doubles as Customer Appreciation Day Jun. 18, 2013
          Also, Stassen says salesperson is not endorsed by Chamber.
        • Uh-oh: Downtown Square pavilion quotes around $50K over budget Jun. 18, 2013
          Monday meeting to pick a contractor is cancelled; more discussion next week.
        • CHRISTOPHERSON EDITORIAL: Swimming pool continues to be a budget headache Jun. 18, 2013
          It’s really unfortunate that, as the school board and administration discuss with Johnson Controls the millions of dollars that need to be spend at the local public school buildings, the pool is not only lumped into that conversation, it actually dominates the conversation more often than not. Sure, kids learn how to swim in that building,...
        • Bergeson Column: Honored to take part in a beautiful country funeral Jun. 18, 2013
          The Saturday before Father's Day, Dad and I shared pall bearer duties for the funeral of Bernice, one of the last of the old neighbors.
        • Advocates call MNsure enrollment system unfair Jun. 18, 2013
          Minnesota's new online health insurance exchange is hiring people to help residents sign up for its health plans. But advocates say the system is unfair because consumer assistants will be paid less for helping poor applicants who are reliant on Medicaid.
        • Shirvani criticizes heads of NDSU, UND, Minot State Jun. 18, 2013
          In evals, embattled chancellor calls for research focus, sports oversight.
        • Grand Forks enhances discrimination safeguards Jun. 18, 2013
          Grand Forks has become the first city in North Dakota to protect city employees and city job applicants from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
        • Crookston man, Blatchford, hurt when he's struck by car while riding electric mobility cart Jun. 17, 2013
          Driver of car, Boyle, cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
        • Benefit for Tyler Steer June 19 at Crookston Legion Jun. 17, 2013
          He's being treated for non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
        • Park Board members, Chladek clash over Crookston Sports Center marketing Jun. 17, 2013
          Discussion expands into a desire for board members, council members to know more about Parks & Rec, city budgets in general.
        • Five things Jun. 17, 2013
          Five things we want to see happen.
        • Minn. politician, Zellers, makes amends with Wis. brewery, Leinenkugel's Jun. 17, 2013
          There was a toast and an apology this weekend as the Leinenkugel brewery's fan base grew to include a Minnesota politician who once insulted the Wisconsin beer.
        • Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader, Karkoc, found in Minnesota Jun. 17, 2013
          The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe harshly condemned the news and prosecutors in Poland have said they'll investigate.
        • Independence Party role in '14 Minn. gov race: TBD Jun. 17, 2013
          No Minnesota governor in almost two decades has won with a majority of the statewide vote, thanks mostly to a plucky third party whose candidates have been difference makers or, in the case of Jesse Ventura, the stunning victor.
        • School, pool building needs: Big projects + big money = minimal taxpayer impact? Jun. 14, 2013
          Johnson Controls lays out its plans; board members and Bates say district voters need to be at the center of the conversation.
          At Highland School Thursday evening, Kevin Wormuth, blue shirt, of Johnson Controls details issues in the school’s boiler room to, left to right, school board member Dave Davidson, Superintendent Chris Bates, and school board member Keith Bakken.
        • JENSEN EDITORIAL: When it comes to our time on earth, quality probably outpaces quantity Jun. 14, 2013
          Living 116 years is an accomplishment, but one has to wonder if living this long brings about a question of quality verses quantity? If you think about it, there are both pros and cons to such a lengthy life.
        • CHRISTOPHERSON COLUMN: These are a few of my new, favorite things Jun. 14, 2013
          “The Sound of Music” popped into my head the other day, specifically, one of the songs from the soundtrack, “My Favorite Things,” sung by the leading actress, Julie Andrews. Then I started thinking about that song, and for a couple of weeks the verses and the chorus have echoed in my mind, and as a result some other...
        • Man says he will sign plea deal in ND drug case Jun. 14, 2013
          A 27-year-old man says he will sign a plea agreement in a wide-ranging synthetic drug investigation that began a year ago after the overdose deaths of two teens in the Grand Forks area.
        • Wandering toddler rescued from Minn. highway Jun. 14, 2013
          Authorities say a toddler was rescued from a highway in east-central Minnesota after she wandered away from a day care where the provider was drunk.
        • Mass 2-day dental clinic set for Bemidji Jun. 14, 2013
          For a couple days at least, Minnesota's largest dentist office will be in Bemidji.
        • Kresl is academic all-state; Edlund, Hollcraft named all-section Jun. 14, 2013
          Pirates earn the Academic All-state silver award
        • First mosquito spray of the season in Crookston Thursday evening Jun. 13, 2013
          It'll start at 7 p.m.
        • Contractors interested in building Downtown Square pavilion get another week Jun. 13, 2013
          No quotes were submitted by June 10 at noon deadline.
        • Stegman's mural a go on Krafts' wall downtown Jun. 13, 2013
          Art teacher will spend most of the summer crafting more than 1,000 individual tiles.
        • Council shies away from setting a new parking lot precedent Jun. 13, 2013
          Council says new asphalt at CFD lot can wait.
        • Come out and 'Mingle' on 'Main Street' Thursday evening in downtown Crookston Jun. 13, 2013
          Chamber's Main Street Mingle Block Party is from 5 to 7 p.m.
        • Cheers and jeers Jun. 13, 2013
          Cheers...to teaching kids the importance of safety.Jeers...to irresponsible pet owners.
        • Health insurance call center to open in September Jun. 13, 2013
          The call center for Minnesota's new health insurance marketplace will be operational Sept. 3 to help prepare consumers for buying coverage when open enrollment begins a month later, officials said Wednesday
        • Minn. officials to discuss sales tax changes Jun. 13, 2013
          The Minnesota Department of Revenue is advising businesses and others about changes to the state sales tax that legislators approved last month.
        • 5-month-old girl dies after being left in minivan Jun. 13, 2013
          "The father was caring for his children. There were a total of six under the age of 7 he was responsible for," Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson said Wednesday. "Ultimately he forgot and left his youngest child in the car for an extended a period of time."
        • MNsure not due to release premium rates until Oct. Jun. 13, 2013
          Consumers hoping for official quotes on how much they might have to pay for health plans sold on Minnesota's health insurance exchange, dubbed MNsure, are going to have to wait.
        • CHS class of 2014 will stay in school a bit longer next spring Jun. 12, 2013
          School board agrees with Bates that seniors this spring got out of school a bit early.
        • Crookston attorney Rasmusson to be sworn in as Ninth District judge June 14 Jun. 12, 2013
          Public reception will follow 3 p.m. ceremony.
        • Thousands expected to receive free dental care at massive clinic June 14-15. Jun. 12, 2013
          It's the first time Mission of Mercy has had a clinic in northern Minnesota.
        • 5-month-old girl, Sandstrom, dies after being left in minivan Jun. 12, 2013
          Police in Moorhead say a 5-month-old girl has died after being left in a minivan for hours.
        • Staff lead push to hire vendor to secure substitute teachers Jun. 11, 2013
          School district enters into contract with Teachers on Call.
        • Kelly, public works director, to take on flood control duties at year's end. Jun. 11, 2013
          MacDonald will retire at the end of the year.
        • CHRISTOPHERSON EDITORIAL: If plan says ward command posts need to be open, then they need to be activated Jun. 11, 2013
          When Fire Chief/Emergency Manager Tim Froeber recently briefed city officials and Crookston City Council members on what went well and what didn’t go so well during the 2013 spring flood fight with the Red Lake River, when it came to what didn’t go well, he kind of beat around the bush.
        • Fear no defense against license revocation in MN Jun. 11, 2013
          The Minnesota Court of Appeals says fear of harm is not a defense against losing one's driver's license for drunken driving.
        • School sued by former student over alleged abuse Jun. 11, 2013
          A former student who says he was sexually abused by a teacher at Shattuck-St. Mary's sued the southern Minnesota prep school on Monday, claiming some administrators received reports about "naked dance parties" and other inappropriate sexual conduct with students, but did nothing about it and allowed him to continue teaching.
        • Early retirement fading for Minn. public workers Jun. 10, 2013
          Economy, rules changes spur downtown in numbers.
        • 2 a.m. bar closing in Crookston surfaces again Jun. 10, 2013
          Council was divided down the middle the last time the issue came up.
        • Weber to tell Crookston School Board about iPad trip to Little Falls Jun. 10, 2013
          Could Crookston students have iPads someday?
        • 143 issued seat belt violations in Polk County during enforcement period Jun. 10, 2013
          Saturation window ran from May 20 to June 2.
        • EDITORIAL: Monday's '5 Things' from the newsroom Jun. 10, 2013
          On school technology, sunshine, local baseball, fearing photographers, and fixing our schools and pool...
        • George Will column: The sugar program is too sweet to kill Jun. 10, 2013
          It's not a safety net, it's a hammock.
        • A century later, shipwreck found in Lake Superior Jun. 10, 2013
          Much of the Henry B. Smith is intact.
        • Minn. woman saves deer with jar stuck on its head Jun. 10, 2013
          Deer hadn't been able to eat or drink for days.
        • Rescue dog helps Fargo woman with bipolar disorder Jun. 9, 2013
          Naomi Woods describes her psychotic break as sliding into an abyss with no way out.
        • Workforce shortage in Crookston emerges as a particularly pressing problem Jun. 7, 2013
          CHEDA's working on a business incentive package, but how much good will it do if there aren't enough workers?
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