To The Crookston Times readers,

It is with regret that CherryRoad Media announces the closing of The Crookston Times

Our company is dedicated to the preservation of community journalism. Since the purchase of our 1st paper in late-2020 to today, we have prided ourselves on our ability to fight the difficult battle that newspapers face in today’s digital society. Unfortunately, that battle cannot always be won.

The Crookston Times has struggled in recent years to find its footing in this community. Since purchasing The Crookston Times, CherryRoad Media has been unable to avoid financial losses every month. The paper was losing money when we bought it, and it continued to do so. We must now come to terms with the fact that we do not have a path forward to sustainability.

And we thank those who have supported us.

September 2022

Avian influenza confirmed in Ransom County; events suspended

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey and chicken flock in Ransom County, North Dakota. The detection extends the suspension of poultry/bird events in Ransom and the adjoining counties of Barnes, Cass and Richland, which were currently under suspension from a late August finding in Cass County. Adjoining counties newly under suspension due to the Ransom County finding are Sargent, Dickey and LaMoure. Additional counties still under suspension from earlier findings include Traill, Steele, McLean, McHenry, Ward, Mountrail, Renville and Burke.

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As part of larger effort, CWD sampling occurring in deer permit areas 661, 256, 257, 262, 265

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is conducting CWD sampling on deer one year of age or older harvested in the CWD management zone (deer permit area 661) where sampling is mandatory the opening weekend of firearms season A, Nov. 5-6, and in DPAs in the CWD surveillance zone (DPAs 256, 257, 262 and 265) where sampling is voluntary.

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Pirate Fine Arts Boosters funded music projects

Crookston High School students who received funding from PFAB for music activities presented at the recent PFAB Board meeting are, from left, Meliyah Durham, playing cello in the Northern Valley Youth Orchestra; Xander Kuchen, singing tenor in the Minnesota All-State Men’s Choir; David Threatt, playing the french horn in the Minnesota All-State Band; Hannah Leckie, representing the marching band that recently marched at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Barnesville, Minnesota Potato Days parade.

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COPPER STREET BRASS

Sunday, May 14, 2023 7:00 p.m. COPPER STREET BRASS is a Minneapolis-based sextet composed of two trumpets, trombone, tuba, French horn, and percussion with several members doubling on keyboard, percussion, guitars, and electric instruments.

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