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.

March 2023

Keith Alden Porter

Keith Alden Porter, 72, of Cottage Grove died on Friday, March 3, 2023, at Regions Hospital after complications from a brain aneurysm. Keith was born on December 5, 1950, in Crookston.

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WILLIAM DEAN SEWILL

William Dean Sewill was born to Nathaniel Kenneth Sewill and Breanna Elizabeth Hartl-Sewill of Moorhead, MN on Sunday evening, March 5, 2023, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, N.D, and went to his Heavenly home early Monday morning, March 6. His life will be celebrated at a memorial service at 2 p.m.

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Lifelong passion leads to full time rescue facility for dogs and cats

Rescuing pets has been a passion for Sidney Williams since she was young. Williams would routinely find stray cats and care for them at her grandma’s house. One of those strays would become her childhood pet. She named the cat Smiley. Now for a little more than a year, she turned her passion into a full time calling setting up a rescue facility in Fertile named, of course, Smiley’s.

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