January 2024

Whether you need CPR certification to fulfill a job requirement or simply want the knowledge to know what to do in an emergency, RiverView Health has a class for you.RiverView offers two CPR classes on the second Thursday of each month – one for certification and the other provided free of charge for general knowledge.RiverView’s HeartSaver CPR AED (automated external defibrillator) class is for those needing certification.

The Crookston Public Library is inviting readers to join its Reading by the Red book club, which invites adults of all ages to meet in the library's beautiful River Room to discuss a variety of widely-read books.

Minnesota has had a net gain of approximately 43,000 acres of wetland in the period of 2006-2020 — that’s one of the key findings of the Wetland Status and Trends Monitoring Report released today by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.The report also shows that most of the wetland gain was realized in the last six years of the 15-year (2006-2020) monitoring period.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites people interested in wildlife and outdoor skills to check out the winter program schedule for the Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship Series.In a webinar on Wednesday, Jan.

The University of Minnesota Crookston has been awarded the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement and joins the other U of M campuses to be the country's first and only university system at which every individual campus has received this selective designation.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has released a year-end list of some of its major accomplishments in 2023 (files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/minnesota-dnr-2023-accomplishments.pdf).From supporting the return of rare species and connecting more people to the outdoors, to conserving and managing the state’s natural resources and providing for commercial uses of natural resources in ways that create a sustainable quality of life in Minnesota, the DNR made significant advances toward the mission and priorities laid out in the agency’s strategic plan (mndnr.gov/conservationagenda).“I am so proud of all that Minnesota DNR accomplished in 2023 and how that work benefits conservation and outdoor recreation in Minnesota as well as the health of people, the environment and the economy,” DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen said.

Christmas Trees will be collected by City crews through January.