LOCAL

Northland Community & Technical College announces that it will transition Pioneer Radio KSRQ 90.1 FM, the college's radio station, to its own entity as a 501(c) (3). Pioneer Radio serves the Thief River Falls, East Grand Forks, and surrounding areas.

Seth Wallace Volker, 40, Crookston, was arrested June 8 by the Crookston Police Department for second-degree DUI. He was released on his own personal recognizance.

All Lake Agassiz Regional Library (LARL) branches and LINK sites will be closed on Monday, July 4 in observance of Memorial Day, with regular hours of operation resuming Tuesday, July 5. LARL’s branch libraries are located in Ada, Bagley, Barnesville, Breckenridge, Climax, Crookston, Detroit Lakes, Fertile, Fosston, Hawley, Mahnomen, McIntosh and Moorhead.

On June 18 at approximately 12 p.m., the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Oklee Fire Department and Oklee Ambulance were dispatched to 32125 220th ST SE in Chester Township for a report of a quonset fire. The fire was started from a lightning strike to the northwest corner of the quonset.

Summer is here and forecasted higher-than-average temperatures may lead to increased energy demand. “Otter Tail Power has enough resources to serve our customers, though expected summer weather challenges could mean we’ll need to take additional steps to help maintain reliability of the energy grid,” said Otter Tail Power Asset Management Vice President JoAnn Thompson.

Minnesota State Patrol reported a crash on Highway 92 in Polk County's Chester Township on 350th Avenue SE after a 2013 Freightliner Cascadia, driven by Douglas Scott Lindsey, 60, of Bemidji, left the roadway. The freightliner was eastbound on Highway 92 when it left the roadway during wet road conditions.