LOCAL

A Flag Retirement Ceremony will be held Tuesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. in the south parking lot of the Golden Link Senior Center. The ceremony will be performed by Crookston Boy Scout Troop 41 and complimentary coffee and pie will be served after the ceremony.

Crookston School Board approved the contract for incoming interim Superintendent Dave Kuehn during their May 23 meeting. Three board members, Frank Fee, Mike Theis and Dave Davidson, mentioned they met to work on the contract for the interim superintendent and agreed to a $102,000 salary for the year, 75% work time with Wednesday and Friday afternoons off, plus insurance, cell phone and other standard items - all adding up to a $63,000 savings over what would have been paid out to outgoing superintendent Jeremy Olson.

An accident was reported on May 17 at 3:17 p.m. on North Main Street and West 2nd Street when a 2016 Chrysler 300C, driven by Lourdes Holmes of Fertile, was stopped at the southbound stop light on North Main and 2nd St. when a 2011 Ford Edge, driven by Frances Waters of Crookston, struck their vehicle.

- Crookston City Hall has started their summer office hours from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Polk County Environmental Services is once again holding its annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection events. The first collection event will be held at the Fertile Fairgrounds on Friday, June 3 from 3-6 p.m. The second collection will be at the East Shore Beach Area of Maple Lake off County Highway 10 on Saturday, June 4 from 9 a.m. - 12 noon.