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Submitted Crookston, Minn. (AUGUST 3, 2022) — The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMN Crookston) is proud to announce a new partnership with Guild, a Career Opportunity Platform, to help increase access to in-demand degrees and certificates for working adults across the country.

Sports Reporter The public met on Wednesday, August 3 at Crookston High School for the final informational meeting on the upcoming referendum and proposed sports complex. With less than a week to the vote, few new topics and concerns were discussed.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office would like to inform everyone of a scam that is circulating through the area. The caller identifies themselves as a grandson/ son or granddaughter/ daughter saying that they were involved in an accident and are going to jail or going to the hospital and need money. We have seenthis scam in the past; however, it has become popular with bad guys again.

Submitted Who better to guide area high school athletes and their families through a concussion program than someone who’s gone through the testing and suffered a concussion himself? That person is Jonah Kratochvil, RiverView occupational therapist. Kratochvil recently became certified in the ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) program used to determine if an individual has suffered a concussion.

Submitted ST. PAUL—Thief River Falls Mayor Brian Holmer was elected to serve as president of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) on July 29 at the Coalition’s summer conference in Red Wing.

MnDOT Submitted BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Mn-DOT construction project on Highway 71 between Highway 197 and Winter Sumac Road in Bemidji continues on schedule in Stage 2.

Submitted BIRMINGHAM, Ala., and Grand Forks, N.D, Aug. 3, 2022 – Altru and Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) announce the opening of Altru Rehabilitation Hospital, a 37-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital located at 4500 South Washington Street in Grand Forks.

Sports Editor The Golden Link Senior Center concluded its four-week art series by making suncatchers. Elizabeth Rockstad from Studio 4:13 Mosaics provided materials for and taught 30 participants.

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Minnesota National Guard LITTLE FALLS, Minn. –Camp Ripley will hosted an airborne drop for Rhode Island National Guard’s Company C of the 1-143 Airborne Infantry Battalion on Sunday, July 31 to strengthen the unit’s parachuting skills.