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1st Sgt Rodney Welch waits for soldiers to get off the bus outside the Crookston National Guard Armory JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES Families eagerly await for the soldiers to arrive JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES Welcoming hugs JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES Hugs for dad JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES A welcoming hug for a returning soldier JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES Soldiers depart the bus and walk into the Armory JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES Hugs for soldiers JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES Soldiers arrive at the Armory JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES SPC Schlangen gets ready for a photo with his mom JESS BENGTSON | CROOKSTON TIMES .

Minnesota National Guard members from the Crookston area returned home February 9 after an 11-month deployment to the Middle East, also serving in Afghanistan during the Kabul Airport chaos. Parents, spouses, children, siblings, friends, family and well-wishers packed the Crookston National Guard Armory to greet the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion 136th Infantry Bravo Company soldiers as they arrived.

Crookston locals, Karen Danielson and Nick Sanders, recently lost their seven-month-old golden doodle, Stella, due to Blastomycosis. Stella had a habit of digging up flower beds, like many dogs do. They brought her to the vet who concluded that she contracted Blasto this last fall from digging.

Crookston High School eighth grader Tristan Sundquist has advanced from the Regional Spelling Bee to the Multi-Region Spelling Bee. He made the top four at the Regional in Thief River Falls and will move on to the Multi-Region State Spelling Bee in Fergus Falls on February 22.

University of Minnesota Crookston Vice Chancellor John Hoffman is among four finalists named in the search for the next president of Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College. Other candidates include Allen Bedford, Darrell Kruger and Karla Leeper.

Benedictine Living Community – Crookston (formally known as Villa St. Vincent/The SUMMIT) participated in Giving Hearts Day on February 10, 2022 and to show their support of the care and services that BLC – Crookston provides to the population of our community and region, American Crystal Sugar proudly awarded Benedictine Living Community – Crookston Foundation a check for $5,000.

It all started with a mission to cure their dog and blossomed into a business focused on pet's health. PetsPro+ launched in Crookston in January 2022 and has hit the ground running with a variety of products for dogs and cats. Owner Kristi Nelson and her sons, Nick and Josh, along with their dog and mascot, Ryn, have teamed up to provide all-natural, grain-free, fresh, holistic products that are available locally and can be shipped nationally. They even have a storefront on Main Street.

An accident was reported on February 4 at approximately 2:44 p.m. at the 100 block of West Robert Street when one vehicle was rear-ended by another. A 2007 Lincoln, driven by Rosalia Gutierrez Armey of Crookston, was rear-ended by a 2003 GMC Yukon, driven by Henry Cordero Jr. of Crookston, Crookston police found at the scene.