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World's Best Workforce (WBWF) was developed in 2013 as a Minnesota statute to ensure that school districts (and charter schools) enhance student achievement through teaching and learning supports, and Crookston's committee recently gave a report to the School Board. Dave Davidson, longtime teacher and current School Board member, is the chair of the committee and said they had a great meeting. He was directed to bring recommendations to the board such as addressing truancy issues, student's mental health, student credit recovery, finding additional substitute teachers or hiring a full-time sub, and hiring more counselors.

RiverView Healthcare Association held its 124th annual meeting virtually on January 24 and, according to Chief Financial Officer Betty Arvidson, financially, RiverView Health saw a healthy operating margin of 6.2% in Fiscal Year 2021, on the heels of a positive 3.6% in 2020.

A Crookston woman was transported to the hospital after a rollover on Highway 2 near East Grand Forks on January 27. Kristian Danielle Renee Ternes, 25, was traveling east bound on Highway 2 in a 2004 Mercury Sable when her vehicle entered the median near mile marker 2 and rolled.

The Crookston Public Library will host its first Spanish Storytime on February 1 at 6 p.m. at the library. Spanish Storytime is a new monthly event offering non-Spanish speaking children and their caregivers the opportunity to gain exposure to a new language and a space for Spanish-speaking children to have an early literacy experience in language they speak at home.

Crookston Public Schools' Long Range Planning Committee met January 26 to discuss building planning and financial status, and the upcoming August 9 referendum on the proposed Pirate athletic complex at Crookston High School was at the heart of the conversation. A timeline of public meetings, election notices, and the various methods of relaying information about the project were talked through plus the committee advised Superintendent Jeremy Olson to offer a "shameless plug" whenever he published articles in the newspaper or was on the radio.