To The Crookston Times readers,

It is with regret that CherryRoad Media announces the closing of The Crookston Times

Our company is dedicated to the preservation of community journalism. Since the purchase of our 1st paper in late-2020 to today, we have prided ourselves on our ability to fight the difficult battle that newspapers face in today’s digital society. Unfortunately, that battle cannot always be won.

The Crookston Times has struggled in recent years to find its footing in this community. Since purchasing The Crookston Times, CherryRoad Media has been unable to avoid financial losses every month. The paper was losing money when we bought it, and it continued to do so. We must now come to terms with the fact that we do not have a path forward to sustainability.

And we thank those who have supported us.

Opinion

Ask a Trooper: 100 Deadliest Days on the Road

Summer in Minnesota brings sunshine and excitement with campgrounds and cabins opening and families heading out on vacation. All of the campers, trailers, and extra vehicle traffic makes Memorial Day to Labor Day a deadly time for traffic fatalities each year on Minnesota roads. Unfortunately this time frame is also dangerous for your young drivers as college and high school end and they’re driving more often during the summer. That’s why the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety is reminding all Minnesotans to drive safely.

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Older American Month

Through no fault of my own, it has come to my attention that May is Older American Month. This gave me pause. Let me see if I have this straight. May is a month. I get that. For Older Americans. Um, what the what?!

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Thomasson Series: ‘Go West, Young Man’Is Divided By ‘North’ and ‘South’

Once again, as we begin to address the “westward movement”, we have to address the cross movement of north and south. As the 13 states with their new “Constitution” began to expand and “new” territories worked toward becoming “states” of the “Union”, we have to acknowledge also that divisions evolved back then that still haunt us to this day, witnessed by January 6 and the assault at Buffalo.

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Sora and Virginia Rail

My relationship with two birds that I’m very fond of first began in the summer of 1998, which was the beginning of my graduate research work studying bird diversity on various wetlands in North Dakota. These wetland dependent species of birds—the Virginia rail and sora—are more often heard than seen, though catching sight of them is not impossible.

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Letter: Newly combined Polk/Red County DFL Unit holds get-together

On a recent beautiful Sunday afternoon, the newly combined Polk/Red Lake County Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Unit held a get-together at the pavilion in Red Lake County’s Old Crossing Treaty Park. Friendly greetings and various political perspectives were exchanged with people from both counties. After a reading of a Land Acknowledgement of the Indigenous Peoples by the Unit Chair, Sheila Fontaine, Professor and local historian, Virgil Benoit, educated the group on the fascinating history that led to the signing of the Treaty in this park in 1863.

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