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.

State Fair Plans for Bright Future at 164th Annual Meeting

St. Paul, Minn. – The State Fair’s board of managers approved $9.4 million in maintenance projects and capital work that had been suspended since 2019, reported State Fair CEO Jerry Hammer during the 164th Annual Meeting of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society. The Society is the governing body of the State Fair, and its annual meeting was held Jan. 13-15 at the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton in Bloomington.

Karen Kay Raymond

 Karen Kay Raymond, 66, of Crookston passed away late Friday morning, January…

Education and American Democracy

Preamble: Dear Readers, before we get to the story of Martin Luther King, please allow me a few reflections on a few direct encounters I and my darling wife Nancy had of this Ameri-can hero. First, in the earliest day of my student life at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, I took a religion course at the beginning of which we waited and waited for the professor to come.

Spruce Grouse of the North

One of these days, I hope, I will observe with my own two eyes the fourth and final native species of Minnesota grouse. Long ago, the other three species were checked off on my species list: ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, and greater prairie chicken. I can also add another North American grouse species to the list that doesn’t occur in Minnesota—the dusky grouse, which is a western grouse of the Rocky Mountains and elsewhere in the West.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, I opened the January 9 Crookston Times to see a religious opinion piece called 'A Time and A Place for Everything' covering 3/4 of the Opinion page. It read like a sermon but had no author or source listed.

Janet Olson

Janet Olson, 70, of Clearbrook died on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at Itasca Hospital in Grand Rapids. Funeral services were held on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 2 p.m.