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.

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.

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.