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We were back in our hometown for the celebration of the sesquicentennial.  We hadn’t planned on being there but the death of a beloved aunt precipitated the trip to Iowa.  As the parade made its way through the street, the faces were familiar and most of the businesses in the parade were owned by family names I knew.  A sense of belonging and knowi

Newly elected Crookston Student Association president Greg Johnson, University of Minnesota Crookston senior, is ready to lead the UMN Crookston student body in the coming 2019 fall semester. Johnson is currently double majoring in marketing and sports and recreation management with a minor in finance. Many things drew him to the UMN Crookston, amo

The Office of Outreach & Engagement at the University of Minnesota Crookston will host the annual Ox Cart Days Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, August 14, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Peterson Gazebo on the Campus Mall (rain site: Northern Lights Lounge, Sargeant Student Center).

It’s that time of year again! Students at the University of Minnesota Crookston (UMN Crookston) have been using laptops for 26 years and issuing of a new model began this week on campus. The laptop initiative started in 1993 when UMN Crookston became the first higher education institution to issue laptop computers to all on-campus students and facu

Within the fall of 2018, University of Minnesota Crookston Residential Life Area Coordinator, Matt Peterson, applied and was awarded a $500 Northwestern Minnesota Arts Council quick turn-around grant. This activity was made possible in part by a grant provided by the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council through funding from The McKnight Foundation. Thr