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Crazy Days with Crookston Vibes underway Thursday
Staff from several businesses are decked out in their 1970s best
Crookston Times
Crazy Days in Crookston is underway in and around downtown Crookston, with local retailers offering specials, bargains and other deals downtown and elsewhere, and other activities and festivities also being held throughout the day and into the evening.
This year’s Crazy Days theme is retro in nature, with “Crookston Vibes” a nod to life in the 1970s.
In addition to retailers offering bargains, there are food vendors and other booths and tables set up throughout downtown. The University of Minnesota Crookston has a table with UMN Crookston swag and other items in the lot immediately south of True Value Hardware on North Main. The Crookston Classic Cruisers have some vehicles parked there as well.
July 13, 2021
The University of Minnesota has named Janet Schrunk Ericksen as acting chancellor for the Morris campus.
Ericksen has most recently served as vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for the Morris campus. She assumed the role of acting chancellor on July 1, 2021, following Chancellor Michelle Behr’s retirement. Behr retired at the end of June after four and a half years of leadership on the Morris campus.
Ericksen will focus her efforts as acting chancellor on continuing to make the Morris campus a vibrant center for liberal arts education, engaged with the region, state, nation, and world.
“The campus has a strategic plan to reach and maintain our mission to be a national leader in collaborative and innovative 21st century library arts education,” Ericksen said. “Chancellor Behr leaves the campus in a favorable position to fulfill those strategic commitments. My role will be to continue that momentum.”
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The Top 10 Cheapest Places to Live in Minnesota
Where can you get the most bang for your buck in Minnesota? Based on this list you need to head north. Homesnacks.com has compiled the data and found the most affordable places to live in Minnesota for 2021.
After crunching data from the US Census in terms of median housing costs, median income, and overall cost of living for cities with over 5,000 residents, Hibbing is the cheapest.
1. Hibbing - Home of the Greyhound Bus Museum and the Iron Range, Hibbing is up from the #2 spot last year and claiming the title of Most Affordable Place to Live in Minnesota for 2021. Town residents earn a median income of $49,009 and pay a median home price of $109,800.