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New CHEDA Board votes 7-0 to terminate Hoiseth, effective immediately
City attorney says Hoiseth was placed on leave July 6, reinstated, then placed on leave again at an emergency meeting July 16
Mike Christopherson
The new board of directors of the Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA), now comprised of Mayor Dale Stainbrook and six Crookston City Council members, voted 7-0 Monday evening to terminate CHEDA Executive Director Craig Hoiseth, effective immediately.
The motion was made by Ward 3 Council member Clayton Briggs and seconded by Ward 6 Council member Dylane Klatt after a closed session, allowed by state statute, that ran for almost an hour in the city hall council chambers. Once the closed session ended and the CHEDA Board returned to open session, City Attorney Corky Reynolds said that during the closed session the board discussed “unprofessional conduct” on behalf of
Business will convert Crystal s spent lime into pellets for soil remediation
Mike Christopherson
The Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority Board of Directors on Tuesday approved a $100,000 loan to rural Crookston farmer Bryan Boll and his new business venture, Northstar Lime, LLC. The business will be housed in the former Simplot building on Crookston’s southern edge, which Boll has purchased.
Northstar Lime, launched in October 2020, will take the spent lime produced by American Crystal Sugar – the lime is a byproduct of creating sugar; it’s used to filter out impurities – and convert it into pellets that will be shipped to farmers, who will use it to remediate the soil in their fields.