Benefit for Bengtson family June 8 at the Crookston Inn
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A Spaghetti Feed and Silent Auction fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, June 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Crookston Inn for the Garett and Jess Bengtson family of Crookston. Their son, Jackson Seibel, is in the midst of his second battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Jackson, a 2018 Crookston High School graduate, was first diagnosed that year and underwent chemotherapy and radiation at Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo and he emerged from treatment with the lymphoma in remission. After the Hodgkin’s returned earlier this year, his oncologists are trying new chemotherapy drugs and other new treatment methods, including a stem-cell transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. After the transplant, Jackson will undergo radiation, chemotherapy and immunotherapy over the next year.
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Finch, city council agree: City needs to be more inviting, less intimidating
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