LOCAL NEWS-
The Crookston Chamber of Commerce held their Meet the Candidates forum at Kiel Auditorium on the campus of the University of Minnesota Crookston.  KROX talked with all the candidates and will be sharing more about them over the next week.  First we will here from the Minnesota House District 1B candidates and the Minnesota State Senate District 1 candidates.
Deb Kiel is the Republican incumbent running for a fourth term in the Legislature.   “My husband Lon and I farm with our son Christian and his wife Lisa.  I have served on the Legislature for three terms and I have also served on the Crookston School Board and had the privilege of being the chair for a couple of years, as well as the treasurer.  My husband and I have four children and 14 grandchildren, so life is not dull anywhere,” said Kiel. 
Mike Moore (Democrat) - “I have a community and economic development background, I have been a newspaper publisher for many years as well as a small business owner.  I am really concerned for District 1 and I have lived here since 1975, raised my three children here, and I’ve lived in Fertile for a long time,” said Moore.  For more news click here

SPORTS ON KROX  
(VB)  Section 8AA Tournament -  First Round
Crookston  at  East Grand Forks -  pre-match  6:30 PM