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- ↑ "About Crookston Daily Times". Chronicling America. Library of Congress . Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Minnesota Newspaper Directory 2024" (PDF). Minnesota Newspaper Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Crookston newspaper among Torch and Shield award-winners". Grand Forks Herald. October 17, 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
