Editing Erskine, Minnesota (section)

==Media==
===Telephone and internet service===
The oldest telephone cooperative in the state, Garden Valley Telephone Company, is headquartered in Erskine and serves most of northwestern Minnesota. It was formed to provide telephone coverage to the region at a time when it was difficult to get phone service to the area. Garden Valley Telephone Company now provides internet service, although other [[ISP]]s also serve the area. The Erskine telephone prefix is 687, formerly Murray 7, and the area code is 218.

===Newspapers===
Erskine is home to the ''Erskine Echo'', a weekly newspaper that began publishing before 1900. Other weekly papers include the ''[[McIntosh, Minnesota|McIntosh]] Times'' and ''[[The 13 Towns]]'' (published in [[Fosston, Minnesota|Fosston]] for the 13 townships of eastern Polk County). Area daily papers include the ''[[Crookston Times]]'', ''[[Grand Forks Herald]]'', ''[[The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead|The Forum]]'', ''[[The Bemidji Pioneer]]'', and the ''[[Star Tribune]]'', available by subscription and in vendor boxes.

===Radio and television===
Erskine has no radio or television stations, but nearby [[Fosston, Minnesota|Fosston]] is home to three radio stations. Radio and TV stations from [[Bemidji, Minnesota|Bemidji]], [[Crookston, Minnesota|Crookston]], [[Thief River Falls, Minnesota|Thief River Falls]], [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]], [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], and [[Winnipeg]] can be picked up in Erskine.