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Jude Olson, 16, Fertile, MN, passed away due to injuries sustained in an ATV accident near Fertile, on July 2, 2020. Funeral: 3:00 PM, Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Hope Evangelical Free Church (The service will be held outdoors on church grounds), Fertile, MN, following all of the Minnesota and CDC COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. […]
The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 434 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths. There was one new case in Polk County, the 82nd positive case since the pandemic began. All the numbers are below – Updated July 6, 2020 Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous
ORIGINAL STORY A male juvenile is dead after an ATV accident near Fertile late Thursday afternoon. At approximately 5:53 p.m. Thursday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an ATV rollover on 435th Street SW near Fertile, west of the Sand Hill River. County EMS and the Fertile Fire Department also responded. First
Charles Ray Yernberg, age 77, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at his home. Charles was born May 15, 1943, in Duluth, MN, as Peter Grams along with his twin sister, Charlotte. They lived in an orphanage until the age of four upon being adopted by Carl and Gladys Yernberg; their
The Crookston Fire Department responded to an RV fire at the intersection of County Highway 44 and U.S. Highway 2 on Sunday. The call came in around 2:15 p.m. The RV was fully engulfed in flames by the time crews arrived. Fire crews extinguished the blaze, and then assisted the Minnesota State Patrol with traffic
The Polk County Commissioners will reconvene in person on Tuesday, July 7 at 8 a.m. following several months of teleconference meetings due to COVID-19. However, the Commissioners will not meet in their regular location at the Polk County Government Center. Instead, they will temporarily move meetings to the Polk County Transfer Station. Gary Willhite, chair
