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The County Line by Polk County Commissioner Warren Strandell

My experience from a lifetime in the communications field — some 30 years as a newspaper journalist and after that from years working in public relations and as a county commissioner — has been that it really helps to have a subject burning in your mind when you go to try to put something on paper… like […]

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County Line Column by Polk County Commissioner Warren Strandell

Co. Line 04-10-2025 The County Line By Warren Strandell Polk County Commissioner, Dist. 2 While at an eating establishment a couple of weeks ago, someone asked me, “So, what do you think of Trump now?”  This was after some of the first big controversial cuts had been made in government programs and spending. Some services were

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POLK COUNTY COMMISSIONER WARREN STRANDELL RELEASES COUNTY LINE COLUMN

The County Line By Warren Strandell Polk County Commissioner District 2 There have been more than a few times when someone has asked, “What do you really do as a county commissioner? How often do you meet? What is your job? What does that involve?” In the simplist of terms, the answer is that the

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COUNTY LINE COLUMN-BY WARREN STRANDELL

The County Line By Warren Strandell Polk County Commissioner, Dist. 2 It was a few years ago now. Well, more like quite a few years ago. At the time, I was living in Albert Lea, Minn., and was city editor at The Evening Tribune daily newspaper there. It was then that some colleagues and friends

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THE COUNTY LINE- BY POLK COUNTY COMMISSIONER WARREN STRANDELL

Polk County Commissioner Warren Strandell released another County Line Column earlier today. It can be found down below- Thoughts in this column don’t have anything to do with Polk County business or issues. Instead, they only report that I have passed the screen test and why the result of that development might have some meaning.

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POLK COUNTY LINE COLUMN – POLK COUNTY COMMISSIONER WARREN STRANDELL

Polk County Commissioner Warren Strandell released another County Line Column yesterday. It can be found down below – It was 25 years ago at about this time of year when Bill Green, then a Social Service supervisor, came to the County Board with an absolutely crazy idea: Hire five new people to become Family Based

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