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Polk County Emergency Manager Jody Beauchane provided an update on the flooding and damage around Polk County caused by the runoff and snowmelt earlier this month. Despite the heavy runoff, including the Burnham Creek overflowing its banks for the first time in Beauchane’s 18 years with the county, he said it was a pretty efficient […]
Motorists in northwest Minnesota may see smoke from prescribed burns beginning Tuesday, April 23, as crews conduct a controlled burn at Fisher’s Landing Rest Area located on Highway 2 between Crookston and East Grand Forks. Four sites in northwest Minnesota will be burned, weather conditions permitting, in the coming weeks. Motorists will encounter signs as
Polk County Environmental Services will be moving into their new building Monday. The move comes several months after anticipated due to a number of setbacks, most recently an issue with the concrete floor cracking and pitting. Environmental Services Administrator Jon Steiner said that the epoxy finish still needed a couple of days to cure after
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Here is an update with the latest news from St. Paul. Omnibus Bills Next week, we will start seeing DFL omnibus bills on the House floor. The first three to be voted on will be Education, Jobs and Energy, and Health and Human Services. These bills have a lot of problematic
The Polk County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the final plat for the Simon Second Addition on Union Lake. The plat consists of 14 lots, seven of which can have cabins built on them explains Jake Snyder, the Polk County Planning and Zoning Administrator. “It’s seven riparian lots, that touch the lake, and then seven backlots,”
Funding for a soybean crush and biodiesel facility in Crookston has passed a key hurdle in the Minnesota legislature. The proposed Soy Innovation Campus at the University of Minnesota Crookston will receive $5 million in funding as part of a bill authored by Sen. Torrey Westrom (R-Elbow Lake), who chairs the Senate Agriculture, Rural Development
