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On June 22, at approximately 9:15 a.m., the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was assisting the Polk County Highway Department in relation to installing buoys on the east shore of Maple Lake, near Mentor, using the Polk County Sheriff’s Office airboat. During the buoy installation, the airboat tipped over and sank to the bottom of Maple […]
Are you wondering what to do with those old paints and chemicals in your home? If so, bring them to one of Polk County’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection events. The first collection event will be held at the Fertile Fairgrounds on Friday, June 3, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The second collection will be at
The Polk County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday morning inside the Polk County Government Center. They heard from County Engineer Richard Sanders on abstract quotes for two Tandem Axles Diesel Trucks and snowplow equipment for them from Boyer Ford Trucks Duluth and Bert’s Truck Equipment, and to request the installation of a side inlet
On the early morning hours of July 3, the Polk County Sheriff Office responded to a watercraft accident on Maple Lake in rural Mentor. The driver of the watercraft was identified as Jeremy Deitz. He was the only occupant in the boat and sustained minor injuries. Alcohol is believed to be a contributing factor to
The Polk County Commissioners met Tuesday morning at the Polk County Transfer Station in Crookston. The commissioners approved a Pictometry purchase of $283,524. The work will be done with a seven-plane flyover in 2022 and will be used by several departments in the county. The Pictometry is similar to Google Earth. “You can drop down
Earlier this summer, blue-green algae blooms were reported on Lake Sarah, just outside of the Red Lake River Watershed District, prompted tests of shallow lakes in district. Blue-green algae are types of bacteria that are normally present in bodies of water and common in Minnesota. When conditions are right, the blue-green algae can grow quickly
