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The Minnesota Lottery has announced that there was a $50,000 Powerball winning ticket sold in Mentor for the December 13 drawing. The winning numbers were 1, 28, 31, 57, 58, and the Powerball was 16. To confirm that a ticket is a winner, please have the ticket validated through a sales terminal at any Minnesota […]
On June 16, 2025, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a fully engulfed structure fire at the residence of 14821 Maple Inn Rd SE, Mentor. The Mentor Fire Department arrived on the scene shortly thereafter. With the assistance of surrounding agencies, the Mentor Fire Department was able to contain and extinguish
Polk County Emergency Management, in collaboration with the Mentor Fire Department, will conduct sound checks on three new outdoor warning sirens between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday, August 9. Two of the sirens are located on Maple Lake. The first siren is located at the Polk County Public Access on East Shore, and
The Polk County Soybean & Corn Growers and their checkoff dollars support their schools by promoting agriculture through book donations. When school resumes, the growers donate agricultural educational books to elementary schools in Crookston, East Grand Forks, Fosston, Mentor, Fertile, and Fisher. The endeavor aims to show the value of agriculture by increasing agricultural literacy
Polk County, and likewise, much of northwestern Minnesota is seeing another uptick in COVID-19 cases. Polk County has seen more than 140 new confirmed cases in April. While not as pronounced as the surge this fall, Polk County Public Health Director Sarah Reese said they are watching numbers closely. “We have been seeing an uptick
On Wednesday, April 14 at approximately 7:53 p.m., the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fire in a detached shop at 31452 160TH Avenue SE in rural Mentor. Deputies arrived and found the fire had been extinguished by fire departments already on scene. No injuries were reported at this time. Damage was localized to
