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POLK COUNTY SOYBEAN & CORN GROWERS DONATE BOOKS TO AREA SCHOOLS

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

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POLK COUNTY COVID UPDATE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR SARAH REESE; WEEKLY REPORT DATA

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

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A SHOP FIRE WAS REPORTED IN RURAL MENTOR WEDNESDAY EVENING

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

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COVID-19 INFORMATION FOR POLK COUNTY AND THE KROX LISTENING AREA (April 1)

The Minnesota Department of Health released its COVID-19 Weekly Report (here) on Thursday.  All information is updated through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31 unless noted. Information on Polk County and the KROX listening area was pulled from the report and is below –  Polk County Minnesota Tests 34,399 8,253,622 Positive Cases 3,536 521,667 State

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PCSO RESPONDS TO CAR THAT STRUCK A FIRE TRUCK DURING MONDAY’S FIRE

On Monday, March 29 at 5:26 pm Polk County Dispatch received a call of a Motor vehicle crash on 320th Street SE and 120th Avenue SE.  A dark-colored pickup truck struck an Erskine Fire Department vehicle head-on and then continued driving West nearly missing another fire truck.  The driver did not stop at the scene

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