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Polk County Public Health Director Sarah Reese updated the Polk County Commissioners and department heads on information about COVID-19, the coronavirus on Tuesday. According to Reese, as of noon on Tuesday, March 17, none of the 60 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota were located within in Polk County. “At noon, as we’re having this […]
The Polk County Commissioners will face a big decision sometime in the next year between the costs of continuing with the landfill as proposed or significantly shortening the life of the landfill. The need for the discussion and decision came out of the landfill’s permitting process during which the State of Minnesota discovered a state
The Polk County Commissioners met the Polk County Sheriff’s Office’s new K9 Buffy and handler Deputy Kyle Olson this week. Olson, who has been with the Sheriff’s Office for six years told the commissioners he always wanted to be a K9 officer and filled them in on his background preceding the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
On Tuesday, Polk County Public Health (PCPH) Director Sarah Reese provided an update on coronavirus to the Polk County Commissioners. Reese said that while no cases are present in Minnesota, PCPH is working with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and World Health Organization (WHO). “Polk County is
The Ranch Resort recently received a conditional use permit from the Polk County Commissioners to expand its campsites from nine to 49. The Ranch Resort, located on 80 acres a quarter mile north of Maple Lake, has been in operation since 2006 with a conditional use permit for nine campsites, each allowed one horse, and
By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner, Dist. 2 I wear my seatbelt…always will. Why such a firm practice? An explanation of the reasons may be considered a bit gruesome. With that warning, read on at your own risk. It was early one spring morning in Austin, Minn. when the telephone rang. There had been
