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Three districts on the Polk County Commissioners are up for election this year in Districts 1, 3, and 5. The candidates in District 1 are incumbent Jerry Jacobson, and opponent Travis Johnson. We asked each candidate to introduce themselves and why they are running. Q: Would you please tell us about yourself? Jacobson: “I’m a resident of […]
[yotuwp type=”videos” id=”NbYRN1vLsP4″ ] Another major milestone for the Ag Innovation Campus was reached on Wednesday when the facility’s groundbreaking ceremony was held. The ceremony was attended by local and state leaders, including the Crookston City Council members, Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority Board, Senator Mark Johnson, Representative Deb Kiel, and Governor Tim Walz.
The Crookston Chamber will host the 2020 Meet the Candidate Forum on Wednesday, October 21, at 6 p.m. Because of the COVID-19 restriction, the forum is not open to a public audience, explains Chamber Director Terri Heggie. “KROX will be doing a live feed,” said Heggie. “Something different this year is it will not be
The City of Crookston’s Development, Policy & Review Committee met on Wednesday for the initial review of the second round of applications for the CARES Act Small Business Grant program. The city received an additional 22 applications for the second wave of grants. The committee had $173,343.98 available for the second round of grants. City
The Polk County Commissioners voted to set the preliminary tax levy for 2021 at 4.938 percent at their meeting on Tuesday. The preliminary levy represents $3.8 million in cuts from the proposed budgets the commissioners received last week. Polk County Administrator Chuck Whiting said the goal is to reduce the levy further before budgets are
The Polk County Commissioners spent the past two days in budget meetings with the various Polk County Department heads. The total budget for the levy presented by the staff was for $29,368,223. That number would represent a levy increase of about 21 percent. However, Chairman Gary Willhite (Third District) said the plan next week to
