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Polk County Public Health has updated the cases in Polk County as of August 6. The data includes those no longer requiring isolation and the ages of those who’ve tested positive.
KROX Radio’s Chris Fee sat down with Crookston School District Superintendent Jeremy Olson and Polk County Public Health Director Sarah Reese to discuss how the school district and Polk County Public Health are working together to make the best decisions for the students for the upcoming school year. The interview is below –
In late June, Governor Tim Walz authorized $600 million in aid to local governments impacted by COVID-19 from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Polk County received $3,985,249 in funding. Polk County Administrator Chuck Whiting said the County Board will need to figure out how to use its funding. “What we
The Golden Link Senior Center in Crookston will be reopening Monday, August 17. The Golden Link board and manager are back in the office, but the opening is being delayed for some remodeling. The Golden Link will be serving biscuits and gravy for breakfast on the 17th and will continue with the Friday cinnamon and
With the world in the midst of a global pandemic, it is a good time to recognize the important role breastfeeding plays in protecting babies from germs all across the planet. The Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Services (PNM CHS) WIC Program and SHIP are celebrating Minnesota Breastfeeding Awareness Month throughout August. The theme for World Breastfeeding
Polk County Public Health has updated the current COVID-19 information in Polk County. Last week the state of Minnesota switched databases for Contact Investigation and Contact Tracing (CI/CT). Due to difficulties extracting data from the new database, Polk County Public Health did not release the COVID 19 weekly data on July 23, 2020. There have been
