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The Polk County Committee on Aging (PCCA) recently purchased two “sight machines” (also known as “reading machines”) for area Senior Centers. One was given to the Golden Link in Crookston and the second to the East Grand Forks Senior Center. The machines are constructed by the Lions Club of Nisswa, Minnesota and sold for $350, […]
Polk County Environmental Services is pleased to announce the availability of a cost-share grant program that is available to property owners in Polk County that have an existing noncompliant septic system. Funds are intended to fix septic systems that are currently failing codes or functionality. These dollars are made possible through a grant received from
Wayne Sandberg, Washington County Engineer and President of the Minnesota County Engineers Association visited the Polk County Commissioners for a local Presentation of the 2018 Outstanding Engineer of the Year Award to Polk County Engineer Rich Sanders. “Our association is appraised of all 87 counties,” Sandberg. “We have full membership across the state and had
Census data compiled by Joan Bernston with First Children’s Finance, which provides lows and business-development assistance to high-quality child care businesses serving low and moderate income families, shows there is a possible need of more than 300 childcare spots within a 20-mile radius of Crookston and more than 170 within Crookston itself. Bernston explains how
Polk County has had issues with the scale portion of their addition to the Fosston incinerator site since the work was done in 2017-2018. Polk County Environmental Services Administrator Jon Steiner explains, “We’ve had some issues with the concrete out in the lot for the approaches to the scale that we’ve tried to work with
The National Weather Service has issued an updated flood forecast showing a significant increase in the threat of snowmelt flooding across the main stem Red River and the sub-basins including the Red Lake River. “The bottom line up front is we do have a risk for significant flooding that has increased substantially since January,” said
