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Polk County will have its’ first roundabout by 2024. It’ll be located at the intersection of County Road 21 & Highway 75 North of Crookston. The decision comes after another T-bone accident that took place at that intersection earlier this month. Polk County Engineer Richard Sanders explained the cost of the project and some of […]
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Peterson were in Polk County on Thursday morning to meet with the local farmers about the current drought in the Northwest part of the state. The event was held at the Reitmeier farm north of Crookston, visiting with Jim and Robin Reitmeier and Dan
Applications are open for Arts Project Grants and Arts Legacy Grants. Grants are awarded to nonprofit arts organizations, communities, schools, individuals and other nonprofit organizations. Applications are being accepted from our seven county Minnesota service area including Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau counties. Arts Legacy Grants is a main category for funding artistic activity within the
A wheelage tax could be returning to Polk County as soon as 2022. From 2015 to 2017, Polk County had a minimum $10 wheelage tax, and with the proposal set forth before the board of County Commissioners, the wheelage tax that would be in effect in 2022 would be $20 a year. Polk County Engineer
After two years as vice president, Mike Skaug (prounounced “S-cow”) was named president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Monday during the nonpartisan’s organization first in-person board meeting in more than a year. “I’m humbled and honored my fellow directors have put their confidence in me to lead this storied organization,” said Skaug, who’s helped
The Erickson family of Fertile, has been named Polk County’s “2021 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minnesota. The Erickson farm started in 1888 when Matt Erickson’s maternal great-grandfather homesteaded the current location of the Erickson farm in Polk County. Matt and Patricia joined Matt’s dad, Jerome, and his uncle, Allen, in
