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Polk County Public Health Director Sarah Reese provided an update Tuesday on COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine to the Polk County Commissioners. Reese said the county’s seven-day case rate has stayed low the past couple of weeks but that vaccines were still very limited. Reese said the past two weeks have both seen about 35 […]
The Polk County Commissioners reviewed the proposed final levy and 2021 budget totals during their meeting on Tuesday afternoon before holding the 2021 public budget hearing. The budget totals $60,093,808. The County Commissioners set a goal to achieve a final levy under three percent when they set the preliminary levy at 4.938 percent in September.
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported an additional 55 cases of COVID-19 in Polk County. A social media post by Representative Deb Kiel on a KROX story Wednesday read, “Outbreak in Nursing homes is part of the increase, and they have been diligent in protecting the residents and staff.” KROX spoke with
The Crookston School Board voted 4-2 to stay Model 2 learning at their meeting on Monday night while listening to the advisement of Polk County Public Health. STAYING MODEL 2 LEARNING – With an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Polk County and the high school reporting a positive case on Sunday and Highland School reporting
With COVID-19 numbers on the rise in Polk County, the Minnesota Department of Health will hold its first mass testing event in Crookston next week. Crookston Emergency Manager Tim Froeber said the city will be working with a number of partners to host the testing event. “Crookston will be the site of a state-sponsored community
The Crookston Pirate girls’ soccer team played solid offensively in the first half and did enough defensively to stay in the game. Still, the Fergus Falls Hillcrest Academy Comets came away with a 2-0 win on Thursday afternoon at the Crookston High School soccer fields. It marked the final home game of the regular season
