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By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner, Dist. 2 Following are some interesting numbers from the Presidential Primary Election… numbers that weren’t generally reported in the news: Of Polk County’s 16,508 registered voters (including the 134 who registered on election day), 3,746 actually voted. That was 22.69%. Of the 3,746 ballots cast, 2,196 were by […]
By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner, Dist. 2 I wear my seatbelt…always will. Why such a firm practice? An explanation of the reasons may be considered a bit gruesome. With that warning, read on at your own risk. It was early one spring morning in Austin, Minn. when the telephone rang. There had been
By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner, Dist. 2 Hot topics for the County Board in the year ahead are issues like these. Replacement of the elevator in the Government Center: This will involve how access to services located on the upper floor of the building will be made available during several months of the
By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner District 2 It was probably about a year ago when the aging staff — these aren’t elderly people, rather just those good folks who work for the Dancing Sky Area Agency on Aging — invited the county commissioners who make up the board of directors of the Northwest
By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner, District 2 This is the time of year when local government bodies are heavily into the task of determining the next year’s budget… a job that doesn’t get done overnight. Local governments (county boards, city councils and school boards) are required by state law to set a “preliminary”
By Warren Strandell – Polk County Commissioner, District 2 There is a story has been told several times in recent Polk County Newsletters and by the news media but I don’t think that the significance of it has really been comprehended or appreciated by all that many. The story is this: Polk County now has
