Pennington Information

Official Website for Pennington County
Size: 622 Square Miles
2000 Population: 13,584
County Commissioners
County Offices
^{Pennington County
Courthouse

PO Box 616

Thief River Falls, MN 56701}
Cities
Goodridge, St. Hillaire, Thief River Falls
Mayors
Township Chairman
School Districts: School/Education listing
Colleges: Northland Community Technical College in Thief River Falls.
Demographics: American FactFinder, State Demographic Center
County History: Peter Engelstad Pioneer Village, good site to search for pictures from Pennington County Historical Society, e-mail pchstrf@mncable.net
General Information and Tourism: snowmobile trails map (quick jpeg image) or snowmobile trails map (large download to Acrobat Reader for better print quality)
Maps: Land Use Map (large download to Acrobat Reader)

Pennington County Commissioners

Chair	District	Name	Address	City/State/Zip	Telephone
*	1	Don Jensen	32094 120th St. NE	Goodridge, MN 56725	(218) 378-4203
	2	Cody Hempel	221 6th St. W	Thief River Falls, MN 56701	(218) 681-2407
	3	Neil Peterson	13500 150th Ave SE	St. Hilaire, MN 56754	(218) 964-5370
	4	Darryl Tveitbakk	108 Parkview St. E.	Thief River Falls, MN 56701	(218) 681-6473
	5	Oliver "Skip" Swanson	16637 140th St. NE	Thief River Falls, MN 56701	(218) 681-5648

*County Board Chairman

County Commissioners' Board meets: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays

County Offices Directory

Department	Name	Address	City	State	Zip	Telephone
University of Minnesota Extension Service- Pennington County	Howard Person, & Van Swanson	101 N. Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7030
Assessor	Adeline Olson	1st and Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7029
Attorney	Al Rogalla	101 N. Main Ave.	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 681-0773
Auditor	Kenneth Olson	1st and Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7000
County Purchasing Agent	Valerie Lindgren	1st and Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7000
Court Administrator	Kathy Narlock	101 Main Ave. N	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7023
Engineer	Michael Flaagan	250 125th Ave. NE	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7017
Judge	Kurt Marben	PO Box 619	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 681-4064
Motor Vehicle Dept.	Allan Morkrid	101 N. Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7020
Pennington/Red Lake Public Health Nurse	Anita Cardinal	101 N. Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 681-5950
Recorder	Ken Schmalz	1st and Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7027
Sheriff	Ray Kuznia	102 1st St. W., P.O. Box 484	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 681-6161
Social Service Director	Ken Yutrzenka	318 Knight Ave. N., Box 340	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 681-2880
Solid Waste Office	Howard Person	1st and Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7030
Treasurer	Vickie Bjorgaard	101 N. Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7022
Veterans Services Officer	Steve Stone	1st and Main, Box 616	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 683-7034

City Offices in Pennington County

City Clerk	Address	City	State	Zip	Hours	Phone/Fax
Shannon Moen	P.O. Box 171	Goodridge	MN	56725		(218) 378-4113/4689
Margaret Peterson	P.O. Box 296	St. Hilaire	MN	56754	9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.	(218) 964-5257
Jodi Torkelson	P.O. Box 528	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	(218) 681-2943/6223

Mayors in Pennington County

First Name	Last Name	Address	City	State	Zip	Phone
David	Brown Jr.	P.O. Box 197	Goodridge	MN	56725-
Steven	Dahlen	24 Baker St.	St. Hilaire	MN	56754-	W (218) 964-5791
Steve	Nordhagen	P.O. Box 528	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-	(218) 681-2943

Pennington County Township Chairman

First Name	Last Name	Township	Address	City	State	Zip	Phone
Paul	Odette	Reiner Township	18554 350th Ave. NE	Goodridge	MN	56725-	(218) 378-4650
Darrin	Arveson	Hickory Township	10723 410th Ave. SE	Trail	MN	56684	(218) 378-4311
Alex	Moe	Smiley Township	22155 130th St. NE	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-	(218) 681-2112
David	Bach	Numedal Township	16389 200th St. NW	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-	(218) 681-7552
C. W.	Hruby	Silverton Township	22851 180 St. NE	Goodridge	MN	56725-	(218) 681-5747
Alden	Hugg	Norden Township	18642 110th Ave. NW	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-7919	(218) 681-3989
Tom	Race	Goodridge Township	19890 State Hwy 219 NE	Goodridge	MN	56725-	(218) 378-4507
Aldon	Hyland	Highlanding Township	33501 130th St. NE	Goodridge	MN	56725-	(218) 378-4233
Nancy	Tofte	Rocksbury Township	14253 Riverbend Trail	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-	(218) 681-2133
Dale	Kolseth	Wyandotte Township	20193 120th St. SE	Plummer	MN	56748	(218) 681-1720
Bryan	Steiger	Black River Township	13323 120th St. SW	Red Lake Falls	MN	56750	(218) 964-5640
Leslie	Wilde	Mayfield Township	10475 260th Ave. SE	Thief River Falls	MN	56701	(218) 964-5521
Scott	Sorvig	Polk Centre Township	17699 110th St. SW	Red Lake Falls	MN	56750	(218) 964-5421
Arden	Lundeen	Deer Park Township	33734 140th St. SE	Oklee	MN	56742	(218) 796-5679
Curtis	Swanson	Bray Township	10370 160th Ave. NW	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-	(218) 964-5619
Tim	Mickelson	Kratka Township	14500 250th Ave. NE	Goodridge	MN	56725-	(218) 681-6842
Kenneth	Sanders	Cloverleaf Township	19876 250th Ave. NE	Goodridge	MN	56725-	(218) 681-4499
Tony	Rubischko	Star Township	12725 370th Ave. NE	Goodridge	MN	56725-	(218) 378-4325
Duane	Vatsaas	North Township	18121 120th Ave. NE	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-	(218) 681-3489
Dennis	Wilkens	River Falls Township	13557 110th St. SE	St. Hilaire	MN	56754-	(218) 964-5372
Tom	Wold	Sanders Township	11508 115th St. NW	Thief River Falls	MN	56701-8715	(218) 681-1506

Pennington County Demographic Information

County	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000
Pennington	13,266	15,258	13,306	13,391	13,584
City	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000
Goodridge	144	191	61	109	98
St. Hillaire	337	338	330	301	272
Thief River Falls	8,618	9,105	8,010	8,053	8,410