Northwestern Minnesota


Pennington County, Minnesota


Pennington Information

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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