Northwestern Minnesota


Polk County, Minnesota


Polk Information

Polk County Commissioners

Chair District Name Address City/State/Zip Telephone
  1 Craig Buness 408 Stuart Ave. Crookston, MN 56716 (218) 281-3992
* 2 Warren Strandell 2024 10th St. SE East Grand Forks, MN 56721 (218) 773-0051
  3 Bill Montague 813 Thorndale Ave. Crookston, MN 56716 (218) 281-1649
  4 Warren Affeldt P.O. Box 473 Fosston, MN 56542 (218) 435-6711
  5 Don Diedrich 32620 200th St. NW Warren, MN 56762  

*County Board Chairman

 

County Offices Directory

Department Name Address City State Zip Telephone
University of Minnesota Extension Service-Polk County Art Nash - Extension Educator - Community Econ.

Emily Espersen - 4-H Coordinator 

Russ Severson - Extension Educator - Crops Specialist

Bill Craig - Extension Educator - Ag. Business

 

251 Owen Hall, 2900 University Ave.

PO Box 69

2900 University Ave., PO Box 556

2900 University Ave., PO Box 556

 

Crookston

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(218) 281-8689

(218) 563-2465

(218) 281-8695

(218) 281-8692

Agricultural Extension Agent Barb Oseth 612 N. Broadway Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-8696
Assessor Robert Wagner 612 N. Broadway, Suite 201 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-4186
Attorney Gregory Widseth 223 E. 7th St. Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-4345
Auditor/Treasurer Gerald Amiot 612 N. Broadway, 
Suite 207
Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-2554
Coordinator/Purchasing Agent John Schmalenberg 612 N. Broadway, 
Suite 215
Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-5408
Court Administrator Kathy Narlock 612 N. Broadway, Suite 301 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-2332 ext. 1312
Engineer Rich Sanders  820 Old Hwy 75 South Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-3952
Judges Tamara Yon 

Jeff Rimick

Kurt Marben  

612 N. Broadway, Suite 301 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-2332
Planning and Zoning Administrator Nancy Ellis 320 Ingersol Ave. PO Box 375 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-5700
Recorder Michelle Cote 612 N. Broadway, Suite 213 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-3464
Sheriff Barb Erdman 600 Bruce St., Box 416 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-0431
Social Service Director Kent Johnson 612 N. Broadway, Room 302 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-3127
Solid Waste Office Jon Steiner PO Box 375 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-6445
Veterans Services Officer Leslie O. Goodwin 612 N. Broadway, Suite 219 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-3066

City Offices in Polk County

City Clerk Address City State Zip Hours Phone/Fax
Jeanette Larson P.O. Box 6 Beltrami MN 56517   (218) 926-5300/5551
Jackie Voeller PO Box 214 Climax MN 56523-0214   (218) 857-2715
Betty Arvidson 124 N. Broadway Crookston MN 56716 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. (218) 281-4503
Scott Huizenga 600 DeMers Ave. 
PO Box 373
East Grand Forks MN 56721   (218) 773-2483/9728
Sharon Kotrba PO Box 59 Erskine MN 56535   (218) 687-4646
John Frohrip PO Box 628 Fertile MN 56540 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. (218) 945-3136
Amy Theis P.O. Box 158 Fisher MN 56723   (218) 891-2207
Charles Lucken 220 E. 1st St., PO Box 607 Fosston MN 56542 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. (218) 435-1959/1961
Barbara Sellers P.O. Box 26 Gully MN 56646   (218) 268-4205 
Amy Stafford PO Box 55 Lengby MN 56651   (218) 668-2246
Teresa Syverson PO Box 97 McIntosh MN 56556 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. (218) 563-3043/3042
Suzanne Foy 14757 Maple Inn Rd. SE Mentor MN 56736 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. (218) 637-2911/2273
Stephanie Abentroth PO Box 5 Nielsville MN 56568   (218) 857-2135
Helen Sordahl Box 88 Trail MN 56684   (218) 268-4465
Jennifer Frohrip PO Box 70 Winger MN 56592   (218) 938-4150/4129

Mayors in Polk County

First Name Last Name Address City State Zip Phone
Dale Schoenborn P.O. Box 63 Beltrami MN 56517-    (218) 926-5793
Anita Schartzman P.O. Box 214 Climax MN 56523-     
David Genereux 124 N. Broadway Crookston MN 56716-    (218) 281-4646
Lynn Stauss P. O. Box 373 East Grand Forks MN 56721-    (218) 773-2987
Paul Noyes Box 116 Erskine MN 56535-   
Brian Nephew P.O. Box 466 Fertile MN 56540-   
Kenneth Miller 202 Thompson Ave. Fisher MN 56723-   
Jim Offerdahl P.O. Box 239 Fosston MN 56542-    (218) 435-1959
Cathy Bergerson P.O. Box 26 Gully MN 56646-
Brian Ohren P.O. Box 55 Lengby MN 56651-    (218) 668-2219
Brad Ingman 133 Cottage Ave. NE McIntosh MN 56556-    (218) 563-2251
Lonnie Morberg 602 Stephens St. S. Mentor MN 56736-    (218) 637-2011
David Vraa P.O. Box 5 Nielsville MN 56568-    (218) 946-2255
Howard Flateland P.O. Box 85 Trail MN 56684-    (218) 268-4213
Cheryl Wang P.O. Box 70 Winger MN 56592-   

Polk County Township Chairman

First Name Last Name Township Address City State Zip
Dallas Didrud Hill River Township 32814 340th St. SE Fosston MN 56542-   
Wayne Kinney Queen Township 39181 410th Ave. SE Fosston MN 56542-   
Ambrose Beaudoin Chester Township 30560 350th St. SE Brooks MN 56715
Scott Cameron Fisher Township 35699 245th St. SW Fisher MN 56723-
Marvin  Hedlund Higdem Township 18432 470th Ave. NW Oslo MN 56744
Chester Aanden Russia Township 22014 390th St. SW Beltrami MN 56517   
Jon Myer Fairfax Township 33118 210th Ave. SW Crookston MN 56716-   
Rick Bruggeman Eden Township 28976 380th Ave. SE Trail MN 56684-   
David Landsverk Sletten Township 40357 300th Ave. SE Fosston MN 56542-   
Suzanne Reitmeier Crookston Township 20750 U.S. Hwy. 2 SW Crookston MN 56716-   
David Jadeke Brislet Township 28497 200th St. NW Warren MN 56762
Lee Thoreson Roome Township 37420 320th St. SW Climax MN 56523-   
Daniel Driscoll Keystone Township 13256 380th Ave. SW East Grand Forks MN 56721-   
Scott Boushey Huntsville Township 19704 State Hwy. 220 SW East Grand Forks MN 56721-   
Glen Bergerson Johnson Township 21725 400th Ave. SE Gully MN 56646
James Folz Angus Township 29005 110th St. NW Angus MN 56762 
JoAnn Fering Esther Township 11651 470th Ave. NW East Grand Forks MN 56721-   
Darrin Olson Kertsonville Township 16490 330th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-   
Al Bauer Knute Township 22118 370th St. SE Erskine MN 56535-   
Todd Mosher Reis Township 23533 450th St. SW Beltrami MN 56517-   
Paul Qualley Woodside Township 14726 380th St. SE Fertile MN 56540 
Gary Sonstelie Winger Township 24450 420th St. SE Winger MN 56592-   
William Pahlen Brandt Township 22328 105th St. NW Euclid MN 56722-   
Kerry R. Winkelmann Rosebud Township 33435 410th St. SE Fosston MN 56542-   
Jerry Larson Tabor Township 12452 360th Ave. NW Warren MN 56762
Steve Flaat Bygland Township 23821State Hwy 220 SW Fisher MN 56723-   
Michael Krejci Sullivan Township 40454 130th St. SW East Grand Forks MN 56721-   
Greg Stocker Grand Forks Township 11320 460th Ave. SW East Grand Forks MN 56721-   
Randy Sondrol Badger Township 22286 310th St. SE Erskine MN 56535-   
James M. Lee Lessor Township 29975 280th Ave. SE McIntosh MN 56556-   
Dale Erickson Liberty Township 14700 410th St. SW Fertile MN 56540-   
Gary Letnes Andover Township 29297 330th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-   
Sharon Lund Gully Township 27501 370th Ave. SE Trail MN 56684
Ken Kasprzak King Township 26112 350th St. SE McIntosh MN 56556-   
Lucian Boll Gentilly Township 18498 255th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-   
Keith Christianson Godfrey Township 12445 Maple Lake Dr. SE Mentor MN 56736-   
Todd Tollefson Scandia Township 26396 430th St. SW Beltrami MN 56517-   
Paul Swenson Garden Township 45001 140th Ave. SE Fertile MN 56540-   
John Sather Columbia Township 41504 390th Ave. SE Fosston MN 56542
Walter Pederson Brandsvold Township 31822 370th St. SE Fosston MN 56542-   
Robert Proulx Parnell Township 16124 210th Ave. SW Red Lake Falls MN 56750
Thomas Quirk Tynsid Township 40168 300th St. SW Climax MN 56523-
Ron Reitmeier Fanny Township 30928 220th St. SW Fisher MN 56723-   
Wayne Hamrick Helgeland Township 16220 260th Ave. NW Warren MN 56762
Loren E. Sanderson Onstad Township 17974 350th St. SW Crookston MN 56716 
Philip Kotrba Sandsville Township 39209 180th St. NW Warren MN 56762
Dean Danielski Farley Township 36098 180th St. NW Warren MN 56762
Joe Stroot Jr. Belgium Township 23779 140th St. SW Euclid MN 56722
Curtis Thureen Northland Township 10504 420th Ave. NW East Grand Forks MN 56721-   
Steven Tischman Grove Park-
Tilden Township
17742 U.S. Hwy. 2 SE Mentor MN 56736
Allen Torpet Garfield Township 44481 State Hwy 32 SW Fertile MN 56540
Mike Andringa Hammond Township 27172 360th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-   
Scott Love Nesbit Township 37390 210th St. SW Fisher MN 56723-   
Todd Evenson Vineland Township 35904 380th Ave. SW Climax MN 56523-
Gene Tiedemann Euclid Township 13099 310th Ave. SW Euclid MN 56722
Jarold Wardner Lowell Township 28020 230th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-   
Keith Dale Hubbard Township 40062 350th Ave. SW Climax MN 56523
 Roger Wolff Rhinehart Township 18493 445 Ave. SW East Grand Forks MN 56721-   

Polk County Demographic Information

County 1970 1980 1990 1995 2000
Polk 34,435 34,844 32,589 32,904 31,369
City 1970 1980 1990 1995 2000
Beltrami 171 134 133 133 101
Climax 255 273 290 261 243
Crookston 8,312 8,628 8,119 8,135 8,192
East Grand Forks 7,607 8,537 8,658 8,983 7,501
Erskine 571 585 424 428 437
Fertile 955 869 859 854 893
Fisher 383 453 395 408 435
Fosston 1,684 1,599 1,517 1,545 1,575
Gully 96 116 117 126 106
Lengby 140 123 125 110 79
McIntosh 753 681 670 662 638
Mentor 236 219 185 181 150
Nielsville 156 145 96 93 91
Trail 99 97 77 58 62
Winger 228 200 165 162 205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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