Northwestern Minnesota


Polk County, Minnesota


Polk Information

Polk County Commissioners

Chair District Name Address City/State/Zip Telephone
  1 Gerald Jacobson 42694 Center Ave. S. Fertile, MN 56540 (218) 945-6017
  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 Commissioners' Board meets: ?

County Offices Directory

Department Name Address City State Zip Telephone
University of Minnesota Extension Service-Polk County Russ Severson, 
Robert Quinlan (4-H) 
Box 556

213 Main Ave. N., Dept. 106

 

Crookston

Bagley

 

MN
MN

 

56716
56621

 

(218) 281-8695
(218) 281-8698
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 Mark Letexier 600 Bruce St., Box 416 Crookston MN 56716 (218) 281-0431
Social Service Director Kent Johnson 612 N. Broadway, #110 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
  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
Patty Lien P.O. Box 158 Fisher MN 56723-0158   (218) 891-2207
Charles Lucken 220 E. 1st St., 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 56646-0088   (218) 668-2219 
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
Nancy Wagner Box 162 Mentor MN 56736-0162 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
Shannon Polley PO Box 70 Winger MN 56592   (218) 938-4150/4129

Mayors in Polk County

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) 281-1232
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-   
Bruce Haaven 525 Riverside Ave. NE McIntosh MN 56556-    (218) 563-7188
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

Dallas Didrud Hill River Township 32814 340th St. SE Fosston MN 56542-     
Emanuel Buchholz Queen Township 39496 410th Ave. SE Fosston MN 56542-     
Ambrose Beaudoin Chester Township 30560 350th St. SE Brooks MN 56715-9403
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     
Paul Brekken, Jr. Fairfax Township 23730 330th St. 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-     
Thomas Wald Huntsville Township 38412 U.S. Hwy 2 SW East Grand Forks MN 56721-     
Glen Bergerson Johnson Township 21725 400th Ave. SE Gully MN 56646  
Jay Johnston Angus Township 11955 310th Ave. 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-     
Larry Lenes Rosebud Township 31201 410th St. SE Fosston MN 56542-     
Ronald Kmecik Tabor Township 37532 130th St. NW Warren MN 56762  
Alan Halvorson Bygland Township 24803 410th Ave. SW Fisher MN 56723-     
Charles Hotvedt Sullivan Township 42334 120th 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-     
James Lehmann Liberty Township 15999 450th St. SW Fertile MN 56540-     
Gary Letnes Andover Township 29297 330th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-    (218) 281-1516
Sharon Lund Gully Township 27501 370th Ave. SE Trail MN 56684-9701  
Duane Froirak King Township 26659 360th St. SE McIntosh MN 56556-     
Lucian Boll Gentilly Township 18498 255th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-     
Byron Ness Godfrey Township 11563 380th St. SE Fertile MN 56540-     
Joel Stola Scandia Township 45503 290th Ave. SW Beltrami MN 56517-     
Paul Swenson Garden Township 45001 140th Ave. SE Fertile MN 56540-     
Merle Nelson Columbia Township 42135 428th Ave. SE Bagley MN 56621
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-  
Bruce Fanfulik Fanny Township 17209 300th Ave. SW Euclid MN 56722-     
Robert Wimpfheimer Helgeland Township 16732 240th Ave. NW Angus MN 56762
Loren E. Sanderson Sollie Onstad Township 17974 350th St. SW Crookston MN 56716   
Philip Kotrba Sandsville Township 39209 180th St. NW Warren MN 56762
Merle W. Stinar Farley Township 34211 190th St. NW Warren MN 56762
Joe Stroot Jr. Belgium Township 23779 140th St. SW Euclid MN 56722-9783  
Curtis Thureen Northland Township 10504 420th Ave. NW East Grand Forks MN 56721-    (218) 773-3026
Steven Tischman Grove Park-
Tilden Township
17742 U.S. Hwy. 2 SE Mentor MN 56736-9703  
Allen Torpet Garfield Township 44481 State Hwy 32 SW Fertile MN 56540-9607  
Mike Andringa Hammond Township 27172 360th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-     
Erwin Vanek Nesbit Township 37138 180th St. SW East Grand Forks MN 56721-     
Todd Evenson Vineland Township 35904 380th Ave. SW Climax MN 56523-  
Gene Tiedemann Euclid Township 13099 310th Ave. SW Euclid MN 56722-9615  
Jarold Wardner Lowell Township 28020 230th St. SW Crookston MN 56716-     
Keith Dale Hubbard Township 40062 350th Ave. SW Climax MN 56523  
 Tim Brooks Rhinehart Township 44624 182nd St. 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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