Polk County News

The Clayton Board of Education is set to meet this evening in the Media Center at the School. Agenda items include these action items; 2017-18 year round support staff assignments “      WIAA membership application The School Psychologist contract 2017-19 Early Childhood agreement and A Teach resignation. The Board will convene to Closed Session under WI…

The Polk County Board of Supervisors meets this evening at 6:00 p.mm. in the County Board Room at the Government Center in Balsam Lake. Business includes two resolutions to grant a zoning district change and to amend zoning district map for the town of Alden. Also on the agenda is confirmation of the appointment of…

A Polk County man charged with attempting to murder people on two different occasions, is going to prison for the most recent case. Jeremy Frendt, from Luck, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.   He was accused of using meth when police say stabbed his girlfriend last September.  When she ran and hid behind…

The Clear Lake School Board will meet this Monday evening at 6:30pm in the Junior-Senior High School Library. The elementary reading curriculum is set to be approved, as are the summer school contracts and the 2017-2018 support staff contracts.

The Polk County Executive Committee will meet today at 12:30pm in the County Board Room at the Government Center in Balsam Lake. Deliberations on the selection of a Construction Manager for the highway facility improvement project will be the primary activity at this meeting, which may include a closed session on the matter.  

The Polk County General Government Committee will meet today at 2pm in the County Board Room at the Government Center in Balsam Lake. Amendments to a resolution regarding the Serenity House and the provision of housing services in the County is on the agenda. Also on the agenda are resolutions to amend the county budget…

In accordance with Wisconsin State Statute 301.46(2m), Polk County Sheriff Peter Johnson has announced that information on Ryan Olson should be made available to the public. Olson will be released on May 30th and will reside at 354 65th Avenue in Clayton and will be under the supervision of Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Olson was…

The Aging and Disability Resource Center Board will meet this morning at 9am in Balsam Lake to receive various reports and meet Tammy Chapman, a new staff person.

The Polk County Health and Human Services Committee will meet today at 10am in Conference Rooms A and B at the Government Center in Balsam Lake. The audit of the Golden Age Manor will be discussed as will proposals for the Treatment Without Borders Project. The new director of Behavioral Health, Lisa Lavasseur, will be…

The Osceola Village Board will meet this evening at 7pm in the Osceola Municipal Building. A beverage server operator license for Jonathan Goodwin at the Mini Mart is on the agenda, along with five conditional permits and numerous reports.