September 21st - September 28th * 140th Ave NE and 110th St NE
The intersection of 140th Ave NE and 110th St NE just south of the Thief River Falls Airport will be closed from September 21st till aproximatly September 28th. They will be replaceing the bridge with a box culvert.
For more information on this project, contact the Pennington County Highway Department at 218-683-7017.
The Pennington County Sheriff's Office recieved a call of a possible drowning on July 5th, 2017 at 6:36 pm at a gravel pit in section 30 of Nordin Township.
Emergecy personnel were dispatched from the Pennington County Sheriff's Office, Thief River Falls Police Department, Thief River Falls Fire Department, FM Ambulance and the Minnesota State Patrol.
Myron Sunram, age 40, of Thief River Falls was transported from the scene to the Sanford Hospital Emergency Room in Thief River Falls where he was pronounced as deceased.
An autopsy has been ordered. There is no further information at this time.
Highway 219 detour north of Goodridge will begin Tuesday, May 30th for a project to replace 4 bridges. The detour follows Highway 1, Pennington County Road 28/Marshall County Road 54 and Highway 89. Project is schedualed to be complete mid-July.
More information on this project can be found on the Minnesota Department of Transportation website. Click here.
Starting Monday April 10, 2017 annual spring burning restrictions are going into effect for Pennington county. They will be in effect until green up. During this period only variance permits may be issued for special circumstances such as prescribed fire projects, approved agricultural practices, or road construction projects. Recreational campfires in a fire ring do not require a burning permit and are not subject to spring burning restrictions.
For information on perning permits see the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources webpage. Click here.
The new Corrections (Jail) Phone Number is 218-416-7097. Please call this number for any inmate related questions.
Inmate voice mail line is 218-416-1120.
Sentence to Serve (STS) / Wade Cota - 218-683-7001
Jail Administrator / Dave Casanova - 218-416-7095 * Assistant Jail Administrator / Jo Williams - 218-416-7098 * Jail Programmer / Travis Black - 218-416-7082