July 8, 2025
State of Minnesota
District Court
Polk County Ninth Judicial District
Court File Number: 60-PR-25-867
Case Type: Informal Probate
In re the Estate of BRADFORD ADELBERT AMES, Deceased
Notice of Informal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative and Notice to Creditors
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:
Notice is hereby given that an application for informal probate of the above-named Decedent’s Last Will dated 5-10-24 has been filed with the Probate Registrar, and the application has been granted.
Notice is also given that the Probate Registrar has informally appointed the following:
Elizabeth Leake
4545 Olson Lake Trail N
Lake Elmo MN 55042
as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative, or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-607, and the court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.
Any objections to the probate of the Will, or to the appointment of the personal representative, must be filed with this court, and will be heard by the court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing.
Notice is also given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four (4) months after the date of this Notice, or the claims will be barred.
Kathy Narlock/cw
Court Administrator
Date: 6-23-25
Connie Wilkens
Probate Register
Date: 6-23-25
Attorney for Personal Representative
Elizabeth Leake
Attorney License No.:
4545 Olson Lake Trail N
Lake Elmo MN 55042
Telephone:
E-Mail: [email protected]
7/08-7/15, 2025
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Notice is hereby given that a hearing has been set for July 25, 2025 at 9:25 a.m. in the meeting room at Polk County Environmental Services, 320 Ingersoll Ave, Crookston, Minnesota, to consider the application of Jay Coughenour, Northwest MN Center for Hope, 23028 347th Street, Erskine, MN 56535 to Rezone approximately a 5.66 acre parcel of land from the Agricultural Zoning District to the Commercial Zoning District for a behavioral/substance use residential treatment center. The parcel of land is described as: — That part of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4), Section Two (2), Township One Hundred Forty-eight (48) North of Range Forty-two (42) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Polk County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said SW%; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the West line of said SWI/+, a distance of 922.39 feet, more or less, to the Westerly extension of the North line of a parcel described in Doc. No. 615400, on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder, in and for the County of Polk and State of Minnesota; thence North 89 degrees 17 minutes 57 seconds East, along the Westerly extension of said North line of a parcel described in Doc. No. 615400, a distance of 37.52 feet, more or less, to the Northwest corner of said parcel described in Doc. No. 615400, the same being the point of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 17 minutes 57 seconds East, along the North line of said parcel described in Doc. No. 615400, a distance of 405.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 42 minutes 03 seconds West, along said North line, a distance of 75.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 17 minutes 57 seconds East, along said North line, a distance of 405.00 feet, more or less, to the Northeast corner of said parcel described in Doc. No. 615400; thence South 00 degrees 42 minutes 03 seconds East, along the East line of said parcel described in Doc. No. 615400, a distance of 360.00 feet more or less, to the Easterly most point of said parcel described in Doc. No. 615400; thence South 89 degrees 17 minutes 57 seconds West, along the South line of said parcel described in Doc. No. 615400, a distance of 148.76 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a Northeasterly extension of the Southeasterly line of said parcel described in Doc. No. 615400; thence South 72 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds West 193.39 feet; thence North 87 degrees 84 minutes 55 seconds West 130.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 15 minutes 06 seconds East 45.00 feet; thence South 87 degrees 44 minutes 55 seconds East 21.00 feet thence North 05 degrees 38 minutes 01 second East 69.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 43 minutes 26 seconds West 135.00 feet; thence South 57 degrees 27 minutes 39 seconds West to 40.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 59 minutes 28 seconds West 210.00 feet, more or less, to the east right of way line of U.S. Trunk Highway No. 59; thence North 00 degrees 42 minutes 03 seconds West, along said east right of way line of U.S. Trunk Highway No. 59, a distance of 208.00 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. An easement for ingress and egress purposes over, under and across that part of the SW1/4, Sec.2, Twp. 148 N., R. 42 W., Polk County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said SW1/4; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the west line of said SW1/4, a distance of 944.38 feet; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 05 seconds East 37.74 feet, more or less, to the easterly right of way line of U.S. Trunk Highway No. 59; thence South 00 degrees 42 minutes 03 seconds East 186.01 feet; thence South 84 degrees 59 minutes 28 seconds East 45.22 feet, thence North 00 degrees 42 minutes 03 seconds West 190.51 feet; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 05 seconds West 45.00 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, parcel #45.00010.04. All property owners within 1/2 mile of the proposed Rezoning are invited to appear at said hearing.
Dated: July 3, 2025
Jacob J. Snyder
Planning & Zoning Administrator
7/08, 2025
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Notice is hereby given that a hearing has been set for July 25, 2025 at 9:03 a.m. in the meeting room at Polk County Environmental Services, 320 Ingersoll Ave, Crookston, Minnesota, to consider the application of Aimee Peterson, 3077 County Hwy 42, Bejou, MN 56516, for a Large Gathering Permit for an event on August 31st, 2025 which will be on a parcel of land located at: Maple Lake Pavilion, 15545 Sandy Beach Rd SE, Mentor, MN and described as: Block One, Subdivision of Reserve and King Edward’s Park Lots in Washington heights in Lots One (1) and Two (2), Section Thirty-four (34), Township One Hundred Forty-nine (149) North of Range Forty-three (43) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, according to the Official Plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for the County of Polk and State of Minnesota, parcel #32.00234.00. All property owners within ¼ mile of the proposed Large Gathering Permit are invited to appear at said hearing.
Dated: July 1, 2025
Jacob J Snyder
Planning & Zoning Administrator
7/08, 2025
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Notice is hereby given that a hearing has been set for July 25, 2025 at 9:50 a.m. in the meeting room at Polk County Environmental Services, 320 Ingersoll Ave, Crookston, Minnesota, to consider the application of Ryan & Danielle Gregoire, 12842 Maple St SE, Mentor, MN 56736 for an AFTER THE FACT Variance to reduce the setback from Maple Lake from 65 feet to 55 feet for the addition of a 14’ x 15’ enclosed porch on a parcel of land located at: backlot of 12842 Maple ST SE, Mentor, MN 56736 which is described as: That part of land located in Government Lot 7, Section 13, Township 148 North, Range 44 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, Polk County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at a point where the east line of Lot 3, Gamme’s Subdivision when extended intersects the south edge of Joelee Drive; thence southeast a distance of 200 feet along a line formed by an extension of the east line of Lot 3, Gamme’s Subdivision; thence southwest at right angles a distance of 150 feet; thence northwest at right angles and along a line formed by the extension of the west line of Lot 2, Gamme’s Subdivision a distance of 200 feet to the south edge of Joelee Drive; thence northeast along the south edge of Joelee Drive a distance of 150 feet to the point of beginning, parcel #30.00450.00. All property owners within 500 feet of the proposed Variance are invited to appear at said hearing.
Dated: July 1, 2025
Jacob J. Snyder
Planning & Zoning Administrator
7/08, 2025