Auditors

1884 - 1885 J. M. Cubbison (County Clerk)
1885 - 1887 L. M. Harriman
1887 - 1891 J. M. Cubbison
1891 - 1900 J. Drummond
1900 - 1903 A. A. Liudahl
1903 - 1911 J. W. Olson
1911 - 1919 W. E. Paulson
1919 - 1935 G. D. Gilbertson
1935 - 1941 Bert Salisbury
1941 - 1943 Ed Rolle
1943 - 1975 Harry Montague
1975 - 1981 Vernon Lysne
1981 - 1997 Fay Huffman
** Auditor and Treasurer office were combined **
1997 - 2003 Fay Huffman
2003 - Present Bonnie Erickson

Clerk of Court

Elected Position

1974-2022 Lana K. Johnson

2022 Jill Schafer

2023-Present Emily Yri

Court Judges

1889 - 1900 David Morgan District Judge *North Dakota Supreme Court 1900-1911

1892 - 1896 H.U. Thomas

1900 - 1912 John F. Crown District Judge

1904 - 1909 Alfred Dresser

1909 - 1915 M.A. Liles

1912 - 1948 C. W. Buttz District Judge

1915 - 1941 O.D. Comstock

1941 - 1963 Bert Salisbury

1948 - 1954 John J. Kehoe District Judge

1954 - 1959 Obert C. Tiegen District Judge *North Dakota Supreme Court 1959

1959 - 1986 Douglas B. Heen District Judge

1964 - 1968 Howard Olson

1968 - 1968 Bert Salisbury

1968 - 1975 Ted Weisenburger

1975 - 1979 Joel D. Medd

1979 - 1981 Ann C. Mahoney

1981-1983 Michael N. Steffan

1983 - 1995 James M. Bekken

** County Judgeships terminated in 1995 and became State/District Court Judges **

1986 - Present Lee A. Christofferson

1995 - Present Donovan Foughty

2016- Present Lonnie Olson

NDSU Extension Service Agents - Cropping Systems

1915 - 1928 Harry Boyts

1922 - 1928 Irving Coutis

1928 - 1939 Herbert W. Herbison

1934 Lars Jensen

1934 - 1936 Thomas G. Fuller

1937 - 1941 Ruther Moser, Associate

1943 - 1938 Gilbert Moum

1940 - 1943 Etna Fristad, Associate

1943 - 1948 Bernard Maddock

1949 - 1954 Harold Odegaard

1952 Marvin Nordbo, At Large

1956 Unknown, Assistant

1957 - 1959 Orland Neimeier, Assistant

1959 - 1960 Jim Kenward

1959 - 1960 Roger Martin

1960 - 1967 Howard Lahlum

1960 - 1962 James Martin, Assistant

1962 - 1964 Norman Bakkegard, Assistant

1965 - 1966 John Oster, Assistant

1967 - 1970 Harvey Peterson, Assistant

1967 - 1969 Hilbert Pfiefer Jr.

1968 - 1969 Warren W. Anderson, Assistant

1969 - 1971 Larry J. Halvorson, Assistant

1969 - 1975 Dennis Edge

1975 - 1976 Robert Bina

1976 - 1978 Martin Bina

1978 - 1980 Daniel Vollmer

1980 - 1983 Kim Retzlaff

1983 - 1986 Mike Hanson

1986 - 1992 Mike Liane

1992 - Present Scott Knoke

NDSU Extension Service Agents - Family Community Wellness

1950 - 1954 Joan Michaiski
1954 Ester Lutz
1954 - 1955 Unknown
1982 - 1985 Beth Johnson
1985 - 1989 June M. Strand
1989 - 1996 Brenda Langerud
1996 Colleen Boemer
2001 Jennifer Steinhaus
2009 - 2011 Stacey Heggen
2011 - 2012 Amy Bjorem
2013 - 2019 Kimberly Fox

Sheriffs

Elected Position

1884 William H. Beach (appointed)
1885 - 1888 Fred Snore
1889 Thomas M. McDonald
1890 J. C. O'Connell
1892 - 1896 Thomas M. McDonald
1897 - 1899 William C. Schaffner
1900 - 1903 E. L. Baeverstad
1904 - 1908 John S. Aker
1909 - 1913 D.G. Talley
1914 - 1917 John F. Randall
1918 - 1921 D. O. Tollerud
1922 - 1925 John F. Randall
1926 - 1929 M. A. Erickson
1930 - 1933 Walter Palmer
1934 - 1937 M. A. Erickson
1938 - 1941 Art Crane
1942 - 1945 Walter Palmer
1946 - 1949 Paul Sundell
1950 - 1953 Walter (Red) Crane
1954 - 1957 Don E. Seibert
1958 - 1965 Richard Salisbury
1966 - 1973 Gordon Burdick
1974 - 1977 Oscar Hanson
1978 - 1979 Jerry Lysne
1979 - 2006 Ned J. Mitzel
2006 - 2020 Steve J. Rohrer

2020-Present Ethan Rode

State's Attorney

Elected Position

E. Bergland
O. E. Comstock
C. L. Lindstrom
Walter G. McDonald
L. L. Butterwick
M. C. Hiaasen
Joseph Dietchman
Michael Steffan
James P. Wang

Superintendent of Schools

Elected Position until 1993 when it became a position appointed by the County Commission

1885 Robert McAdam
1890 M. F. Mineham
1891 H. R. Shllengerger
1897 Torger Sinness
1903 N. T. Teigen
1909 Effie D. Hoadley
1913 Peter Anderson
1920 Adeline Engelhorn Ellefson
1926 Hilda Wisness
1932 D. G. Aanestad
1939 Oscar Solberg
1942 J. D. Tollerud
1945 Alice Thompson
1981 Jean K. Olson
2011 Lucia Jacobson

Tax Equalization Directors

This position is appointed by the County Comissioners

1971 - 1972 Lloyd Carlson
1972 - 1974 Hazel O'Connell
1974 - 1994 Dorothy Johnson
1994 - 2011 Ellen Huffman
2011 - Present Randy Thompson

Treasurers

1885 - 1889 F. M. Shook

1889 - 1895 Carl G. Brown

1895 - 1899 Albert A. Liudahl

1899 - 1903 E. L. Yager

1903 - 1907 C. E. Baker

1907 - 1911 E. H. Cowell

1911 - 1914 Nils Dokken

1915 W. H. Brown (appointed Jan - May)

1915 - 1919 O. P. Rognlie

1919 - 1927 W. D. Conway

1939 - 1940 Ed Rolie

1941 C. D. Graves (Jan - Apr)

1941 - 1942 Ed Richmond

1943 - 1947 W. D. Conway

1947 - 1951 Lena Wigdahl

1951 - 1955 W. D. Conway

1955 - 1983 Carl Hansen

1983 - 1991 Robert J. Wallace

1991 - 1996 Leola Rangen

1996 - 1997 Maxine Lysne ** In 1997, the County combined Auditor and Treasure

Veterans Service Officer

1945 - 1960 Bert M. Salisbury

1950 - 1952 John Butternick

1951 - 1952 Walter Lien

1960 - 1974 Gordon Johnson

1975 - 1986 Melvin Severson

1986 - 1989 Curtis Luidahl

1989 - 1993 Donald Severson

1993-1996 David Nelson

1997 - 2004 Wayne Stautz

2004 - 2008 Jo Dahlen

2008 - 2016 David Daeley

2016 - 2020 Stacey Twete

2020 - Present Bryce A. Crosby

Public Health Nurse

1919-1921 Edith Pierson

1936 Lorena Olson

1947 Pearne Knect

1952-1966 Irma Goranson

1968-1969 Donna Rice

1970-1972 Cora Backstrom

1972-1974 Donna Rice

1981-1983 Cari Iverson

1983-1989 Juanita Carlson

1990-1996 Darlene Albertson

1996-1998 Jeanet Wentz

1998-present Shelley Aabrekke