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