Park Rapids Enterprise

By Nick Longworth nlongworth@parkrapidsenterprise.com Dorset will again host the 27th annual Taste of Dorset Festival Sunday, Aug. 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come to the ‘Restaurant Capital of the World’ for a fun-filled food extravaganza! An amazing variety of food and drink...

Wednesday, July 30 TOPS 1220: 9 a.m. weigh-in, 9:30 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Park Rapids Area Library: Open 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Headwaters Ladies Bridge: 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at Citizens National Bank, lower level. Call Ruth Ann at 732-7427 or Faye at 732-5315...

The following is a listing of selected new laws passed during the 2014 legislative session that take effect Aug. 1, 2014. Summaries of all laws passed by the 2014 Legislature are available online from nonpartisan House Public Information Services at www.house.leg.state. mn.us/hinfo/Newlaws2014-0.asp Minimum...

By Anna Erickson aerickson@parkrapidsenterprise.com Paul Bunyan Communications is continuing expansion of broadband to areas around the city of Park Rapids. “We’ve already completed construction of most areas from Lake George to Two Inlets and from Lake George Road down...

Ground-applied herbicide vegetation control on 339 acres of land in the Park Rapids and Nimrod areas have begun and will continue through approximately Aug. 15 as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources prepares sites for tree planting. Signs will be posted on all herbicide...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A Hubbard County District Judge will consider modifying the bail of a Benedict surgeon charged with the attempted murder of his foster son. Bail for Dennis James Sulllivan Jr., 50, charged with attempted Second Degree Murder, First...

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A Barnesville man will serve 30 days in jail for an ATV crash last fall in Hubbard County that injured him and two others. Jesse Brian Norberg, 37, faced 14 charges in connection with the crash Sept. 20 near Lake George that injured...

By Anna Erickson aerickson@parkrapidsenterprise.com Fish Hook Lake and River accesses will remain open. An overflow crowd of anglers, lake residents and others attended Monday night’s Hubbard County Parks and Recreation board meeting after hearing a petition to close an access...

By Nick Longworth nlongworth@parkrapidsenterprise.com Gregg Parks sat at the school board table with his now fellow board members on Monday, July 28 for his first official school board meeting as the superintendent of Nevis Public Schools. The school board decided upon a Dean...

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com She’s not exactly driving Miss Daisy, but Barbara Wiebesick figures her human cargo is every bit as valuable. About once a month, Wiebesick drives veterans to the Fargo VA Center in one of the new SUVs the Hubbard County Veterans...

By Nick Longworth nlongworth@parkrapidsenterprise.com The way things are looking, Menahga schools may need a little more room. The most recent Menahga School board meeting on Monday, July 21 saw all school board members present and was heavily attended by members of the community,...

MOORHEAD – A Georgetown man accused of threatening another man with a flagpole and abandoning his 11-year-old daughter during a shoplifting attempt is wanted for arrest, this time for allegedly beating his daughter. An arrest warrant was issued Monday in Clay County District...