Park Rapids Enterprise

The Hubbard County Board denied a conditional use permit (CUP) for a controversial RV campground on Long Lake. Chris Bolton requested a CUP to operate Bolton Bay RV Park, with 14 camping sites on five acres located at 18080 Emerald Island Circle, the northwest side of Long Lake. Last...

The upcoming election became a top of discussion at the close of the Menahga City Council meeting Tuesday. The Menahga mayor and three council members seats are up for election this November. Nathan Carlson and Joan Liimatta will be on the ballot for mayor. According to a GoFundMe...

Hubbard County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Manager Julie Kingsley sought county board approval of a proposed agreement and additional funds for the buffer ordinance. She appeared before county commissioners Tuesday morning. The state has tasked SWCD with assisting...

Ninth District Judge Paul Rasmussen reversed an earlier decision regarding a property dispute between Tim and Nikki Clancy of Vacationaire Resort, the Flamm Community Property Trust and Vacationaire Estates (VE). VE is a Minnesota nonprofit corporation organized in 1971 to provide...

The Hubbard County Board approved a preliminary payable 2019 levy of $15,144,000 at their Sept. 18 meeting. That's an $844,000, or 5.9 percent, increase over the 2018 final levy of $14,300,000. County commissioner Char Christenson said she recently learned that neighboring counties...

Akeley Police Chief Jimmy Hansen said work to get drugs out of the community is showing results. He shared an update on the narcotics investigation affecting the city at the Sept. 12 Akeley City Council meeting.

On Sept. 12, at approximately 8:13 p.m., the Becker County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant in Osage, which resulted in the arrest of two individuals. Morgan Elizabeth Marie Anderson, 18, of Park Rapids, and Matthew Michael Gibson, 18, of Osage, are being held at the Becker...