LOCAL

Innovis name switch will bring other changes

The rebranding of Innovis Health to its parent company’s name, Essentia Health, will involve more than just a name change.

By Mike Nowatzki , September 02, 2010

BASIC BUSINESS CENTS: Analyze worth of a business before starting one

Don (Dominick) Shrello used to teach a seminar on opportunity analysis in which he listed decision factors – Is it Real? Can We Win? and Is It Worth It?

By Lou Schultz , September 01, 2010

VETS VIEWS: Many community activities support vets

By Gregory Remus , September 01, 2010

Oberstar confers with area constituents

U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, traveling to confer with constituents, said the resounding concern he’s hearing is jobs. “Everywhere.”

By Jean Ruzicka , September 01, 2010

Uffda! Days sets sail, providing fun for all in Nevis

A merry band of actors took the stage, with a captivated audience seated on Main, to perform “A Farewell to Nortland,” at Nevis’ seventh annual celebration of Scandinavian heritage. The tale of marital woes and infidelity, inebriation and immigration had the audience chuckling. The cast included Jimmy Frank as Ole, Deb Stark as Lena, Dennis Aaron as Papa Gunnar, Russ Hensel as Sven, Jinx Zajaczkowski as Olga, Angi Trelstad as Marta and playwright Dan Schweich as Torval. Jerry Rivard served as narrator. The play began with Sven winding his way through the audience, waving an envelope with an aura of cheap perfume and/or dead fish and a picture of Inga. He shares the letter with Ole, who’s imbibing a beer and taking inventory of his fishing gear, and the two head off the stage, excited. At the play’s conclusion, the cast boards the boat to emigrate to “the new land,” with promise of more adventures ahead.

By Jean Ruzicka , September 01, 2010

Attorneys to resolve Nevis School bookkeeper's contract

On the advice of the Nevis School District’s attorney, Tuesday’s open board meeting to discuss action on bookkeeper Betsy Anderson’s contract was canceled and rescheduled. Anderson was placed “on leave” last week after her son, Jon Hoffman, questioned Nevis superintendent Steve Rassier’s personal use of a district vehicle in southern Minnesota Aug. 21.

By Jean Ruzicka , September 01, 2010

Nevis School's bookkeeper placed on leave after son questions superintendent's use of district vehicle

Nevis School bookkeeper Betsy Anderson was placed “on leave” last week after her son, Jon Hoffman, questioned superintendent Steve Rassier’s personal use of a district vehicle in southern Minnesota Saturday, Aug. 21.

By Jean Ruzicka , August 30, 2010

Area lakes to be the corner feature of downtown sidewalks

Hubbard County’s signature landmarks – its lakes – will be an aesthetic component in the downtown renewal project’s sidewalks.

August 28, 2010

First block of buildings now hooked into new water main downtown

The first block of Main Avenue businesses have been hooked up to the city’s new water main. “It’s been going fairly, fairly well,” said project manager Jon Olson.

By Sarah Smith , August 28, 2010

Afghan shooting victim buried in Park Rapids Saturday

A gentle soul who belonged to the world was laid to rest today in this small Minnesota town he grew up in. Dr. Thomas L. Grams, 51, was assassinated Aug. 6 in a remote region of Afghanistan while he and nine medical relief workers were administering dental and eye care to impoverished Afghans.

By Sarah Smith , August 28, 2010

Salmonella beginning to surface in region as egg recall expands in Iowa

Illnesses of at least seven additional people in Minnesota have been connected with an expanded multi-state recall of eggs from an Iowa producer due to contamination with Salmonella.

By Jean Ruzicka , August 25, 2010

Garden is therapeutic for caregiver

If you’ve ever imagined what the Garden of Eden must have looked like, there is a living reincarnation of it tucked into a shaded residential neighborhood in north Park Rapids.

By Sarah Smith , August 25, 2010

Preservation or progress: County 37 project

What has become a polarizing disagreement among 87 Kabekona Lake residents pits progress versus preservation.

By Sarah Smith , August 25, 2010

A day of remembrance and respect

With amber waves of grain waving in the background an annual flag raising and retirement ceremony took place on a bluff north of Ponsford Saturday.

By Sarah Smith , August 25, 2010

Zula – the ‘gathering place’ on Main – captures femine mystique

Zula on Main (Israeli slang for a gathering place to have fun) offers “a wardrobe not to be matched in a traditional department store.”

By Jean Ruzicka , August 25, 2010