Akeley

Akeley once again celebrated their legendary lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, with a three-day festival of food, fun and shenanigans. Kids were delighted...

The century-old First Lutheran Church of Akeley holds a grand repository of possibilities, a corps of volunteers encouraging the underemployed and unemployed with a message: “Yes, You Can!” No ordinary “church basement ladies” are these. The initiative is a vibrant “outreach...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Akeley streets will soon be festooned with whimsical banners depicting the legendary Paul...

By Sarah Smith / EnterpriseOne transported after Akeley crash: Two vehicles collided Wednesday afternoon at the intersections of Highways 34 and 64 in downtown Akeley. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Dodge truck driven by Danny T. Cornell, 61, Blackduck, made a left turn...

The 8th annual Audrey's Purple Dream - Akeley's answer to cancer - will be held Saturday, Feb. 9 on 11th Crow Wing Lake. Proceeds from the event, that includes a fishing tourney and a plunge by daring divers into 11th Crow Wing Lake, benefit area residents whose lives have been...

Citizens arrived in number for the changing of the guard in Akeley this week, the newly elected officials grappling with contentious employee issues and other matters. "Bear with me; I'm new at this," mayor Jerry Tatro told his 30-plus constituents who attended. Tatro and Dan...

Akeley's Monday night candidates' forum was more illuminating for the proverbial empty chairs than it was for the discussion about the city's...

Akeley's Paul Bunyan is a bit disheveled, and will likely remain that way until the city council hears from the League of Minnesota Cities regarding who holds proprietary rights to his upgrades. The council hired John's Body Shop of Park Rapids to repair vandalism damage this summer....