Hubbard County

The Minnesota Department of Commerce and Public Utilities Commission are currently evaluating whether to allow Enbridge to construct a new pipeline called Line 3 in northern Minnesota. This pipeline would carry a huge volume of Alberta tar sands oil from the Canadian border to Superior,...

In an effort to introduce area Post 9/11 veterans to some of the local and state resources available to them, as well as to give them a place to meet others who have served since Sept. 11, 2001, the Hubbard County Veterans Service Office and local Chapter 38 of the Disabled American...

Miscellaneous: Aug. 10: A Park Rapids caller reported a white Harley Davidson traveling at a high rate of speed; An unknown caller stated a male and female were acting suspiciously on the trail; A Laporte caller stated she was suppose to pick up her son for a dental appointment and...

The Hubbard County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is investigating possible sources of E. coli contamination in Kabekona River. The Hubbard County Board was apprised of the situation at its July 18 meeting. Following Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) protocols,...

At Tuesday morning's regular board meeting, there was a conversation between the county commissioners and Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes regarding garbage and tannerite issues at the gravel pit off of County Road 118 in Rockwood Township, left behind from people using the area...

Promising signs are surfacing about an effort to keep lakes and water supplies clean. The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources has announced two additional resources for landowners working to come into compliance with the state's buffer law. The law, which was passed with bipartisan...

The idea of developing and expanding the swimming beach at Deane Point on Fish Hook Lake stalled this week when the Park Rapids Rapids City Council voted not to accept a lakeshore property purchase proposal by the county. Hubbard County offered to purchase the three lakeshore lots...

Sue Gray from the Nevis City Council addressed county commissioners Tuesday morning regarding the installation of new playground equipment at Halvorson Beach Park in Nevis and the possibility of receiving financial support from Hubbard County. "I am here today to ask for money," Gray...

The Bliss family of Nevis has been named Hubbard County's "2017 Farm Family of the Year" by the University of Minnesota. Ed and Dena Bliss bought their 212-acre farm south of Nevis in the 1924. The next generation of the family, Fred and ElVeda, began farming in 1953 and expanded...

Secretary of State Steve Simon will begin the first of a two-day swing through Northwest Minnesota. Secretary Simon will make stops in six counties, including Hubbard County, to meet with local election officials and discuss his successful push to help replace Minnesota’s aging...