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BY JEAN RUZICKA jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Nevis School District has reached a contract agreement with the teachers for 2013-15, calling for 2 percent salary increases the first and second year and a 3 percent increase added to the longevity scale. The extracurricular...

BY JEAN RUZICKA jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Golden Age of Radio returns with the “Voice of the Prairie” to debut at Long Lake Theater Sept 20. From the 1920s to the ’50s, families surrounded the radio to listen to broadcasts of Sherlock Holmes, Groucho...

BY JEAN RUZICKA jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com As the first day of school draws nigh, construction continues at the Nevis School with the “priorities” – high school classrooms and the band and choir rooms – expected to be complete. Completion of early childhood wing...

By Jean Ruzicka jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Nevis Council, conducting an expeditious meeting this week, has approved a lease agreement with the school district, allowing a radio antenna to be attached to the city’s water tower. The agreement, which was drafted at...

BY JEAN RUZICKA jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Nevis School Board approved applying for federal Qualified Zone Academy Bonds after review of a plan on the use of the $500,000, which the school is eligible to borrow. A decision was tabled in June after board member Andy...

BY JEAN RUZICKA jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com Plans continue to move forward for the deployment of iPads for Park Rapids Area High School students this fall. High school principal Jeff Johnson reported that he and tech committee members are developing an “acceptable use...