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Drugs prove costly for county

Drugs, especially the resurgence of meth, may be driving Hubbard County's out-of-home placement costs of kids. Hubbard County Social Services Director Daryl Bessler said his department had exhausted its 2012...

news / local Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 1:00pm

The Dotta family includes from left, Hannah, Millie, Emma, Josiah, Matt and Kim. The name is pronounced DOH-dah.

Dotta to step up as next county commissioner

There's no TV blaring in the Dotta living room, in fact, no TV at all. Hubbard County's next District 2 commissioner lives on a fixer-upper farmstead north of Park Rapids...

news / local Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 1:00pm

Drivers urged to make sober choice during holiday parties

"Don't be what you drink. Drive sober or be pulled over." St. Joseph's Area Health Services and the local Toward Zero Deaths "Safe Roads" coalition want to ensure that families...

news / local Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 1:00pm

Mark Hamborg enjoys the detail work of fixing an old timepiece, bringing the past alive.

The clock is ticking - thanks to Hamborg

Time passes soothingly at Mark Hamborg's home - for about 30 seconds. Then the house comes alive with chimes, bonks, cuckoos and ticks. It has an amazing rhythm to it...

news / business / local Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 1:00pm

Lions urge eyeglass donation

The winners of the Park Rapids annual grocery drawing are the following: Headwaters Intervention Center, $200; John Theisen, $100; Paula Dietman and Janine Werden, $50 each. The Park Rapids Lions...

news / local Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 1:00pm

JB was found tied in a bag on a Park Rapids street corner. The bottle fed beauty has claimed hearts at Headwaters - and will soon claim a home. (Jean Ruzicka / Enterprise)

Animal shelter continues to serve need

Initially, the idea of an animal shelter opening in Park Rapids was considered a whimsical notion, not grounded in financial reality. Now, nearly a decade after the Headwaters Animal Shelter...

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

This is an architect's rendering of how the courthouse renovation would look, moving the entrance south. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)

Hubbard County Board takes step toward next phase of courthouse renovations

Hubbard County commissioner Kathy Grell gave the first nudge to the second phase of a courthouse renovation. The multi-million dollar project is within the county's financial reach, said financial consultant...

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

Passing the torch

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

County board approves four large timber sales for 2013

Under a more aggressive timber harvesting policy, Hubbard County will hold the first of four auctions Jan. 7, 2013. The county has traditionally held only three timber auctions per year...

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

Moving day is Dec. 28

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

Tim Mountain, Mary Greer and John Szurpicki are heading up a planned long-term treatment facility to be located in the defunct Val Chatel Ski Resort north of Emmaville.

County gives support to Val Chatel treatment center

Program officials of a long-term, treatment facility said they expected to close a deal to buy a defunct ski resort in Hubbard County and sought county blessings to proceed. "We...

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

Nevis board approves school bonds

The Nevis School Board approved the sale of $2.445 million in construction bonds this week, hiring the firm of Contegrity Group of Little Falls to provide construction management services for...

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

PR schools could see $3.5 million in overdue aid payments

The $3.5 million the Park Rapids School District is anticipating isn't a windfall, by any means. Call it payments in arrears. Without the finance charges and interest. The Dec. 6...

news / local / education Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

Santa's TEAM of elves includes, from left, Craig Campbell, Zach Bera and Bill Kimball. Heidi Scheeler was tending the reindeer as they made deliveries.

TEAM Industries spearheads Trees for Hope

Area families with young children and developmentally disabled adults will have a jolly holiday this year, thanks to TEAM Industries' Trees for Hope initiative. For the seventh year, TEAM partnered...

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

Former Lake George minister gets 30 years for abusing teen

A former Lutheran minister from Lake George was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teen-aged step-daughter many times over three years. Darwin Schauer, 71, asked...

news / local Sat, Dec 22, 2012 - 8:16am

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