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By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Hubbard County 4-H is “really rockin’ and rollin’ this year,” its savior says. The presence of 4-Hers at the fair all last week was evidence of that. This year Hubbard County has 233 kids and 64 adult volunteers involved...

bY sARAH sMITH ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Christopher Edwardson doesn’t remember much about the bike accident he had Monday noon, except hitting the pavement after being airborne. Valerie Craig noticed people driving through the crosswalk near Burger King on Highway 34...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A boy was struck on his bike at a dangerous crosswalk in front of the Park Rapids Burger King restaurant Monday morning. The boy was taken by ambulance to CHI St. Joseph’s Health as police converged...

The Storm Prediction Center expects a moderate risk of severe weather on Monday. The area of greatest concern is in extreme southeast North Dakota, northeast South Dakota, southern and central Minnesota and portions of western Wisconsin. The primary threat with these storms will be...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com It’s been a great week for the fair. The weather cooperated, ice cream sales were booming and the crowds materialized. The 119th annual Shell Prairie Agricultural Association’s 2014 Hubbard County Fair is indeed “louder, bigger...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com An unidentified protester took a daring leap during the third inning of the All-Star Game at Target Field to post an anti-Enbridge sign that said, “Love water not oil.” The sign got 10 minutes of national attention Tuesday...

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A Colorado bull rider survived a grisly fall Saturday night that sent spectators running for the exits at the Jokela ProWest PBR ride. Cody Lane Johansen, 20, appeared dead when his body hit the ground after being thrown by a bull...

By Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Two bull riders found out how dangerous the sport was Saturday night in Park Rapids. A Colorado bull rider was airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital Saturday night after suffering a serious injury getting thrown from a bull....

The 36th annual Professional Bull Riders event Thursday did not disappoint the hundreds of fans who cheered for their favorite cowboy – or mutton buster, at right. Drizzle that started around 9 p.m. and worked its way into a full-fledged rain didn’t discourage the crowds....

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com It was a glorious Fourth. Cool, cloudy temps greeted the 700+ runners that entered the Firecracker 5K run in Park Rapids. It was perfect, most runners agreed. Boaters did report cool conditions on area lakes as a dozen or so boat...

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Laporte’s 4th on the 5th celebration featured the usual events, and one not so usual. A fight at the 3rd Base Bar & Grill ended the night. By the time deputies arrived on the scene early Sunday morning, a private vehicle had...