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January 24, 2015

Rescued loon dies of lung ailment

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A loon rescued last month on Upper Bottle Lake and taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center has died. “Our staff was just crushed. We did contact the family to let them know,” emailed Tami Vogel, communications director of the...

outdoors January 24, 2015 - 3:04pm

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Study finds second homeowners bring expertise, money

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A University of Minnesota Extension study has concluded that second homeowners, many of which populate lake country, have financial and business expertise that packs a wallop to the nine counties surveyed. Each person spent a median...

news / region January 24, 2015 - 2:47pm

January 22, 2015

Cody’s Corner: Briards are great dogs

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Mimi Long of Lake Emma has a Briard, a big, happy sheepdog that wears her out. Sonny is a happy, active dog that looks like a horse. Mimi used to take her other Briard, Moby, to nursing homes as a therapy pet. Moby passed away a...

life January 22, 2015 - 9:29am

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January 21, 2015

Liquor laws keep servers on their toes: Learning the ins and outs of serving, selling alcohol

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Dram shop laws have been tightened up so much, it’s getting stressful to be a bartender or liquor seller. At a server training seminar Monday afternoon, bartenders and liquor store clerks expressed concerns about compliance, and...

news / local January 21, 2015 - 11:28am

First Responders on path to success after rough times

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Hubbard First Response & Rescue, Inc. has come roaring back to life years after an embezzlement scandal almost did it in. At 600 calls last year and still counting, the First Responders are the busiest non-ambulance response...

business January 21, 2015 - 11:26am

Murder 2.0: Man charged a second time in Lake Hattie death

BY Sarah smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A Twin Cities man re-charged in the death of a Hubbard County man nearly two years ago appeared in court Friday and was released on his own recognizance. Fredrick Bachman, was indicted by a grand jury late last year on a number...

news / local January 21, 2015 - 11:20am

Development or danger: Enbridge pipelines discussed

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Presumptuous. That word kept coming up at an informational meeting for Enbridge Inc.’s...

news / local January 21, 2015 - 11:17am

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Hundreds attend Menahga Family Fishing Derby

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Menahga Family Fishing Derby may have had about 200 people more than sponsors had tickets printed for Saturday, but it didn’t matter in the end. More than 500 people attended the derby as a tent city of colorful ice houses...

outdoors January 21, 2015 - 11:07am

January 17, 2015

Needs, cost of keeping horses overwhelmed Laporte couple

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com Wednesday was a tough day for Stephanie and John Johnson. They surrendered five of their 11 horses to a rescue group. Having faced up to the reality that they could no longer care for the entire herd, the Johnsons, a young Laporte...

news / local January 17, 2015 - 12:59pm

Park Rapids women charged in April rural house fire

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com The criminal complaints against two Park Rapids women read like a poor adaptation of the film “Thelma and Louise.” The complaints say Rosemarie Mertice Flannigan, 51, and Jessica Ann Jordan, 32, conspired in April 2014 to burn...

news / local January 17, 2015 - 12:47pm

January 14, 2015

Domestic charge dropped against Lake George man

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A charge of Domestic Abuse against a Lake George man was dismissed Monday in Hubbard County District Court. It was unclear why the charges against John Defatte, 74, were dismissed shortly after being filed, but the county attorney’s...

news / local January 14, 2015 - 4:14pm

Nevis woman connects with long-lost East Coast siblings

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com The children of a rather dysfunctional East Coast man learned of their fifth sibling at his funeral and set in motion a search that has turned into a joyous reunion. Three of the five children had been given up for adoption, including...

news / local January 14, 2015 - 4:11pm

Cody’s Corner: You can’t get better pets than goats

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com As pets go, you can’t beat Dani Evans’ Nigerian dwarf goats. The three docile animals range around the Evans’ small farmstead between Osage and Wolf Lake, but mostly follow Dani around when she’s home. There’s Temperance,...

news / local January 14, 2015 - 11:56am

January 12, 2015

Guilty verdict in Cass County attempted murder case

Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie reports that on January 8, 2015, a Cass County Jury returned verdicts of guilty in the case of State of Minnesota vs. Sheldon James Armstrong III. Armstrong age 22, of Cass Lake and a co-defendant, identified as Travis Paquette, were charged...

news / region January 12, 2015 - 8:19am

January 10, 2015

Top notch security cameras help catch gun thief at Smokey Hills

BY SARAH SMITH ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com If you were ever tempted to get a five-fingered discount at Smokey Hills Outdoor Store, think again. Thursday noon an unwitting gun thief learned the hard way that crime doesn’t pay. The suspect came in looking at guns and a two-toned...

news / local January 10, 2015 - 1:07pm

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