Park Rapids Enterprise

While the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has raised the level of flu in the state to "widespread," the numbers are low locally, especially compared to the high number of cases last year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines flu as a serious, contagious...

Editor's note: Readers should be aware there are details that they may find disturbing in the victim's following account of an attempted murder. "I loved her like a daughter," Larry Holm said of Janelle Rex, the 33-year-old woman who sliced his throat on July 21, 2018, nearly killing...

At Tuesday's work session, the Hubbard County Board discussed whether or not to record its meetings and how much of its minutes should be published in the legal newspaper. Hubbard County Attorney Jonathan Frieden was present to offer legal counsel. The county board meeting room is...

An anonymous caller on Thursday morning reported to the Park Rapids DNR Forestry Office and the Enterprise that Hubbard County Highway Department dump trucks were hauling tires and burning them north of Laporte. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, "Burning tires release...

The Park Rapids City Council approved a contract on Jan. 8 for a city plumbing and building official. City Planner Andrew Mack introduced Brad Bail with Widseth, Smith, Nolting and Associates Engineering, Inc. of Crookston, which also operates an inspection business as WS iN-Depth...

A case of criminal sexual contact was reported Tuesday at the Park Rapids Area High School. According to Park Rapids Police records, a page went out over the Hubbard County dispatch system at 8:52 a.m. on Jan. 8, stating that high school principal Jeff Johnson had requested law enforcement...

The Menahga City Council reapproved a conditional use permit (CUP) for Uniti Towers LLC to build a 300-foot telecommunications tower at 1043 Aspen Ave. S., which is zoned an agricultural-residential district. Uniti Towers voluntarily submitted a revised CUP application to reflect...

Jesse Scott Jones, 46, of Menahga died Wednesday morning when his snowmobile was hit by a vehicle on Hwy. 71, according to a Minnesota State Patrol report. At approximately 7:12 a.m., the report states that Jones was southbound in the ditch east of Hwy. 71 at 350th Street, south...

The Menahga City Council held a closed special meeting Dec. 21 to consider allegations against an individual subject to its authority. Menahga Police Chief Scott Koennicke, 50, tendered his resignation and the council accepted it, according to City Administrator Gina Ellingson. The...

An exodus of Hubbard County Social Services employees prompted the Minnesota Teamsters Local 320 to get involved. Roger Meunier, a business agent for Minnesota Teamsters Local 320, represents the 44 social services workers in Hubbard County. "In the last year-and-a-half, 26 people...