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UPCOMING EVENTS: March 7-13, 2026
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (282+ words) Join an open house art event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Church in Bemidji. Live demonstrations include cottonwood bark carving with Les Sanders at 10 a.m., line and wash watercolors with Lily Hadrava at 11 a.m., needle felting with Lanee Paulson at noon and…...
Welck to tell Camphill Village story at Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (191+ words) The story of "a life-sharing community practicing self-sustainability and supporting each other's varying abilities" will open the Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning's (HCLL) spring series. The free, handicap accessible program is planned from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at the Park Rapids…...
The Good Life Cafe reopens after bomb threat
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (123+ words) Shannon Geisen is editor of the Park Rapids Enterprise. She can be reached at [email protected]. The Good Life Cafe shut down on Wednesday, March 4 due to a bomb threat. The restaurant temporarily closed for the remainder of the day "for…...
Gordon Construction awarded bid for Deep Lake Park improvements
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (327+ words) Nine bidders vied for improvement projects at Deep Lake Park, Hubbard County's new, year-round recreational park. Presenting the bid results on Tuesday, March 3, County Land Commissioner Cory Kimball described it as "probably the largest item of my whole career." Kimball…...
Nevis wins grant to improve heart attack response
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (239+ words) Four new automated external defibrillators (AEDs) will be placed around Nevis Public School, allowing staff to respond to heart attacks in just three minutes. The Minnesota Department of Education recently awarded school nurse Julie Nicklason a $19,800 grant to improve the…...
Slick spots across the valley throughout the morning
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (18+ words) Slick spots across the valley throughout the morning'Park Rapids Enterprise Slick spots across the valley throughout the morning...
Devotion to a cause is trying all 18 flavors at the Chili Challenge
11+ hour, 22+ min ago (692+ words) The Park Rapids American Legion filled up fast on Wednesday, March 4 for the 14th Chili Challenge. Some folks took a bit longer to fill up, with longtime "Buckshot Chili" chef Bill Jones sitting it out and, instead, trying all 18 varieties of…...
Nevis students fix school’s boiler
1+ day, 43+ min ago (31+ words) Nevis students fix school's boiler'Park Rapids Enterprise Nevis students fix school's boiler Five Nevis juniors replaced a motor on the school boiler themselves after hours with only minimal guidance....
Hammer Fit Gym makes offer for Charles Street lot
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (445+ words) Hammer Fit Gym wants to purchase a 4-acre parcel on Charles Street. The Hubbard County Economic Development & Housing Redevelopment Authority (EDA-HRA) accepted the gym's proposal at a Tuesday, March 3 special meeting. Heartland Lakes Development Commission Executive Director Mary Thompson said…...
WORD ON THE STREET: What's one word that describes you?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (71+ words) Robin Fish is a staff reporter at the Park Rapids Enterprise. Contact him at [email protected] or 218-252-3053. WORD ON THE STREET: What's one word that describes you? We asked random folks what one (or so) word their friends use to describe…...