Park Rapids News

Menahga wona t be without a drugstore for long. When Snyder Drug closes its business in Menahga later this month, Seip Drug will be stepping in to open a new store at the same location.

The Headwaters Chapter of the Minnesota Forestry Association will meet Sunday, January 31, at 1 p.m. in Park Rapids at the DNR-Forestry on Highway 34 West.

A The local chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary sorority of female educators, is seeking graduates of Nevis, Menahga, and Park Rapids who are enrolled in an education program at the college level.

By The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Calvin Christian 48, Hmong Academy 45 Hawley 56, Lake Park-Audubon 39 Holy Family Catholic 73, Belle Plaine 45 Nevis 83, Park Rapids 42 St.

City saw record liquor sales in '09 The Wolf Lake Sliding Hill is open to the general public again! The communitya TMs top winter recreation attraction was closed following a late-December vandalism incident at the Wolf Lake Lions Chalet, which sits at the base of the hill.

Dr. Bert Swanson, owner of Swanson's Nursery Consulting in Park Rapids, MN, was recently elected as president of the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association .

After losing her house and kids in 1996, Denise Ellis resorted to prostitution to support her crack habit.

Iron range Earth fest Where: Mountain Iron. When: April 17. What: A regional event that connects people with vendors of sustainable goods, and has a strong emphasis on local traditions of sustainability.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar visited Lamb Weston/RDO Frozen in Park Rapids on January 12 as part of her week-long road trip through Minnesota.

Everyone, ages six months and older, is invited to come and get their FREE H1N1 vaccination during a public vaccination clinic sponsored through St.

The Becker County Sheriff's Department is identifying the victim of a Decemeber 18 train-pedestrian accident in Detroit Lakes as 54-year-old Norman Lee Maunu.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites public review and comment on a pending off-highway motorcycle trail proposal that involves officially designating 31.7 miles of existing roads and trails in northeastern Wadena County as grant-in-aid OHM trails.

Power Up in 2010 Coming to Menahga/Sebeka Communities A A A Ready for a Wellness Challenge in 2010? The opportunity is here to encourage some lifestyle changes for the new year and have an opportunity to win many door prizes.

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development said Wednesday it has awarded more than $1.6 million to investigate or clean up 14 contaminated sites in the state.

A slow-moving storm spreading snow, sleet and rain across the nation's midsection glazed roads and disrupted flights Thursday, making last-minute holiday travel treacherous but promising a white Christmas for some.

From left: Myia, Robert, Kaitlyn, Allison and Keli Krensing. Keli Krensing of Fergus Falls lost her husband in a Becker County crash on Christmas Eve, but their three girls were unhurt.

Since the world began, we humans have been incorrectly predicting its end. My overindulgence of educational television programs may have reached a tipping point.

Shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, the Park Rapids Police Department received a call of shots fired and a fight in progress at 309 Lake Avenue.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS A University of Minnesota student who was banned from the Twin Cities campus after her instructors felt threatened by some of her Facebook postings is being allowed back.

Accused rapist Aaron F. Biber posted $500,000 bail early Wednesday morning, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.