Park Rapids Enterprise

13 hours ago | parkrapidsenterprise.com | Shannon Geisen

The Menahga City Council wrangled with adopting Juneteenth as a paid holiday for city staff. The 2023 Minnesota Legislature added June 19, also known as Juneteenth, to the list of mandatory state holidays in which public business cannot be conducted.

14 hours ago | parkrapidsenterprise.com | Shannon Geisen

“Do nothing” is the advice from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and Laporte School’s attorneys regarding the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funds from K-12 public schools that have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. At the Monday, May 12 school board meeting, Superintendent AJ Dombeck said, “The federal government is not pleased with the way that diversity, equity and inclusion are being implemented in schools.

1 day ago | parkrapidsenterprise.com | Shannon Geisen

Hubbard County commissioners gathered with key stakeholders in the law enforcement center (LEC) remodeling project on Tuesday morning, May 13. Along with Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes, representatives from ICS and BKV Group threw a shovelful of dirt for a ground-breaking ceremony. The project involves a new garage, administrative space, dispatch, booking and lobby areas at the LEC, along with remodeled jail cells and alterations to the government center.

1 day ago | parkrapidsenterprise.com | Jace Frederick

Anthony Edwards leaned over to Warriors guard Gary Payton II during Game 3 on Saturday in San Francisco and said, “Y’all tryna get to Game 6 and get Wardell back.”Wardell is the official first name of Steph Curry, who has been absent from the series since he left the second quarter of Game 1 with a hamstring injury. “That is the plan,” Payton said. Of course it is. Golden State cannot hang with Minnesota with its superstar on the bench. But when Curry is on the floor, all bets are off.

5 days ago | parkrapidsenterprise.com | Robin Fish

Century Elementary students petted a variety of animals and took in safety demonstrations during Ag Day on Friday, May 9, behind the school’s bus loop. Brooke Kritzeck, a senior at Park Rapids Area High School and member of the school’s FFA chapter, planned it and brought it about. "I spent a whole trimester this year planning an event for the younger kids to learn more about typical animal and household safety," Kritzeck said.