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Personal achievements, historical features, business news and crime topped the news chart for the Heartland Lakes Area.
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These Park Rapids Enterprise articles were deemed the most engaging for readers within the past 12 months, based on chartbeat.com statistics:
10. One More Club license saga continues
The drama of One More Club’s liquor license continued with a June 13 hearing before the Park Rapids City Council. The license was ultimately granted on July 11.
9. Big Sand resident has close encounter with bear
Hannah Bratlien was lying on her hammock on the shore of Big Sand Lake on May 29 when a black bear ambled right up to her.
8. Petersons share Val Chatel memories
Helen Peterson and three of her six children talked about the fun and challenges of running a ski resort north of Park Rapids from 1953 to 1984.
7. Park Rapids wins appeal with MSHSL, will join Section 8AA for football this fall
Park Rapids’ activities director and head football coach Jeremy Nordick received the news he was hoping to hear in April. He appealed to the Minnesota State High School League to have the Panthers drop from Class AAA to Class AA for football.
6. Once an opera house, historic Park Rapids building will feature luxury apartments
The building on Main and 3rd Street, dating back to the 1800s, has housed the Rima Opera House, a general store, furniture store, two hardware stores, a grocery store and a funeral home. It underwent renovations in June.
5. Park Rapids City Council approves ALDI’s conditional use permit
In January, the Park Rapids City Council approved a conditional use permit (CUP) Tuesday for ALDI to build a 20,664-square foot grocery store at 1310 1st St. E. The store opened in December.
4. Former Nevis bus driver, Hubbard County commissioner arrested for sex crime
Daniel J. Stacey, 59, was charged with one felony second-degree count of criminal sexual conduct with a victim under 14 years old and one felony count of distributing via electronic communication material that relates and/or describes sexual conduct to a child. He was taken into custody on April 23.
3. Dyers operate Evergreen Lodge for 66 years
As part of our new series, “Making Minnesota Memories,” Enterprise staff wrote about remarkable resorts, campgrounds and parks in our region. Evergreen Lodge Family Resort has been operating for 106 years on Big Sand Lake – and for the last 66 of them, one family has been in charge.
2. Nevis resident treks entire 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail
Ella Lundstrom, 23, conquered the Appalachian Trail. The journey is equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 16 times. Only 25% of “thru-hikers” successfully traverse the whole trail.
1. 3M to close its Wonewok corporate retreat near Park Rapids
In May, 3M put its 680-acre conference center and corporate getaway up for sale. According to the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal, 3M’s Wonewok resort complex on Big Mantrap Lake is valued at nearly $15 million, based on Hubbard County property records.
Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of “staff.” Often, the “staff” byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little or no reporting. At times, this byline is used when a news story includes numerous authors or when the story is formed by aggregating previously reported news from various sources. If outside sources are used, it is noted within the story.
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