Tuesday, the Discover Minnesota series heads to one of the most beautiful places in our region. Park Rapids has a unique downtown, with extra wide streets you can park down in the middle of. But the area is surrounded by nearly unmatched natural beauty. There are hundreds of lakes within 25 miles of Park Rapids. The city lies just…
Here’s one of the fun things about exploring close to home in our region during the pandemic. You can keep finding new fun stuff in the same place if you go back for more. I learned that this weekend. At the end of the Heartland Trail in Park Rapids is a park called Red Bridge Park. There were a series…
This is the time of year to get out and start enjoying the great outdoors again. I used it as an opportunity to push myself. I went and biked the Heartland State Trail in Lakes Country on Saturday. It’s a 49 mile paved path stretching from Park Rapids to Cass Lake. I did a 35 mile stretch starting north…
PARK RAPIDS, MN — A man is dead after a crash Saturday night north of Park Rapids. Minnesota State Patrol says 26-year-old Taner Berttunen of Menahga was speeding when he rear-ended an SUV. Berttunen suffered fatal injuries when his truck left the road, went airborne and struck a tree. Two people in the SUV were not hurt. Alcohol is believed…
MENAHGA, Minn. — Numerous fire crews respond to a massive fire north of Menahga, Minnesota. The Blueberry Pines Golf Course lodge was fully engulfed in flames. Crews from Menahga, Sebeka, Park Rapids and at least four other towns all responded around 4 this afternoon. The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office issued a plea on social media for people to stay away…
FARGO, N.D. — They were a group of 88 of our area’s finest service members. They were just the latest heroes to take the North Dakota-Minnesota Veterans Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. We went along for the ride and it was a 2-day whirlwind of activity as we took in memorial after memorial, shared lunches and snacks and more importantly shared…
HAWLEY, Minn. —Hawley football is riding a four-game winning streak with its 56-27 victory over Breckenridge on Friday. The DGF rebels outlasted Park Rapids 14-12. Categories: High School, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: breckenridge, Breckenridge Cowboys, DGF Rebels, Hawley Nuggets, Park Rapids
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Barnes County officials are asking for the public’s help in finding an inmate who walked away while on work release. Michael Dickinson did not return to the Barnes County Corrections Facility in Valley City after his scheduled work release on Sunday at 9 p.m. Dickinson is described as a 6’02’’ white male, 190 pounds with gray…
DILWORTH, Minn. — The DGF baseball team trailed the Park Rapids Panthers at one point 5-3 on senior night before finishing the game off with a 15-5 win in six innings on Tuesday night. Andrew Oberg hit a solo home run in the first inning to help the Rebels win their 12th game of the year. Categories: High School, Top…
HUBBARD COUNTY, Minn. — Two people are awakened by a loud noise in the middle of the night and look out to see their house on fire. It happened around 3:30 this morning about three miles north of Park Rapids. The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office found the house fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. The people inside were able…
