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The city's 2024-28 capital improvement plan, approved on Dec. 12, features a potential for street and utility construction and terminal improvements at the airport.

City council members continued to question budgeted expenditures Nov. 28, even while the current budget promises to keep actual taxes in 2024 flat or lower due to increased tax capacity.

The information in this article contains felony charges from complaints filed in Hubbard County 9th District Court. Defendants are innocent until proven guilty.

Further action may be required if Minnesota DEED deems the city to be competitive for the business and rental housing rehab funding.

Discussion centered on a business that hasn't been connected to city utilities and a residence where non-traditional fencing materials were used.

The nonprofit was formed as a collaborative between the city of Park Rapids, Hubbard County and the business community “to inspire and retain economic growth.”

Other topics of the council's Sept. 26 workshop included a proposal to add a power skating facility to the city's hockey arena.

The Park Rapids City Council returns a recommended denial of the proposed planning and zoning amendments to the city's planning commission on Sept. 26

The Park Rapids City Council directed staff on Sept. 12 to watch for increases in residents' water bills due to grass hydroseeding adjacent to recent street improvements.

The Park Rapids City Council held a public hearing on the proposed interim ordinance before approving a first reading on Tuesday, July 25.