Ryan Mathisrud News Today

Seventh grader Liam Gustafson’s dream of having a skatepark in the city of Nevis is one step closer to becoming a reality.

Other business included an appeal for AIS funding and the first report from recently appointed municipal liquor store manager Cindy Paulsen.

Cynthia Paulsen, lately of Florida, previously ran Lucette's Pizza and Pub in Hackensack.

"Helpful" details on Liam Gustafson's skate park proposal prompt council members move the project forward.

The Nevis City Council opened sealed bids on Monday, Nov. 14 for an agricultural lease, with the high bid coming from River's Edge Cattle Co.

Incumbent Erika Randall lost her bid for re-election in a close, three-way race for two seats on the Park Rapids City Council. In Nevis, recently appointed council member Ryan Mathisrud lost to Blair Reuther and John Carrier. Menahga voters elected two new candidates for two open seats.

Ben Ott asked the city council on Sept. 12 for solutions to a difficulty with the zoning requirements for his agricultural parcel.

The former Park Rapids city planner and administrator will serve out the final four months of Katie Rittgers's incomplete term.

Park Rapids Council approves belated signing of extension agreement The extension of an agreement with Lamb Weston/RDO to maintain and operate a sewage treatment facility was previously approved in 2019, but was never signed by city officials until now. 10:00 pm, May 15, 2021 × Mayor Ryan Leckner holds up the certificate the city council wanted to present to David R. Konshok on May 11 for his service on the Park Rapids Airport Commission from Jan. 18, 1961 to May 5, 2021....

Margie Vik has been a city employee for 22 years. 9:55 am, Jan. 7, 2021 × Park Rapids City Clerk Margie Vik is retiring, effective April 2. In a letter to the city council, dated Jan. 4, Vik recalled becoming a city employee in 1998. “After 22 years of service to this community,” she wrote, “I have decided that it is time for me to retire. I have worked with many different councilmembers, city administrators and city employees through all of those years, and it was an exciting ...