Hubbard County

About one in five people in Becker County is over 65 years old, and with the Baby Boomers retiring, that number is increasing, but Social Security just can't seem to keep up. A community needs survey, developed by Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership, showed among other statistics,...

Talk about playing nicely in the sandbox together. Members of the Becker County and Hubbard County boards of commissioners met Thursday in a joint work session to talk about the possibility of shared services in a few different departments. Both entities came away agreeable to...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - A June 9 hearing has been set in the case of a Hubbard County woman charged with leaving two horses to die over the winter. Minden Crenshaw, 28, is charged with tying the horses to a tree in a wooded area east of Park Rapids in April and leaving them to die...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- Hubbard County Social Services will ask for permission Dec. 17 to implement a new state law that lets counties deny public assistance to people who use drugs. Hubbard would join other counties, including Becker County, which recently implemented the law. Hubbard...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. – Hubbard County is positioning itself to take advantage of a 2013 law passed by the Minnesota Legislature allowing political subdivisions to enact a temporary general sales tax. The theory is that a tax during the second and third quarters of the year would...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - Hubbard County authorities responded to several burglary calls at rural churches Sunday morning. Pastors at churches in Akeley, Nevis and Guthrie all experienced weekend break-ins. In some cases, burglars broke glass to gain entry to the buildings. Besides...