Hubbard County

Minnesota Department of Transportation will host an informal presentation at the Itasca State Park visitor center May 22, 2025.

The special joint taxing authority formed to fund the ambulance service for Walker and surrounding communities also approved a $528,500 levy for 2026.

Plus: State officials say proposed cuts to the federal energy assistance program will disproportionately affect Northern Minnesotan families and ratepayers; residents of an unorganized St. Louis County township voted to incorporate as a new town; and construction on Highway 87 in Hubbard County begins May 19, 2025.

Minnesota Department of Transportation crews plan to reconstruct Highway 87 near Hubbard, with project details including culvert replacements and new curb and gutter.

Events this week also include a Hwy 87 construction meeting in Hubbard, astronomy day and Ojibwe Star Wars in Hibbing, CHAIR's grand opening in Virginia and a craft event in Bigfork.

MnDOT is planning two projects on Highway 87 south of Park Rapids in 2025.

Plus: 3M's Camp Wonewok on Big Mantrap Lake will remain largely undeveloped as a future wildlife management area; and Northland athletes had a good showing at the MSHSL girls basketball tournament over the weekend.

The Northern Waters Land Trust and Minnesota Land Trust say nearly 500 acres will be protected from development in perpetuity at 3M's 680-acre Camp Wonewok in Hubbard County.

A Laporte woman is among those capitalizing on the growing number who prefer low- or no-alcohol drink options and cancer risks associated with drinking are further defined.

Cass and Hubbard counties had a choice: allow the Walker ambulance to be absorbed into neighboring districts or create a special taxing district for the service area.