Business

As the white, four-letter “s-word” starts to pile up on the ground every winter, some local companies begin to switch gears and equipment: from lawn mowers and weed-eaters to snow blowers and skid steers with buckets. One such company is Curt’s Lawn Service, based in rural...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with DuPont for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. DuPont will pay a $1,853,000 penalty to resolve allegations that the company failed to report the potential adverse...

Detroit Lakes Tribune and Becker County Record publisher Dennis Winskowski will add the Park Rapids Enterprise publisher position to his list of responsibilities beginning Aug. 25. Winskowski is succeeding Rory Palm, who is leaving the Enterprise after seven years to become publisher...

Perham city councilors recently took a few small but necessary steps to keep four new developments moving along. At a meeting last Wednesday, councilors approved two variance requests and made two zoning changes in an effort to help some local businesses and business owners meet...

Industrial Finishing Services, a metal coating company, has been the subject of a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigation for air quality and hazardous waste violations at its facility in Perham. An MPCA inspection at the IFS facility in Perham last fall uncovered...