5 years ago

Frazee-Vergas Forum

January 7, 2020

Vance Bachmann has been one of the 400 plus residents in Corliss Township since he was born to Warren and Marlys Bachmann. For the 1995 Perham High School graduate, it was only natural that he serve the community that served him so well through childhood, his teenage years and young adulthood. After a dozen years as a supervisor for Corliss Township, Bachmann was elected District Nine director for the Minnesota Association of Townships.

Terry Birkeland just survived a woodworker’s biggest fear. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, the 1994 Frazee High School graduate was pounding away on remodeling the interior of his house on the outskirts of Frazee. When the clock neared 6:30 p.m., he looked out an upstairs window and caught a glimpse of orange. “Then I saw sparks, flames on the peak of my shop,” he recalled. The shop is located on his 30-acre parcel a hundred feet or so from his homestead.

25 years ago

Frazee Forum

January 6, 2000

With the possible exception of some spirited partying, it was a peaceful New Year’s Eve. No computer-related irregularities were reported in connection with Saturday’s four-digit turnover of “1999” to “2000.” The widespread wave of malfunctions which once had been predicted for New Year’s Eve did not materialize. Neither did everyone test their phone lines all at once as the year turned, to activate a “telecommunications traffic jam.” “We came out of it 100 percent OK,” said Loretel Systems General Manager Steve Katka. “Not a problem was reported in the telecommunications network.”

What did you do to prepare for Y2K?

“Nothing. I had every confidence in the system; it was all a bunch of hype.” – Wally Fatland, Frazee

“I prayed, went to church and got extra food, pop and cat and dog food. I figured if the power went out, I’d go to mom’s.” -Marjean Kern, Frazee

“I filled the car with gas, bought a quart of Captain Morgan, a carton of cigarettes, cat food and a 12-ack of Diet Coke and I was ready.” – Rod Osvold, Evergreen

50 years ago

Frazee Forum

January 2, 1975

Fire of undetermined origin on Christmas Day destroyed the Dean Stilke home located about five miles southwest of Frazee in Burlington Township. Stilke and his son, Nathan, were outside when the fire broke out about 11 a.m. His wife, Sally and daughter, were vacationing with relatives in Florida. Frazee firemen were unable to save the one-story home. The shell remained standing, but the fire broke out again after the firemen had left. All of the Stilke’s personal possessions were lost in the fire, along with many of Mrs. Stilke’s antiques and Dean’s collection of antique guns.

The new Becker County Bookmobile, a service Lake Agassiz Regional Library with headquarters at the Moorhead Library, will begin operation in Becker County on Monday, Jan. 6. All of the services of the new Bookmobile are available to every person living in the Lake Agassiz Regional Library area which is composed of Becker, Clay and Norman counties and the city of Breckenridge.