5 years ago

Frazee-Vergas Forum

March 10, 2020

A legacy of a coach is built by what they do, how they act and what they help their athletes achieve. Ta Fett announced her retirement as head coach from the Frazee High School Fly Girls, and leaves a historical legacy that is now a pillar of the school’s identity in athletics. The journey started 24 years ago. Her daughter was enthralled with dance and Fett made an off-handed remark that she should start a dance team. Her daughter, and daughter’s friend took those words to the bank and started announcing her statement as fact.

“On the first day of kindergarten we said we were ‘bus buddies.’ Ever since then, Conner and I haven’t been friends but instead, we’ve been brothers,” said Henry Kellerhuis. Kellerhuis and Conner Poppenhagen have been friends for over a decade, being there for each other in both the good and bad times. So it makes sense that he made sure to be there when his “bus buddy” accomplished one of his life long goals. Recently, Poppenhagen graduated from Marine Recruit Training Center in San Diego, Calif. He has talked about going into the military since he was a kid, and now he is making his dream come true.

The first eight months the mobile pantry offered its service in Dent, the volunteers sat, looking at each other, waiting for someone to show up. Myron Gunderson, Denny Breitzman and Karen Gorentz, all of Vergas, were surprised the mobile shelf with no restrictions for those who can use it wouldn’t have families in need. “Then one person came and awareness grew,” Gunderson said. “Now we serve 15 families regularly in the Dent area.”

25 years ago

Frazee Forum

March 9, 2000

A new development has taken place in connection with the hiring of a new Vergas city employee. Out of the nine people who have applied for the water/wastewater operator position, one is a member of the city council and another is the spouse of a member of the city council, said Mayor Roger Hanson. “I suggest that the prudent course of action is to limit further deliberation to the balance of the council, namely Bruce Sonnenberg and David Bruhn,” said Hanson in a prepared memo. “To assist them, I hereby appoint three former council members to serve in advisory capacity. They are Jeannette Bruhn, Paul Pinke and Irene Uhl.”

Matthew Milligan-Olson, 25, Frazee, died March 1 as the result of a one-car rollover on Eagle Lake Road, west of Frazee. The accident was discovered shortly after 2:30 a.m. by a passerby traveling Eagle Lake Road. The vehicle was found overturned in a ditch. Olson was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Becker County Sheriff’s Department. No cause for the accident was listed by the department.


50 years ago

Frazee Forum

March 13, 1975

Mark Mickelson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mickelson, Rt. 2, Frazee, will be a participant in the “Europe Today: The Economic Perspective” seminar, sponsored by the Concordia College May Seminars Abroad program. Mickelson is a freshman at Concordia, majoring in economics. He is a 1974 graduate of Frazee High School, where he was active in track and cross country. The energy crisis, soaring prices, balance of payments, and environmental pollution are some of the economic problems which will be discussed with governmental officials of the Scandinavian countries and Germany by the participants of the seminar.

The annual Bethlehem Lutheran Father-Son Banquet will be held Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at the church basement. Announcement of the speaker and program will be given in the Forum prior to the banquet.