Incident stresses the importance of hands-on CPR By Robert Williams Editor Otto Hanson, 10, was welcomed back to Frazee-Vergas Elementary School on Thursday, April 9, in parade fashion after suffering a cardiac event at his home in late March. Hanson arrived with his family and waved to his fellow students out of a sunroof in a… Read More

Expected completion date for Frazee apartment project is mid-summer By Robert Williams Editor A rehabilitation project at the Maple Avenue apartment complex in Frazee is scheduled for later this year after a nine-month delay to get the work re-bid. The Becker County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to accept the bid award for exterior renovation of… Read More

Permits can be purchased at city hall By Robert Williams Editor The Vergas Yard Waste Site was reopened after a unanimous city council vote during a special meeting on Wednesday, April 8. The site officially reopened on Monday, April 13. It will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., for permit holders only…. Read More

Fire, rescue departments team up on training By Robert Williams Editor The Frazee City Council passed a resolution approving plans and specifications and ordering advertisement for bids until Thursday, May 7, according to City Engineer Chris Thorson. The date is set so that bids can be discussed at the following City Council meeting six days later. Plans… Read More

Hendrickx Wool Company creates wool pellets, product is sold at several local businesses By Chad Koenen Publisher Jana and Jacob Hendrickx can’t even legally drive on their own, but the pair of Butler teenagers are already busy marketing a new business venture that could turn wool from sheep into a unique fertilizer for local residents.  While most of… Read More

Shay Scanlan Report for Minnesota Minnesota’s housing shortage has hit areas outside the Twin Cities particularly hard, because low rents and high construction costs have limited developers’ profits and stalled projects. Two bills heard in state House and Senate committees aim to expand housing-related infrastructure, including sewers and water lines, and support workforce housing through grants to… Read More

Abbey Mulcahy Report for Minnesota In 2021, Dustin Roy and other members of the White Earth Nation learned that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources had been issuing aquatic plant management permits within their reservation for years. One of these permits allowed a lakeshore owner on McCraney Lake to use mechanical equipment and chemicals to clear aquatic… Read More

Eleanor Steffen Report for Minnesota Minnesota lawmakers delayed action on a bill April 8 that would require state health insurance plans to cover infertility treatment. The bill by Rep. Carlie Kotzya-Witthuhn, DFL-Eden Prairie, would require state-funded programs including Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare to cover the costs of infertility health care such as in vitro fertilization, or IVF,… Read More

Contributed photo Over 50 local community members joined in to sing, direct, accompany, and narrate the Community Cantata titled “On a Hill Too Far Away” for the Lenten season. With a performance each in New York Mills and Perham, hundreds of people united together prior to Easter to remember Holy Week.

Contributed photos Addison Jager and Brady Mitchell were recognized for completing the requirements for FFA state degrees, according to a social media post from FFA advisor Trescha Mitchell. The FFA Region 1 Officer Team also gained three members from the Frazee-Vergas chapter: Alydia Mitchell Treasurer; Amber Trautman-Parliamentary and Lake Jager Sentinel.