A fundraiser for Quilts of Valor will be held Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Dent Community Center. The Free Will Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner will help support the group making and awarding quilts to Veterans and active duty service personnel. Dinner: Free Will Offering ($10 Recommended) Basket Raffles – Raffle Tickets:… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum March 3, 2020 As of January 2020, pharmacies in Minnesota are allowed to sell CBD-based products. Kayla Hendrickson, pharmacist in charge at Seip Drug in Frazee, said they began offering the produce recently and it requires no prescription. “The product is made from a hemp-based plant,” she said. While some associate hemp… Read More

DL Chamber honors new incubator stores at Creating Community Junction By Robert Williams Editor A ribbon cutting was held Friday, Feb. 21, at Creating Community Junction in Frazee to celebrate the opening of Taylor Crabtree’s Frazee Floral and Stephanie King’s Evergreen Creations & Gifts, LLC. Both businesses were welcomed by Frazee Mayor Mike Sharp and Frazee Community… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor Thanks to a Sauer Family Foundation grant to implement work for the next two years, the lower level CornerStone Community and Youth Center, along with the upper level Corner Collective: Bistro, Arts & More will be gaining a third title as a Family Resource Center (FRC). A FRC is a community or school-based… Read More

By Matthew Johnson Reporter Otter Wings (OW) LLP, a swine birthing center located west/southwest of Sebeka in Blowers Township of East Otter Tail County (OTC), remains fully operational, but at nearly twice the number of animals as when it became fully operational in the spring of 2020. The original number of animals was 2,500 that year but,… Read More

Final sale may be approved in the coming weeks By Robert Williams Editor The Becker County Board of Commissioners discussed the sale of Eagle Lake Park and the lake access, but little light was shed that was not already known during the latest commissioner’s meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18. County Administrator Carrie Smith reported that there are three… Read More

Local artists are invited to a workshop on March 29 Lake Region Arts Council and West Central Initiative are excited to announce that Pelican Rapids and Frazee have been selected for the 2025 Artists on Main Street Program, an initiative that supports small artist-led projects to activate downtown spaces. The program will kick off with a free… Read More

On the early morning of Monday, Feb. 17, at approximately 5:14 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a suspicious activity call on County Hwy. 29, near Eagle Lake Road, south of Frazee.  It was reported that someone was pounding on the door of a residence.   Upon arrival, Deputies’ Michael McCombs and Adam Winter learned that a… Read More

By Matthew Johnson Reporter The Wolf Lake City Council adopted a resolution, during its Tuesday, Feb. 11, regularly monthly meeting, to approve the Becker County hazard mitigation plan. This action shows that the city recognizes the threat that natural hazards pose to people and property within the city. It aligns the city’s plan with the county’s plan. The… Read More

Esser to become the first high school student to earn an Early Childhood Certificate through M State’s dual enrollment program Surrounded by an adoring bunch of bouncing babies, toddlers and preschoolers at Children’s Corner Learning Center in Perham, high school student Chesney Esser sits ‘crisscross applesauce’ on the floor, building block towers, doing peg puzzles and… Read More