The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has announced the household income guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for free and reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program through a public notice. The income guidelines are effective from July 1, 2023… Read More

Meeting set for Aug. 16 at Hobart Town Hall The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host two public open houses to answer questions and share information about the 2024 Highway 10/County Road 60 intersection improvement project: • Tuesday, Aug. 15, from 4-6:30 p.m., at the Perham Area Community Center, located at 620 Third Ave SE, Perham. • Wednesday,… Read More

Facilities across the state are seeing the results of the 2023 legislative session as funding fought for by Senate Republicans is flowing to their facilities.  On Tuesday, Aug. 1, more than 300 nursing homes across the state, including 11 in Senate District 9, received their first Nursing Facility Grants payment. These direct grants are part of… Read More

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) sent a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressing concern over recent policy changes and rate hikes affecting local and rural newspapers.  In July, the USPS eliminated the use of sack containers for newspapers and other periodicals and will now only accept newspapers delivered in bulkier… Read More

The Youth Outreach scholarship committee of Lions District 5M9 is offering up to $12,000 in college scholarships for the 2024 school year.  The application deadline is November 15, 2023.  Students must be in the last year of an accredited college 2-year program, final two years of a degreed college program or the final year of obtaining a… Read More

  The following students have been named to the 2023 spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced Thursday, Aug. 3. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average. Local students who were named to the Dean’s… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum August 14, 2018 Jill Shipman was working with Otter Tail County when she learned of a disheveled house owned by suspected drug addicts. Inside were two dachshunds with patches of hair missing on their rail-thin bodies. “I figured their hair fell out due to the stressful conditions they lived in,” Shipman said…. Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Friday, Aug. 4 3:33 p.m. Assist with questions about a permit to carry from another state. 11:37 p.m. Assist with a traffic stop that started in the Abbey Lake area. State Patrol arrested driver for DWI. Saturday, Aug. 5 3:48 p.m. Assist with a medical. 4:17 p.m. Assist with potential burglary/suspicious activity in DL. 6 p.m…. Read More

Food truck, brews and music on August 17 By Robert Williams Editor Conversations began in January of 2021 on constructing pickleball courts near the ballfields in Vergas and less than two years later, thanks to a grassroots funding effort, there will be an open house celebration at Franklin Fence Courts Thursday, Aug. 17 from 5-7 p.m. “It’s… Read More

Sisterly connection to Sophia Strand adds to the fun By Robert Williams Editor One of the best photos of Turkey Days was newly-crowned Miss Frazee Hailey Selly and her friends and family wearing T-shirts they prepared the night prior with Hailey’s name on it for when she would be crowned.  ¶  “I heard my name and… Read More