Plan assesses natural hazards in Becker County Becker County residents, community leaders, business owners, area agencies and organizations now have an opportunity to share how severe weather events impact their property and lives. There is also an opportunity to share their ideas on how to reduce local impacts in the future.  The Becker County Office of… Read More

Photo by Robert Williams Planned installations at the two railroad crossings in town began on Wednesday, June 7. The installations are part of the coming Quiet Zone, a railroad section where train crews do not routinely sound the horn at highway crossings. Establishing Quiet Zones is a minimum 18-month process with the Federal Railroad Administration site…. Read More

Photo by Robert Williams The water and sand areas of the Long Lake beach in Vergas will be closed through Wednesday, June 14 for treatment of weeds. The picnic and park areas will remain open.

The mill at Phelps Mill Park is open to the public once again.  Set on the mill’s loading dock with the sounds of the Otter Tail River in the background, over 150 people celebrated the restoration efforts of the mill. Friends of Phelps Mill welcomed visitors to tour the mill. Otter Tail County thanked those who… Read More

Acknowledging the vital role that family and other support persons play in the care and well-being of our patients, Essentia Health is updating guidelines for hospital visitors. Notably, we no longer will enforce limits on the number of visitors in most hospital inpatient units, nor will there be set visitor hours in our hospitals. We will… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum June 14, 2018 A group of horseback riders from the Frazee/Detroit Lakes area enjoyed their annual trip to Sheyenne Oaks campgrounds south of Leonard, N.D. this past weekend. Beautiful scenery and  some riding challenges exist tin the Sheyenne National Grasslands. The Vergas Community Club, in conjunction with the National Winer Dog Racing Association… Read More

The Minnesota FFA Association has named Dr. Lavyne Rada as its new Executive Director.  Rada assumed the role of Executive Director on Monday, June 5.  She brings experience in FFA and agricultural education to this role where she will be working with Minnesota FFA members, agriculture teachers, and numerous stakeholders. With Dr. Rada being an integral part of… Read More

Chill Fishing Report Cody Hill Find the weeds and you will find the fish. Right now, we are seeing a mixture of fish at different stages of the spawning cycle. It seems if you can find the weeds you will find the fish.  What will bite?  Well, that is a different story because this past weekend no… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief All the pairs have been vaccinated and the cows have been wormed. The cows and heifers left at home were turned into an older hay field last weekend as part of our new rotation program. There will be a few pairs left at the farm as four cows and one… Read More

Photo by Robert Williams Brady Crabtree and the Frazee-Vergas High School state qualifiers got an escort out of town on the way to St. Michael-Albertville and the Class A state track and field championships on Thursday, June 8. Fans lined Lake Street from the school to downtown to wish the Hornets good luck. The state team… Read More