Former garage in Vergas eyed for parking lot By Robert Williams Editor Otter Tail County recently celebrated the opening of two new county highway garages in Pelican Rapids and Battle Lake last week. The garages replaced old and outdated facilities and combined the Vergas, Erhard, and Pelican Rapids shops to house the trucks in a modern facility…. Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen The Roaring Twenties came to life on Saturday as the Frazee-Vergas High School hosted its annual grand marc and prom. The theme for the event was the Roaring Twenties as several large pictures depicting life during the 1920s were displayed throughout the gym area. Among the students who participated in grand march… Read More

Coordinator advocating for students and parents By Robert Williams Editor Heidi Moen is the new Positive Community Norms (PCN) grant coordinator and GROW Frazee Vergas (GFV) facilitator at the high school. She takes over for the grant’s original coordinator LeeAnn Felix, who resigned in February. The Frazee-Vergas School District received a PCN grant from the Minnesota Department… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor There was a big secret around Frazee over the past week that was finally shared with the one person who could not know what was happening on Thursday, April 27. Hank Ludtke was honored, in Detroit Lakes with the United Way of Becker County’s Everyday Hero award.  Ludtke related his version of the… Read More

Keynote speakers talk Vergas during annual meeting By Robert Williams Editor The Vergas Economic Development Authority (EDA)/Housing Redevelopment Authority (HRA) held its annual meeting at the Event Center on Tuesday, April 25.  EDA/HRA president Kevin Zitzow emceed the event, introducing speakers and giving a brief history of the committee. Vice president Bruce Albright opened with a discussion on… Read More

Contributed photo Frazee-Vergas art students earned awards for projects entered in the Minnesota State High School League’s Region 6A competition in New York Mills last week. Front row: Seniors Alma Slevin, Alexis Heaton and Amanda Danielson. Back row: Freshman Jonah Sharp, freshman Addison Burton, junior Brea Paurus, senior Taylor Walker, senior Allison Jepson, senior Samantha… Read More

Cheri Lee Mayberry, of Frazee, was sentenced in Becker County District Court for a felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime A Detroit Lakes police officer responded to Walmart in Detroit Lakes on a shoplifting report on Feb. 5, 2022, according to court records. The officer was directed to a self-checkout by an employee where Mayberry, 57, was… Read More

Sixth graders finish busy week with emotional ceremony By Robert Williams Editor Frazee-Vergas sixth grade teacher Chuck Wake was one of 10 out of a pool of more than 500 candidates to be awarded an inaugural HMH Lighthouse Award. Wake accepted the national award in a meaningful and emotional ceremony at the elementary school in Frazee in… Read More

Frazee native sells glass business, becomes flight attendant By Lori Fischer Thorp Correspondent Trying to transition upstream when he began college is Noah Lamont’s explanation of his name change.  ¶  Anyone who attended Frazee-Vergas schools with him prior to his 1982 graduation likely remembers him as “Jim,” which was also his dad’s nickname.  ¶  When the eldest… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will be completing a resurfacing project on Highway 34, from Becker County Road 29 to west of Osage, County Road 26/47 (old MN 225). During the bridge replacement at the Shell River, Highway 34 will close and thru-traffic will be detoured. Local traffic should expect daily lane closures, delays and… Read More