Photos by Chad Koenen Frazee-Vergas High School students went back to the 20’s during their annual grand march and prom on Saturday. The theme for prom was “Roaring Twenties” and featured a number of pictures from the 1920s, including a grand ballroom entrance, as well as a cutout of a vehicle from the 1920s that was… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief It’s been a productive week on the farm, we are up to 38 babies alive and well. Red, black, red-white face and black-white face calves, even a Charolais colored calf.   We had two days with 5 calves being born. I believe the record is 6 calves in one day.  It is… Read More

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cookie Walk on April 30 By Robert Williams Editor There are a few generations of people in Frazee and Vergas who had the good fortune of their childhoods being blessed and properly instructed at an early age by Mary Jane Beyer. Mary Jane taught kindergarten in Frazee for a quarter-century between 1972 until… Read More

Small district experience in multi-faceted admin roles By Robert Williams Editor Jason S. Smith will be the new principal at Frazee-Vergas High School beginning in June at the start of the 2023-24 school year. “I had heard there was an opening coming and I kept my eye out for it,” he said. “The role is something I’ve… Read More

Frazee native Piper hired as county EDA Specialist By Robert Williams Editor Sheriff Todd Glander introduced the county’s newest deputy Jason Klawuhn at the Becker County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, April 18. Klawuhn is currently in field training and has been on board the past few weeks, according to Glander. Klawuhn is a Pennsylvania native who served… Read More

A record amount of money totaling $77,600 was given to Frazee-Vergas graduating seniors in the form of scholarships during the Class of 2023 Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 17 at the high school. “Congratulations to all of our amazing Class of 2023,” said counselor Ta Fett. “It is very humbling to see how much our community… Read More

NLDA Elite team qualifies for nationals By Robert Williams Editor The Northern Lights Dance Academy’s (NLDA) elite team collected a pile of titles, including the grand championship at the Triple S Regional Dance Competition March 31-April 2 at the Simley Performing Arts School in Inver Grove Heights. The win automatically qualifies the team for Nationals in June. The… Read More

Two local students to compete at nationals Several students in M-State’s PowerSports and Diesel Equipment Technology programs took top honors at this year’s SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships, including three gold medal winners—two of whom will go on to compete at nationals this summer in Atlanta. Cole Riegert, a first-year M-State student from Beltrami, Minn., won first… Read More

Contributed photo Detroit Lakes Middle School English/Language Arts teacher Nicky Courneya, of Frazee, was named the school’s Teacher of the Year. Teachers were selected from a pool of nominated candidates at each of the six buildings in the Detroit Lakes school district. Courneya is pictured on the far right. The rest in order L-R: Tim… Read More

The Vergas Economic Development Authority (EDA)/Housing Redevelopment Authority (HRA) will hold its annual meeting at the Event Center Tuesday, April 25.  The meeting begins with a social hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by a pork chop dinner catered by the Loons Nest at 6 p.m., along with bar service by Spanky’s Stone Hearth. Cost of the… Read More