Photos by Robert Williams Above: Joe Mollberg leads the cheers for his team of teachers that defeated a high school and elementary student team during one of the Homecoming Pep Fest games at the football field. Below: Adam Vigen is crowned the 2025 Frazee-Vergas Homecoming King. Below left: Senior Blake Amundson participates in one of the… Read More

Lane Totland places second out of 161 cars By Robert Williams Editor A group of four area demo derby drivers were part of setting a new record in Farmington last week at the fourth annual Minnesota Throwdown Demolition Derby at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington on Saturday, Sept. 27.  ¶  This was the third attempt… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners considered a pair of cannabis registration applications from Wildflower Cannabis and Elevated Dispensaries, both located in Pelican Rapids. Commissioners denied its first cannabis registration application in August for a future cannabis business to be located in New York Mills due to the retail establishment being… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor The Vergas Economic Development Authority (EDA) / Housing Redevelopment Authority (HRA) met with four members of the community to continue examining solutions for daycare in Vergas Wednesday, Oct. 1. The group, including Community and Economic Development Associates (CEDA) representatives Jordan Grossman and Maddi (Petrick) Clavin, were joined by Tom Bunkowski of St. John’s… Read More

Three treat stops on Oct. 26, Vergas Lions and UCB on Oct. 31 By Robert Williams Editor Fans of Halloween activities will have back-to-back weekends full of spooks, screams and treats around the area. Dare to enter CornerStone’s Annual Haunted Forest and Farm on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18. Gates open at 6:30 p.m., until the last entrant at… Read More

Photos by Robert Williams The new downtown parking lot behind the Vergas post office and government service building has been paved and prepped for striping. Upon completion, the lot will add much-needed parking spots to the downtown area.

Mobile program brings mammograms to rural areas As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins, Essentia Health is highlighting an innovative—and recently expanded—program that brings early breast cancer detection services to rural communities. Essentia’s mobile mammography trucks have added additional locations across the rural health leader’s footprint, from central North Dakota to western Wisconsin, bringing convenient mammography services… Read More

Essentia Health on Tuesday, Oct. 7, will host a seminar in Detroit Lakes highlighting available surgical options for joint replacement. This complimentary event starts at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the 1200 Place Room at The Lodge on Lake Detroit, located at 1200 E. Shore Dr. Essentia orthopedic surgeon Dr. Om Prakash Sharma will… Read More

Fire Prevention week is set for October 5-11 “We knew about it, but we just didn’t think that it would happen to us,” said Patty Freeman.   Nearly two years after her family lost everything in a Woodbury house fire, she wants others to know how dangerous lithium-ion batteries can be.   It was the Saturday after… Read More

Starting Monday, Oct. 6, weather permitting, motorists will encounter overnight closures of Interstate 94 in Moorhead between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., as contractor crews complete the installation of the new overhead message boards, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The closures will occur one direction at a time, between 20th Street and 34th Street,… Read More