5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum May 10, 2018 Up to 8,000 New Life Farms turkeys died Thursday, May 3 in a barn fire about three miles northwest of Frazee. No other injuries were reported. The building was about 500 feet long and 40 feet wide and housed turkeys, all of which died in the fire. Frazee Fire… Read More

Chill Fishing Report Chad Hill Ice has finally started coming off our lakes and it is now time to make sure you are ready for the Minnesota fishing opener.  If you are like me, you have been excited for open water since things locked up last fall and have been dreaming of that fish of a… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief You will see below that the Frazee Police Department has started to look at nuisance properties in town. The properties that the officers are deemed to be a nuisance will receive a letter and/or a visit from an officer explaining the situation.   In the past, we have issued letters to… Read More

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 The garages replaced old and outdated facilities and combined the Vergas, Erhard, and Pelican Rapids shops to house the trucks in a modern facility….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