Photo by Robert Williams The Vergas Pickleball committee has installed fencing on the new courts. The committee is continuing fundraising to raise the remaining $25,000 to finish the project. During Looney Days, visitors will have a chance to try out the new courts during Pickleball demonstrations from 10-11 a.m., on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13. Donations… Read More

Photo by Robert Williams The Vergas Community Club and Summers Construction Design Center combined to create and install the new Welcome to Vergas sign denoting area lakes in the highway 59, 10 and 108 corridors. The map, located downtown in the Summers’ RE/MAX Lakes Region parking lot, shows gravel, county roads and highways, as well as… Read More

Eleven teams compete in Turkey Days Road Rally The 2022 Road Rally, “Neverland Adventures” was a hit with 11 teams entering the competition this year. The Road Rally was filled with clues and challenges related to Disney and Disney Adventures. The teams started at the Frazee Essentia Clinic where teams showed off their Road Rally… Read More

The Becker County Food Pantry will soon be celebrating 40 years of fighting hunger in our community and with inflation at its worst in 40 years, the pantry is seeing the demand for food and supplies nearly double that of a year ago.  Compounding matters is the fact that many relief programs that were in operation… Read More

Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes is proud to welcome OB/GYN Dr. John Balintona. “I chose Essentia Health because I appreciate the value and service it provides to the community,” said Dr. Balintona. “Detroit Lakes is a wonderful place to live and practice.” Dr. Balintona earned his medical degree from Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed… Read More

Contributed photo Members of the Frazee-Vergas girls basketball team were serving hot dogs at the United Community Bank sponsored fundraiser lunch Wednesday, Aug. 3.

Photo by Robert Williams Frazee Community Club Chairman Brikker Ware tosses a string of beads to kids during Sunday’s parade. Ware was also this year’s Turkey Days Mystery Gobbler. Annalynn Wallin correctly guessed the Mystery Gobbler this year.

Photo by Robert Williams Miss Frazee 1970 Sherry Davis Blaine, grandmother of 2022 Miss Frazee contestant Maggie Blaine, speaks to the audience during the introduction of former Miss Frazee winners at Saturday night’s pageant.

The Wolf Lake Festival Susi Jarvi Charm has been hidden in public property in the City of Wolf Lake. The clues will be posted in the newspaper each week until the charm is found.  The first clue is “The clues have been too easy in the past, so this year we are trying hard to make… Read More

Heather Hoyt, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mayville State University, announced that Frazee natives Laura Irish and Ellie Reierson have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester at Mayville State University. In order to be named to the Dean’s List, each student has attained a grade point average of 3.50… Read More