Tobias solves 30-year Engle mystery By Robert Williams Editor A long standing family mystery was recently solved when metal detectorist Alika Tobias helped the Engle family find a family heirloom that had been lost for more than three decades on the family farm in rural Frazee. Donna Engle had given up hope of ever finding her father’s ring… Read More

New store swamped with business opening week By Robert Williams Editor From the Summers family opening up their Re/MAX realty office and the versatile design center down the block earlier this year to crews putting the finishing touches on Altona Square this month, no new business has been more anticipated in Vergas than Ditterich Mercantile, the… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor Jordan Rasmusson and Nathan Miller had the race of the night on Primary Tuesday, Aug. 9. Rasmusson edged Miller in the Republican primary race for state Senate District 9 by a four percent margin, a difference of 353 votes of the 11,123 cast. Currently, Rasmusson is state representative for House District 8A and… Read More

Weekend to include mud run, parade, pageant By Chad Koenen Publisher Mud will be flying during the 39th annual Wolf Lake Harvest Festival this weekend.  The festival kicks off on Friday night with a bean bag tournament at the liquor store, as well as the Miss Wolf Lake, Junior Miss and Little Miss Pageant. The pageant… Read More

Construction clears to allow easier access By Robert Williams Editor From COVID-19 to highway 87 construction, the Frazee Library Link site has been too quiet and Library Link coordinator Eileen Mooney wants to encourage area residents to take advantage of the services offered, along with all the free media. “June and July, nobody came and nobody wanted to… Read More

Local man takes over goose-moose pond By Kathryn Wilkowski Reporter After getting laid off during the start of COVID-19, Christian Noffsinger began to look towards other career options that would leave him more time with his family.  “I moved here from Georgia once COVID got really bad,” Noffsinger explained. “I had created a pond down there… Read More

Students likely to not have phones in class By Robert Williams Editor Frazee-Vergas High School principal Anna Potvin discussed student handbook restrictions on student’s cell phones this coming school year at the most recent school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 8. “This has been a challenge recently,” she said. “It’s gotten to be more of a challenge… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher There may not be anything more Minnesotan than a fresh ear of sweet corn dripping in hot butter.  The Frazee Area Community Club is bringing that taste of Minnesota to a vacant lot across the street from United Community Bank on Thursday night as part of its annual corn feed.  The corn feed will… Read More

Contributed photo The Frazee High School Class of 1962 held their 60th reunion on Monday, August 1, at Dean Carr’s hosta garden. Front row:  Dianne Minderman Fett, Diane Gibbons Mistelske, Jim Aho, Dan Niemi, Dodie Roberts Hodgson, JoAnn Schultz Caye,Sandi Fankhanel Mickelson, Roger Engleson and Mike Boltz.  Back row: Murray Trieglaff, Oscar Sorenson, LeRoy Boock,… Read More