Contributed photo Rollin Elendu of Elendu Textiles in Fargo visited Bethlehem Lutheran Church last week. The Bethlehem Lutheran Women’s Missionary League’s (LWML) organized a textile collection for his recycling business and donated nearly 2,000 pounds. Most of the fabric goes to Central America and each shipment is approximately 44,000 pounds. Elendu’s business specializes in recycling… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum November 30, 2017 Longtime Frazee resident Aleisa Jopp îs making her dream of owning a little shop come true. “I wanted to call my new little shop the ‘Chic Shed’ as I love designing and decorating.” The Chic Shed opened Nov. 25 during Small Business Saturday, and the support for her dream… Read More

Becker County 4-H recently  held their annual achievement awards program. The county is proud to recognize accomplishments made by the youth and adult volunteers in the 4-H program throughout the last year.  Each year, 4-H members are asked to complete records of their projects, highlighting goals set and accomplished, ideas for next year, as well as… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Friday, Nov. 11 2:19 p.m. Welfare check requested on an infant. Infant was ok and with mom. 6:31 p.m. Welfare check requested on family that had been sick and not heard from in a while.  All was ok. 1:46 a.m. Assist with a disturbance on Valley View Rd. Female left the area before… Read More

Photos by Robert Williams Downtown Vergas was abuzz on Saturday for its annual Small Town Christmas celebration. The event coincided with Small Town Saturday and featured a petting zoo, horse drawn wagon rides, as well as a visit from Santa Claus. A Step Up Thift Boutique owner JoAnne Knutilla had a steady stream of customers during… Read More

Photo by Robert Williams Some ice fishing early birds were out in a portable house looking for the morning bite on Monday, Nov. 28, in Frazee.

Photo by Robert Williams, contributed The Vergas Community Club had the Event Center decorated for the holidays during the first Festival of Trees. The fundraiser presented creatively-themed Christmas trees and seasonal wreaths for auction (below). Everything was sold with many of the trees purchased for display at local businesses with one part bidding and winning nine… Read More

Complaints about bullying and lack of CTE classes By Robert Willams Editor A group of 25 parents and students attended the Frazee-Vergas School Board meeting on Monday, Nov. 14, and tensions rose over a short gathering of 25 minutes with the topics of bullying and harassment, along with a lack of Career and Technical Education (CTE)… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Hamm family was more-than a little busy last week as they traveled to the Twin Cities for the state swim meet. For the second straight year, Hope and Faith Hamm competed at the state swim meet at the University of Minnesota.  The sisters compete for the Detroit Lakes swim team as part of… Read More

Chamber, EDA cut ribbons at five locations By Robert Williams Editor Members of the Frazee Economic Development Authority, the Detroit Lakes Chamber of Commerce, mayor elect Mark Flemmer and others celebrated five new businesses which have opened up or moved to a new location downtown during 2022. Business owners and employees held brief interviews with Hank Ludtke… Read More