Regular meeting dates and times changed By Robert Williams Editor Mark Kemper was selected out of three candidates to fill the open seat at the Frazee City Council meeting Monday, Jan. 9. The seat was vacated when Mark Flemmer was elected mayor in November. Kemper was one of two council members from 2022 vying for the seat, with… Read More

Mayor Bruhn addresses the state of the city  By Robert Williams Editor City clerk/treasurer Julie Lammers performed the swearing in of council members Paul Pinke and Dean Haarstick and mayor Julie Bruhn gave the state of the city address at this month’s Vergas city council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Event Center meeting chamber. “This past… Read More

Minnesota surveying participants January through May By Lori Fischer Thorp Correspondent Meagan Hernandez has walked in the shoes of a parent needing childcare. Like many other families throughout the nation, the solution took the form of a family, friend or neighbor. Her youngest child, Oliver, has only been cared for by family members since she returned to… Read More

Tjaden excited to work closer to home By Robert Williams Editor Cutting Edge Salon owner Lori Tjaden lives out on Sybil Lake and recently took a leap at the opportunity to work closer to home and nab some rare commercial real estate in Vergas.  Tjaden purchased the house at 159 East Elm Street, behind Billy’s Corner Bar and… Read More

District hires Student Support Coordinator By Robert Williams Editor Student well-being was at the heart of the opening school board meeting of the Frazee-Vergas School District’s first board meeting of the year on Monday, Jan. 9.  Among other procedural actions, the board approved the hire of a Student Support Coordinator and received a full report by Stellher Human… Read More

The Frazee Fire Department responded to a fire near Acorn Lake on the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 6. The fire, which occurred in a detached structure, was deemed a total loss after being extinguished. Emergency dispatchers received a call at approximately 1:30 p.m., and members of the Frazee and Detroit Lakes fire departments found the structure fully… Read More

Minnesota Loving Hands Quilters are offering a free quilt for service members past and present. The Frazee Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7702 will host a brunch on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 120 West Main Avenue in Frazee. The VFW will provide free food and is co-sponsoring the event with United… Read More

Malone manages 12 employees as Becker SWCD Administrator Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) Executive Director John Jaschke presented the 2022 Outstanding Soil and Water Conservation District Employee award to Becker Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Administrator Bryan Malone today during the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts’ (MASWCD) annual convention… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor Otter Tail County is one of two counties that will receive an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a comprehensive review of Summit Carbon Solution’s route permit application for a carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) formally accepted Summit Carbon Solution’s route permit application last week for the pipeline that will… Read More

Chill Fishing Report Cody Hill There is a saying that bigger bait catches bigger fish and in some instances that is true, but I’ve had better luck using a smaller presentation resulting with better results. However, this weekend the bigger lure outperformed all other lures. During the day we were using a very large metallic Swedish Pimple… Read More