Contributed photo Vergas United Methodist Church with Paster Amy Strom packed over 70 shoeboxes for Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine.

Peterson now faces federal gun charge A felony gun charge has been dropped against Chad Lawrence Peterson, 50, of Frazee, in Becker County District Court. Peterson was charged with felony illegal possession of a firearm in June, but will now face charges in federal court. Agents from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the West Central Task… Read More

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