Ballpark damage gets retroactive coverage By Robert Williams Editor The Vergas City Council approved up to $2,500 for the new city engineering firm to proceed with communications with the railroad company on a potential relocation of East Lake Street at the council’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 14.  The relocation is potentially more of a new right… Read More

Karger approved to lead through next three years By Robert Williams Editor The Frazee-Vergas school board announced resignations, new hires and contract extensions as the district wraps up the current fiscal year this summer. A three-year extension for superintendent Terry Karger got the most discussion. Board chair Thaddeus Helmers announced Karger’s past contracts had been compared… Read More

Each week, superintendent Terry Karger updates the construction and accessibility at the school and district sites. The entire district buildings and grounds, with the exception of the south end of the high school and the baseball and softball fields / playground, is considered a construction site. Visitors are advised to keep out. District South end of… Read More

Kids benefit from free fishing tackle giveaway By Robert Williams Editor Getting GROW Frazee-Vergas off the ground has been nearly a year-long task for its steering committee and the coalition got to put its planning into gear holding its first public event Saturday, June 11, at CornerStone. The Got Tackle? event was a free fishing gear giveaway for kids… Read More

Soldiers died in Dec. 2019 By Robert Williams Editor The Committee on Oversight and Reform held a business meeting Wednesday, June 15, to consider legislation introduced by Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach and Congressman Tom Emmer to rename post offices in honor of three fallen Minnesota National Guardsmen: Chief Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rogers Jr., 28; Chief Warrant Officer… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor With potential rolling blackouts possible this summer, energy providers across the area are warning energy users about summer energy demand.  Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) is taking a proactive approach by putting measures in place to ensure the safety and reliability of the electric grid with much warmer seasonal temperatures forecasted.  “Last week, the… Read More

Kodian Schermerhorn, an incoming junior at Frazee-Vergas high school, became the first-ever  recipient in the state of Minnesota of the Empower Scholarship given by the Miss America Organization, according to the Miss Frazee Scholarship Program Facebook page. Schermerhorn was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. The Empower Scholarship allows participants to gain access to professional development training, networking,… Read More

Former Cobber coach to become full-time assistant coach By Robert Williams Editor Chris Hahn, one of the Frazee-Vergas Forum graphics artists and an excellent cartoonist, is leaving the newspaper business and making a return to collegiate volleyball. Hahn, a former Concordia volunteer assistant coach, has been hired as the program’s new full-time assistant coach.  “My father-in-law told me once that… Read More

Each week, superintendent Terry Karger updates the construction and accessibility at the school and district sites. The entire district buildings and grounds, with the exception of the south end of the high school and the baseball and softball fields / playground, is considered a construction site. Visitors are advised to keep out. District South end of… Read More