Contributed photo The Vergas Fire and Rescue Department held their 14th annual banquet last week, thanking the community for their generous donations and those who came out and supported the department.

Organization serves nine counties in west central Minnesota Camille Pearson Walz has joined West Central Initiative as its Development Officer. An experienced philanthropic and business professional, Pearson Walz most recently led corporate philanthropy as a community relations business partner, where her focus was on creating awareness and impact through grantmaking and team member programs. Pearson… Read More

Sand, Schramel to join staff at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes is welcoming certified physician assistant Abigail Schramel, a Detroit Lakes native specializing in emergency medicine to its staff. “Growing up in Detroit Lakes, I saw practicing at Essentia Health as a way to give back to the community I was raised… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum October 23, 2018 Kevin Glawe has bewildered some of the doctors at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The rural Frazee man received a state of the art heart monitor several months ago and the results have doctors doing a double-take. Glawe’s doctors sent his records to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion. “I… Read More

Essentia Health recently received the Innovation Award at Medica’s Sixth Annual 2023 ACO Engagement Summit, which was held October 10. The award recognizes a provider partner who has put great effort into growing awareness and support for delivering care through an ACO. By improving the how care is viewed differently within their system to meet… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Frazee Hornets finished in seventh place at the Heart O’ Lakes Conference meet in Pelican Rapids last week. The Hornets finished with a team score of 174 points and were led by Jonah Sharp who finished in 20th place with a time of 19:08.2.  Brady Borah was the second Hornet to cross… Read More

Over 9 million pounds of material collected in OT County Recycling can be confusing sometimes. Otter Tail County Solid Waste employees often get the same or similar questions from many residents.  Otter Tail County collects over 9 million pounds of recycling each year and sends it to companies in Minnesota or the Midwest to be turned… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor Seip Drug Store is the kind of place where you can fill your prescriptions with a friendly staff that knows your name—all-while picking up a few essentials for your home. That includes picking up everything from a sympathy card for a loved one, over-the-counter medication, gift ware and an ever changing collection… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Not much has changed on the farm in the last week or so. The cows are still on pasture and the calves are not weaned yet. The weaning process, I hope, will be done before deer hunting.  Preg checking is scheduled for November 3, so hopefully the weather holds for… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen The new Frazee-Vergas High School football field was officially dedicated on Friday night after two years of upgrades and construction at the facility. Prior to the start of the game, members of the school board joined superintendent Terry Karger near the 50-yard line of the field to officially cut the ribbon on… Read More