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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More

Frazee transplant closing in on half a century of stewardship By Robert Williams Editor Jay Estenson of Frazee was awarded the Skipper Award at the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual Splash Awards ceremony Thursday Oct. 5, at the Holmes Theatre Ballroom. The Skipper award acknowledges an individual’s outstanding leadership in their company or… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor In the past two years, Wannigan Regional Park has gone from an idea to a funded reality and a location ready to host events. One of the first was held Saturday, Oct. 14—a history hike and gathering to learn about the park in Frazee and the work and industry that surrounded… Read More