By Robert Williams Editor Members of the Frazee-Vergas graduating class of 1966 used to meet regularly to socialize and clean up Lion’s Park. The meeting of the Fifth Monday Group on Tuesday, June 21, was the first in two years due to the pandemic. “COVID put a kibosh on several of our events,” Marlene Lawrence-Hanson said. The group… Read More

Fett brings comfort and ease to end-of-life decisions By Robert Williams Editor Denise Fett serves four funeral homes as and advance funeral planner under the umbrella of Vertin Companies in Breckenridge that include Furey Funeral Home in Frazee, David-Donehower Funeral Home and West-Kjos Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes and Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham. Fett meets with… Read More

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