By Robert Williams Editor Mike and Joy Summers, along with daughter Kayla Mayer and designer Angela Lindsey, have taken over a hot corner of the Vergas business sector with a full-service home business at the new Summers Construction Design Center and the RE/MAX Vergas real estate office next door on Railway Ave. The businesses celebrated a grand… Read More

Fundraiser to be held at event center on Saturday By Robert Williams Editor After two years of working around the pandemic and not holding a full event, the Frazee Firefighters Relief Association Auction returns in full this year to the Frazee Event Center. The event will be held on Saturday April 23, from 5-9 p.m. The event did… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Do you want to have a voice in how the Otter Tail County Commissioner Districts are shaped for the next 10 years? Well, if that’s the case, you are in a bit of luck. During a recent meeting in New York Mills, Otter Tail County District 1 Commissioner Dan Bucholz spoke about four… Read More

Free copies of WCI’s book are now available West Central Initiative’s Director of Early Childhood, Nancy Jost, was inspired to create Let’s Go! after being shown a children’s book about Minnesota.  “The book was beautiful,” said Jost. “But it didn’t represent our region of Minnesota—our beautiful lakes, trees, cultures, and communities. So, I shared the idea… Read More

Frazee graduating 10 percent less than average Frazee-Vergas high school graduation rates fell by just under 5 percent in 2021, mirroring a trend statewide that was certainly affected by the pandemic and the differing formats of the education models during that time. The Frazee-Vergas graduation rate dropped by 4.6 percent from the previous year; 82.9 percent to… Read More

Summer meals program uncertain due to campus construction projects By Robert Williams Editor The return and success of the Match Mentoring Program at Frazee-Vergas School, along with the summer rec program and summer meals, were discussed at the school board meeting Monday, April 11. Match program leads Heather Perrine and Sara Jacobson, along with three students, updated… Read More

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Evergreen will hold a meatball and gravy drive-thru supper Saturday, April 30. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. and runs until the food is gone. On the menu will be the main course of meatballs and gravy, along with mashed potatoes, cole slaw, bread, a vegetable and dessert. There is no charge for… Read More

Before starting a home improvement project, call 811 before you digging In observance of National Safe Digging Month in April, Great Plains Natural Gas announced results from a recent national survey revealing that 49 percent of homeowners who plan to dig this year will put themselves and their communities at risk by digging without contacting… Read More

Eleven partnerships across Minnesota, including Otter Tail County, will receive funding to develop and implement programs to offer meaningful career exposure and paid work experience for students 16 years of age and older. The grants are part of a Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Youth Skills Training program that was signed into law in… Read More

Company installs Frazee’s first electric car charger By Robert Williams Editor For the first time in a decade, Frazee will have a laundromat and for the first time ever, an electric car charging station. “People have been talking about it for a while and I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I’ve always been the… Read More