Lakeside prairie farmer maintains importance of conservationism By Benjamin Velani West Central Initiative The first thing you may be taken by driving down Bryan Simon’s Lakeside Prairie Farm lane is the plumes of brown-bodied birds that burst from the prairie as you pass.  ¶  “I think we’re up to about 129 different species that we’ve identified,” Simon said… Read More

Deer rifle season ended November 13 By Robert Williams Editor Nearly 100,000 deer were harvested in the first week of the firearm hunting season with 94,945 harvests reported as of early Friday, Nov. 11 Of the deer harvested, 44.58 percent were adult males, 38.95 percent adult females and the remainder were nearly equal numbers of juveniles from… Read More

Four people were named as finalists for the position By Louis Hoglund Editor, Pelican Rapids Press  A familiar face will return to Pelican Rapids City Hall, but in a new role.  Former public works staff member Lance Roisum was chosen as the new city administrator following action Thursday, Nov. 3 by the city council.  Four finalists were interviewed Nov…. Read More

Photos by Robert Williams Frazee senior Danny Graham performs an impromptu rap with Joe Vercellino during the Lion Heart Experience’s performance at the high school Tuesday, Nov. 8. Sponsored by GROW Frazee-Vergas, the touring group was in town for three days of training with teachers, assemblies for middle and high school students, along with a performance… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief The calves are weaned and on a ration of corn silage and alfalfa hay. We have a backgrounding ration made up and we will start using that when we get our tractor out of the shop.  The ration will consist of ground alfalfa hay, corn silage, cracked corn and minerals. This… Read More

Chill Fishing Report Cody Hill It’s beginning to look a lot like…early ice!  Our 10-day forecast has good ice making conditions and I expect a lot of people will be fishing by Black Friday.  This is the time of year to get your gear inspected for your first trips out on the ice.  It is an… Read More

Patients at Essentia Health’s hospitals are now being allowed more visitors. Essentia Health will allow two visitors per patient at a time; the visitors do not have to be the same two people on a given day. This is a slight adjustment from the current policy that requires the same two visitors per patient on a… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum November 16, 2017 The U.S. Post Office is recommending cluster boxes be installed in Frazee. The Frazee Planning and Zoning committee was informed of the post office’s desire to discontinue delivering mail curbside and instead deliver mail to a centralized location where several boxes would be installed. A letter from Jeff Hubert… Read More

Gig internet is designed to support 12 or more connected devices Arvig has been steadily expanding gigabit internet access across its service area, giving residents of many lakes area communities access to speeds up to 10 times faster than the typical 100 megabits-per-second (Mbps) internet service. Sound like an upgrade? It definitely is. And for residents and businesses… Read More

Minnesota has robust recycling programming and infrastructure. Residents around the state collect about 2.5 million tons of recycling each year, worth an estimated $690 million, and 37,000 jobs in MN are directly or indirectly related to the recycling industry. Over 200 companies in the state use recycled material in their products – including some of… Read More