Contributed photo Dragon freshman Braylee Riewer of Frazee, right, was named the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Dancer (Pom) for the Minnesota State University Moorhead dance team. The announcement was made at the team’s end of the season banquet Monday, April 17.

Public meetings to be held in Frazee, Vergas in late May The Cities of Vergas and Frazee are working on bike and pedestrian trail plans this year and a portion of that planning involved two public meetings, one in each city. Vergas is planning to connect to both the Heartland Trail at Frazee and the… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Well, we have 20 calves on the ground, all are healthy and happy.  We had to assist with pulling two calves on the first calf heifers. There have been two sets of twins with 3 of the 4 surviving.  The first set was born in the pasture and… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum April 26, 2018 Easy-access post office boxes were recently installed in Frazee and keys can be picked up at the service counter. Trim work and other details need to be finished, after which the lobby will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Height of Land Township… Read More

Funtime Band opens as first sponsored event By Robert Williams Editor When one ponders mayoral duties, art is not the first thing that comes to mind, but in a village like Vergas it comes with the territory. Mayor Julie Bruhn introduced the Downtown Art Camp for kids 16-and-under two years ago and that act has… Read More

District hires new principal to replace Anna Potvin By Robert Williams Editor A group of 25 students and parents advocated for sixth grade teacher and head girls basketball coach Trey Heinsius, looking to spare him from a contract non-renewal due to budget cuts at the monthly meeting of the Frazee School Board. Sophomores Hailee Olson… Read More

City council discusses streamlining processes By Robert Williams Editor The Frazee Area Community Club is selling banners to display civic pride and local business names across the city. There are two designs and sizes available. Cost is $125 each. Checks can be made payable to the Frazee Area Community Club and mailed to P.O. Box 276,… Read More

Missionary to share on victims of trafficking By Robert Williams Editor Caleb Monson lived in the Vergas area as a kid and attended Harvest Church in Frazee. Monson was also a youth pastor at Harvest for three years from 2017-20. “That’s what I was doing before doing what I do now, which is fighting human… Read More

Estenson to perform at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre By Robert Williams Editor In a February feature interview with the Frazee-Vergas Forum, Amber Estenson foretold of performing a one-woman show as her alter ego That Midwestern Mom in the near future. “What I would love to do is to commission 10 Midwestern Mom songs and combine all of… Read More

Bobby James Newborn, of East Grand Forks, was charged with a felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime and felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle from an incident that began in Frazee. According to Becker County District Court records, a state trooper clocked Newborn driving 78 mph in a 65 mph zone on Highway… Read More