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  • Frazee Liquor Store continues profitable year

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 6:14pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    Decommissioning event center elevator considered By Barbie Porter Editor  The Frazee Municipal Liquor Store has broke from its history and appears to be cutting a new, profitable path.  During the Frazee City Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 18, Councilman Mark Kemper applauded the store’s employees and noted the city-owned store is currently in the black by $46,565. “I… Read More

  • Twice Blessed blesses CornerStone and more

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 6:12pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    By Barbie Porter Editor  Twice Blessed continues to hand out blessings. The thrift store in Frazee offers a variety of lightly used products, then takes the proceeds and gives it back to the community. Recently,  the store provided a check for $1,000 to CornerStone. CornerStone is a group leading the vision for providing the community with a… Read More

  • OTC commission requests more info before deciding fate of LLR addition

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 6:10pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    By Barbie Porter Editor  The Otter Tail County’s Planning Commission approved a motion to table the expansion request of Loon Lake Resort in Vergas, at the applicant’s request. The matter will be reviewed again with an updated plan, as well as an environmental impact worksheet. A boating density study will also be requested from the Department… Read More

  • Editorial Cartoon

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 6:03pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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  • Zebra mussels confirmed in Mahnoen Lake

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 5:59pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a report of zebra mussels in Mahnomen Lake and East Mahnomen Lake in Crow Wing County. A landowner reported finding zebra mussels on equipment in front of their property on Mahnomen Lake. A DNR invasive species specialist immediately found numerous and abundant adult zebra mussels on a dock post. … Read More

  • School bus stop reminder now that school is in session

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 5:59pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    Question: Can you talk more about school bus safety? I’ve seen a lot of school bus stop arm violations lately. Answer: This is an important topic. Here is some information we shared on our DPS blog recently. “After a year of seeing very few (if any) school buses in your neighborhood, you may have spent the… Read More

  • Easier access available to Forum website

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 5:57pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    Earlier this year we unveiled a new website for the Citizen’s Advocate, New York Mills Dispatch and Frazee-Vergas Forum.  While we have heard a number of positive comments about the overall design, readability and functionality of the new websites, we have also heard a few concerns in regards to our e-editions. In the past, an email… Read More

  • Stinky stuff brings back memories of Vietnam

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 5:56pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    It was just before July 4, 1969, up by the DMZ in Vietnam, and Tex—a fellow draftee from, well—and I had just been assigned to sandbag duty. You see, I had come up with a fairly undefined idea to make a rocket from gunpowder with which to celebrate the 4th. “Fairly undefined” covers it pretty well,… Read More

  • Zebra mussels confirmed in in Crow Wing County

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 5:49pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    Long Lake, near Brainerd in Crow Wing County. Five hundred feet of the Nokasippi River immediately upstream and downstream of South Long Lake will also be listed for zebra mussels. A lake service provider business informed a landowner that they may have found zebra mussels on dock equipment in Upper South Long Lake when removing it… Read More

  • Fifty states tour: Delaware dishes on tap and other delicious cooking tips

    | Published on October 25, 2021 at 5:47pm EDT Chad Koenen| Author: Chad Koenen

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    Delaware was the first state of the union as of Dec. 7, 1787, as it was the first to ratify the federal constitution. The state had about 60,000 residents at the time. Now, the second smallest state of the country has about 990,000 residents.   Dover is the capital of Delaware, but with almost 40,000 residents… Read More

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