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

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

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

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

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

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

5 years ago October 27, 2016 Frazee-Vergas Forum Erica Mois is now one of the elite college athletes whose name will live on for eternity in a Hall of Fame. Mois, who grew up in Frazee was recently inducted into the University of Jamestown Hall of Fame for her illustrious career as a track and field athlete…. Read More

Above: This weeks Mystery Photo is of a young girl. Can you identify her? Do you have any fun or enjoyable stories to share about her? Call 334-3566 or email design@nymdispatch.com. Below: Last week’s mystery photo is of (left to right) Sandy Antonsen, Alma Antonsen, and Alvina Sonnenberg, correctly identified by Diane Sonnenberg and Arlene… Read More

To me, there is no scarier villain in all of horror cinema than Michael Myers. The killer from 1978’s “Halloween” is the epitome of soullessness, and his haunting visage gave me some sleepless nights at my grandparents’ isolated farmhouse when I was 11. That said, I also have a tremendous amount of respect for “Halloween”… Read More