The Becker County State Fair participant results are in and several local residents earned a ribbon at the big event. The clubs from the area that attended the state fair included: Independent (IND), Cloverdale (CL), River Valley (RV), Burlington Cubs (BC),  Franklin (FR), Wild Things (WT), Busy Bees (BB), Happy Hillside (HH), Wolf Lake Woodchucks (WLW)… Read More

The Frazee Hornet 8th grade football team opened their season hosting the Trojans from Barnesville on Thursday, Sept. 16.   Barnesville jumped out to an early lead 6-0 but the Hornets answered with a 20-yard scamper from Adam Vigen. Dawson Lyman followed with the conversion to go up 8-0.  The game went back and forth with… Read More

gang staThe seventh grade football team is 1-1 on the year.  A tough Barnesville team came to town on Sept. 16th and handed Frazee their first loss. The boys played very tough, but fell short. A week later the Hornets headed to Henning to take on the Ottertail Central Bulldogs. The Hornets played great defense… Read More

Nibi Walkers travel along the Otter Tail River By Barbie Porter Editor Stewards of the fresh water supply recently walked the length of the Otter Tail River. From September 18-22, A Nibi Walk was held, and led by Native Americans. In Ojibwe, Nibi means water.  Sharon Day, a walk leader, explained the walk began at the mouth… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor In Frazee, two construction projects are underway. In the Red Willow Heights development on the north side of town, a new church is being built. The United Methodist Church of Frazee is building the new house of worship.  In 2020 the building project was voted to move forward. As necessary steps were taken for… Read More

Railroad crossing to close for two weeks in Oct. By Barbie Porter Editor The work on State Highway 87 is on schedule to wrap up by Oct. 15. Makala Simon, the project engineer for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, gave a progress report this past week. She said the bridge crossing Otter Tail River in Frazee has… Read More

Vergas City Council discusses water, sewer rates By Barbie Porter Editor During a recent land auction, Josh Hanson purchased land along West Lake Drive. During the Tuesday, Sept. 14 council meeting, he announced intention to create a residential development at the 37 acre site. Hanson said his vision was to have larger lots, about 21/2 acres in size,… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor When Jose Urbala crossed the U.S. Mexico border for the first time at the age of 17, he did so with the help of a coyote.  A coyote is not a canine down south. It is what they call a person who is paid to smuggle migrants into the U.S. Urbala arrived in… Read More

FrazeFrazee School students give dugouts a fresh look By Barbie Porter Editor The Frazee High School Construction Trades class is wasting no time making their mark on school grounds. The trades class took their hammers and skills to the dugouts at the Ssg. Greg Riewer Memorial Baseball Field. Instructor Jim Rader said the district had long-term facilities… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor The Vergas City Council are doing what they can to ensure the new commercial and residential development downtown is a success and not a financial burden to the developers. Jeff Zitzow and his wife Wendy and Tyler Schmid and his wife Heather created a partnership to purchase the land where the former grocery… Read More