ESport gaming league discussed for local youth By Barbie Porter Editor rom St. Cloud, Minn., to the Canadian border, there is only one autistic learning center on the Minnesota map, and it is located in Perham. Serving a 60-mile radius around the industrial and commercial hub, Empowering Kids Perham, in ways, had a tragic start. Kim Nelson lost… Read More

Community club annual meeting set for Aug. 12, all are welcome to attend By Barbie Porter Editor Corn on the cob is a sweet treat that comes fresh from the field as summer begins to mingle with fall. In Frazee, there is no shortage of opportunity to enjoy a cob or five as the annual Corn Feed… Read More

5 years ago August 18, 2016 Frazee-Vergas Forum Desiree Bauer was named Miss Vergas 2016 and Emily Bachmann is the new Princess Altona. The Jr. Royalty crowning was incorporated into the Miss Vergas Pageant and the Jr. King is Colton Nelson, son of Amber & Ryan Nelson, Dilworth and Jr. Miss Vergas is Paige Baumgart, daughter of… Read More

Minnesota Department of Transportaion continues its steady pace on the State highway 87 improvements. During the last few weeks, crews finished up the culvert replacements between County Road 31 and County Road 33/County Road 115, and now continue working east toward Evergreen on additional centerline pipes.  The rest of the culvert work can be done with… Read More

Notes from the Chief…. Hey folks, did you miss me? Again, I can admit fault when I screw up and forget to send in my report. I took last Thursday off and by the time I remembered on Friday morning, I was not able to “git ‘er done”. With that I did run into one… Read More

In this recipe series we will travel to all 50 states and share popular recipes that are staples for each state. If you’ve traveled to a state send any recommended recipes to news1@loretel.net. Please include the state the recipe represents. The column will go through the states alphabetically, but I will create a folder for any… Read More

Notes from the Chief…. Hey folks, did you miss me? Again, I can admit fault when I screw up and forget to send in my report. I took last Thursday off and by the time I remembered on Friday morning, I was not able to “git ‘er done”. With that I did run into one… Read More

To the Editor, COVID-19 cases were trending down recently, so my spouse and I felt comfortable planning a short getaway to attend a continuing education conference in Omaha, Neb. after 18 months of cocooning close to home.  As baseball fans, we augmented this modest vacation with a trip to Kansas City, Mo. to watch the Royals… Read More

I may not remember the name of my junior high home economics teacher from Windom High School, but I am pretty sure she will remember mine.  At one point during my year in home economics, I didn’t know there was a difference between salt and sugar when cooking—I mean both are white right? When someone had… Read More