By Barbie Porter Editor Detectives are needed to decipher clues and identify the Mystery Gobbler during Frazee’s 65th annual Turkey Days celebration. The Mystery Gobbler is a person in the community and the super sleuths must decipher the clues and riddles to figure out their identity. Whoever solves the mystery wins bragging rights, and a prize. Clues about the… Read More

Country Financial representative Albert Doll is pleased to support the Frazee Fire Department with a donation to outfit a recently purchased fire engine.  Doll presented a donation of $750 at the department’s meeting on July 14. The donation will help purchase up to date life-saving tools to help completely equip the fire engine.  Doll has been a… Read More

Last week, crews poured the bridge deck at the Otter Tail River, so right now things are a little quieter on the east end of the project while the concrete cures. Next up for the bridge replacement: pouring of the approach panels and railing, installation of guardrail and dirt work near the bridge site.  East of… Read More

The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is featuring in its Gallery the wildlife photographs of Brad Anderson of Ottertail and fish decoys by Larry Lange, Brad Lange and John Peeters. This artwork will be on display now through July 31.   A reception and presentation by photographer Brad Anderson will be held on Wednesday, July… Read More

Becker and Mahnomen farmers donate to local first responders Becker and Mahnomen County farmers and their soybean checkoff dollars are giving back to local first responders this summer – and promoting the diverse uses of soybeans at the same time. The Becker/Mahnomen County Corn and Soybean Growers joined the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and… Read More

Danita Ketter is again chairing the Frazee Turkey Days Road Rally which is themed “21 Doubles the Fun.” The Road Rally will start at the Frazee Essentia Clinic parking lot with registration from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the first car leaving at 12 p.m.  The cost is $20 per team. Participants can expect… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) will launch its new Main Street Economic Revitalization Program on Aug. 3. This $80 million statewide economic redevelopment program will award grants to partner organizations to establish programs within specific communities that will, in turn, fund economic development and redevelopment projects.  These projects will address the greatest… Read More

Hay crop may force some ranchers out of business By Barbie Porter Editor uWayne Ditterich put his hay customers on notice, they need to begin searching for someone to supply them with hay.  Driving out to one of his hay fields in rural Vergas, Ditterich explained last year he had  about 2,700 bales on about 600… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor Those in downtown Frazee may feel the ground rumbling in weeks to come. The shakes are result of heavy equipment working near Main Avenue. The projects include ground breaking for the business building on Monday and ongoing work to remove three fuel tanks along Lake Street. The tanks are part of the Sander’s… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor The Frazee Liquor Store has struggled to turn a profit over the past decade. However, 2020 appears to have pushed profits up to almost $30,000. The good news came as the Frazee City Council reviewed its annual audit during the June meeting. Auditor Colleen Hoffman attributed the profit to a reduction in labor costs… Read More