Permits can be purchased at city hall By Robert Williams Editor The Vergas Yard Waste Site was reopened after a unanimous city council vote during a special meeting on Wednesday, April 8. The site officially reopened on Monday, April 13. It will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., for permit holders only…. Read More

Fire, rescue departments team up on training By Robert Williams Editor The Frazee City Council passed a resolution approving plans and specifications and ordering advertisement for bids until Thursday, May 7, according to City Engineer Chris Thorson. The date is set so that bids can be discussed at the following City Council meeting six days later. Plans… Read More

Hendrickx Wool Company creates wool pellets, product is sold at several local businesses By Chad Koenen Publisher Jana and Jacob Hendrickx can’t even legally drive on their own, but the pair of Butler teenagers are already busy marketing a new business venture that could turn wool from sheep into a unique fertilizer for local residents.  While most of… Read More

Shay Scanlan Report for Minnesota Minnesota’s housing shortage has hit areas outside the Twin Cities particularly hard, because low rents and high construction costs have limited developers’ profits and stalled projects. Two bills heard in state House and Senate committees aim to expand housing-related infrastructure, including sewers and water lines, and support workforce housing through grants to… Read More

Abbey Mulcahy Report for Minnesota In 2021, Dustin Roy and other members of the White Earth Nation learned that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources had been issuing aquatic plant management permits within their reservation for years. One of these permits allowed a lakeshore owner on McCraney Lake to use mechanical equipment and chemicals to clear aquatic… Read More

Eleanor Steffen Report for Minnesota Minnesota lawmakers delayed action on a bill April 8 that would require state health insurance plans to cover infertility treatment. The bill by Rep. Carlie Kotzya-Witthuhn, DFL-Eden Prairie, would require state-funded programs including Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare to cover the costs of infertility health care such as in vitro fertilization, or IVF,… Read More

Contributed photo Over 50 local community members joined in to sing, direct, accompany, and narrate the Community Cantata titled “On a Hill Too Far Away” for the Lenten season. With a performance each in New York Mills and Perham, hundreds of people united together prior to Easter to remember Holy Week.

Contributed photos Addison Jager and Brady Mitchell were recognized for completing the requirements for FFA state degrees, according to a social media post from FFA advisor Trescha Mitchell. The FFA Region 1 Officer Team also gained three members from the Frazee-Vergas chapter: Alydia Mitchell Treasurer; Amber Trautman-Parliamentary and Lake Jager Sentinel.

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) announced a new contract with Teaching Strategies to support the design and implementation of the new Minnesota Kindergarten Fall Assessment (MnKFA). The creation of a new assessment was signed into law by Governor Walz in 2023 and represents an investment in our future that will help give young learners… Read More

The annual OTC COLA lake water monitoring program Kick Off will be on April 16 at the Ottertail Community Center in Ottertail MN from 4-6 p.m. The annual event has evolved over the years from an opportunity to take part in an educational seminar on how to properly obtain water samples to what might resemble the… Read More