Clinical Psychologist Kiah Staloch is now seeing patients at the Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes Clinic.  “The supportive staff, commitment to patient health and wellbeing and connection to the community is what drew me to Essentia,” shared Staloch. “I was also drawn to the more rural lifestyle and like being outdoors and enjoying the many seasons.” Staloch… Read More

With a new school year on the horizon, parents and caregivers are reminded to save receipts on school supply purchases in order to claim valuable K-12 tax benefits when filing their taxes next year. “Purchasing school supplies is an investment that nearly every parent or caregiver in Minnesota makes on a yearly basis,” said Revenue Commissioner… Read More

Minnesota FFA and 4-H members are invited to help design the upcoming specialized agricultural license plate.  As the legislative session came to completion, the specialized agriculture plate passed as part of the transportation bill. This legislation allows Minnesotans to purchase the specialized agricultural plate in early 2022. The plate has an annual contribution of $20 that… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener If you are being stung, it’s probably not a bee that is unless you have disturbed a hive. Most bees are just too busy making honey and getting ready for winter to bother you.  The culprit was more than likely a wasp. Jeff Hahn, Extension Entomologist was the go-to guy in the… Read More

My sister and her husband bought land on the outskirts of Flagstaff, where it was so deserted that the first street—dirt road, really—was named after my sister. When someone purchased the five acres beside theirs, and parked some cars over on my sister and her husband’s property, it seemed kind of okay, being as there was… Read More

Minnesota’s hands-free cell ph​one law just had its second anniversary on Aug. 1, and it’s safe to say the novelty has worn off and people could be getting complacent. Drivers might be slipping back into old habits, risking their own lives and those of their fellow motorists. As a reminder, here’s what the hands-free law allows…. Read More

Frazee residents Sierra Edvall, Cecilia George, Mattison Grant and Kate Neitzke saw their names on the spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average. Edvall is a junior at the Carlson School… Read More

Roy and Donna Ouart of West Fargo (and formerly Frazee) are observing their 60th Anniversary. They were married at St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Perham on Sept. 1, 1961. No big celebration is planned.years of marriage

University of Minnesota Duluth announced its Dean’s List for Spring Semester 2021 and Lori Glander was on it. The Frazee resident is a junior in the college of arts, humanities and social sciences earning a degree in English. Students on the Dean’s List have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.