The Frazee-Vergas FFA chapter held the season-ending picnic on Main Avenue as a fundraiser in front of United Community Bank in Frazee. President Chelsy Hofer and Vice President Trevor Hockett cooked up the food for visitors.

By Barbie Porter Editor The COVID-19 pandemic put a halt on lumber production, which resulted in increased prices where demand was high and supply was low. Lumber was one of those items that saw prices increase tenfold. Kent Ketter from OK Lumber in Frazee said when lumber was at its peak price, costs doubled, and remained high… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Friday, Sept 3 9:17 a.m. Assist with a medical. 7:04 p.m. Resident reporting her car alarm went off at 11 p.m. last night.  She did not see anyone in the area. 8:41 p.m. Assist with a car vs deer crash on U.S. 10. 1:19 a.m. Suspicious activity reported at a house with people moving… Read More

Master Gardener By now you should have planted some colorful shrubs, filled in the bare spots in your flower garden with reduced price perennials (they are usually on sale now), and decorated your yard with new shrubs. So what’s next you ask? Next spring’s flowers.  Do you remember what your flower beds looked like last spring?… Read More

It’s that time of year when school administrators have to change their underwear several times a day. That’s due to the fact that teachers and staff are coming back to keep them company as the school year begins. They were lonely. Now they’re brimming with excitement. They’ve had all summer working on various methods of boring… Read More

5 years ago September 15, 2016 Frazee-Vergas Forum Frazee Police Chief Tyler Trieglaff reported the department responded to 109 calls in August which was comparable to 112 last August. He added that the number of total calls for the year were at 990. After the initial 30-day probationary period as police chief, Trieglaff officially accepted the position.  The… Read More

California is an amazingly diverse state, where glitz bumps elbows with the gutter and the food is as colorful as a Jackson Pollack painting. Stretching almost 900 miles from the Mexican border up the Pacific ocean,  a visitor will find cliff-lined beaches, a forest, mountains, desert and farm land. The state has many tourist attractions that draw… Read More

Above: This week’s mystery photo features a young boys sporting his best smile for school pictures! Can you identify him? Do you have any fun or enjoyable stories to share about him? Call 334-3566 or email design@nymdispatch.com.   Inset: Last week’s mystery photo was of Rachel Boyce and Jeff Ehnert. They were correctly identified by Jeff… Read More

Last month, Disney CEO Bob Chapek controversially referred to “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings” as “an interesting experiment.” He was purportedly referring to the decision to release the film exclusively to theaters (as opposed to a simultaneous theatrical/streaming release), but some took the comment as dismissively referring to releasing a film with… Read More