Beginning with the 2021 bear-baiting season, hunters no longer need to use email addresses to register their bait stations. The use of email addresses had caused registration issues in the past. Effective this year, hunters will simply need to provide their first and last names, date of birth, and their DNR customer number. Outfitters will need… Read More

Eagle Lake Park discussed By Barbie Porter Editor After hearing suggestions to modify the proposed beach house design at Town Lake, a new picture is beginning to emerge.  The Frazee Parks and Recreation Committee met on Tuesday, Aug. 3 and Frazee City Administrator Jordin Roberts presented the committee with a new floor plan that took less square footage…. Read More

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will begin herbicide treatment on select state lands in the Hibbing Forestry Administrative Area to ready the sites for reforestation efforts. Applications totaling 335 acres across six sites will begin around August 10th and continue through approximately August 30th. “Herbicides will be sprayed to reduce woody vegetation that would otherwise… Read More

A tax credit for the sale or lease of land, equipment, machinery, and livestock in Minnesota by beginning farmers is still available through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Rural Finance Authority. To qualify, the applicant must be a Minnesota resident with the desire to start farming or who began farming in Minnesota within the past… Read More

Vergas Trail addition increases city’s net position By Barbie Porter Editor The 2020 audit for the city of Vergas showed the liquor store posted a profit  of $84,695. In recent years, the city has remodeled the municipal liquor store, enhanced the sign and provided a variety of competitively priced products. The competitive drive has not went unnoticed as it continues… Read More

To help ensure public safety and protect natural resources, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources expanded burning restrictions.  Effective on July 27, areas within state jurisdiction in Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Carlton, Clearwater, Mahnomen and Stearns counties are included in burning restrictions already in place for the eastern portion of Roseau County and all of Beltrami, Cass,… Read More

The Frazee Area Community Club is hosting a Turkey Days post meeting on Thursday, Aug. 19 at 6 p.m. The meeting is open to everyone and will be held at Lion’s Park, where the World’s Largest Turkey sits.

By Barbie Porter Editor The Vergas Economic Development Authority took steps to provide additional incentives for multi-family housing units to be built. The city currently teams with the county to offer a tax abatement program that provides tax relief up to $5,000 or for five years, which ever comes first. After learning a $1 million-plus building is… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed zebra mussels in Eagle Lake, near Frazee as well as Turtle Lake, near Lake Park. Both are in Becker County. In Otter Tail County Clitherall Lake, near the city with the same name, has also been confirmed to have zebra mussels.  A DNR conservation officer reported zebra mussels… Read More

Hunters looking for duck and goose season dates and regulations can find the information they need in the 2021 Minnesota Waterfowl Hunting Regulations handbook, available on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website and in August wherever DNR licenses are sold. The early Canada goose season and experimental teal season begins on Saturday, Sept. 4,… Read More