Pumpkin Patch Party The Pumpkin Patch Party is a way to spend a family-friendly afternoon with local royalty celebrating Halloween with autumnal activities. There will be Trick or Treat bag decorating, crafts, cupcake/cookie walk, games by the high school’s My Voice is Powerful (MVP) Club and pumpkin painting with pumpkins donated by Jane and Curt Anderson’s… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum October 20, 2020 Vergas will soon have a SMART room in its event meeting room at no cost to the city. The high tech room is compliments of a program offered by Otter Tail County. Back in January, the Vergas City Council requested City Clerk Julie Lammers attend meetings regarding broadband in… Read More

Looking for a way to connect with readers in your community? Book Clubs are a great way to discover new books and make friends. Lake Agassiz Regional Library will host several Book Club meetings around the region throughout October.  The Detroit Lakes Public Library’s Tuesday Afternoon Book Club will meet at the library on Tuesday, October… Read More

Contributed photos Above: Grayson Goheen, harvested a 10-point buck during the youth hunting weekend. The buck was his first deer. Right: Mark Jepson, age 11, harvested his first deer during the youth deer hunt weekend. He is the son of Ashley and Josh Jepson.

Grant program supports cities under 10,000 The Minnesota Housing board recently approved more than $4 million in grants to support affordable and workforce housing development in small Greater Minnesota cities. The Greater Minnesota Small Cities Housing Aid Grant Program will provide grants to 33 cities with populations below 10,000.   Grants can be used to support… Read More

More than 400,000 deer hunters are preparing for the firearms deer season, which opens Saturday, Nov. 8. The season offers opportunities to spend time outdoors with friends and family, find adventure and put venison in the freezer. Deer hunting is the primary tool Minnesota Department of Natural Resources uses to manage deer populations, and hunters help… Read More

Photo by Robert Williams Above: Homecoming Queen Brynn Larson and King Adam Vigen share candy with kids and adults lining Main Avenue during the parade on Friday, Oct. 10. Right: Members of the Frazee-Vergas Marching Band led the Homecoming parade from the elementary school through downtown Frazee on Friday afternoon.

By Robert Williams Editor Lake Agassiz Library Regional Director Liz Lynch reported on the library systems providing services to 22 communities including Frazee, Cormorant and Lake Park through 13 libraries and nine LINK sites. Becker County Commissioners were thorough in questioning this year’s budget increase for LARL, especially seeking answers on higher costs for Becker County… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor Becker County District 3 Commissioner Phil Hansen held a question and answer session at the Holmes Art Cellar in Detroit Lakes with the Community and Cultural Center’s ENGAGE group on Wednesday, Oct. 8.  The opening half of the 80-minute presentation concentrated on Hansen’s professional football career beginning by growing up on a farm… Read More

Water user fee ordinance intention still in question By Robert Williams Editor Members of the Frazee Pickleball committee, led by Youth Chair Madison Olson, made a pitch for assistance in funding the planned four courts. Olson described how she and her friends and many pickleball players visit the courts in other towns and while there they are… Read More