By Barbie Porter Editor The township elections were held on Tuesday, March 9. The results were as follows: Burlington Township  had one three-year supervisor position and a two-year treasurer position up for election.  Incumbent Richard “Rick” Billett and Kylene Hoard will keep their seats. Billett will continue his role as supervisor as he collected 24 votes. Ryan Tangen collected… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor The Vergas Liquor Store’s significant increase in sales created a job opportunity for the community. During its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 9, the Vergas City Council was asked to consider hiring a full-time manager for the store. Currently, the job is done by the Vergas City Clerk Julie Lammers. She took over the… Read More

Tegtmeier encouraged to run in next election By Barbie Porter Editor The Vergas City Council had a problem many small governments would be envious to have­—more than one person asked to serve the remainder of a vacant seat on the council. When former Councilwoman Julie Bruhn was elected mayor, the remaining two years of her council… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor Bake potatoes with heaps of fixings will be served and the first ever Citizen of the Season will be named on Thursday, March 18 at the Frazee Event Center. Everyone is invited get the cure for those socialization woes by joining in the fun provided by the Frazee Area Community Club (FACC). There will… Read More

Senior drummers share how they became part of the band’s backbone  By Barbie Porter Editor   For the drummers in the Frazee High School band, it’s all about timing.  The senior percussionists Alex Beck, Dylan Pribbenow and Gunnar Erickson may have missed out on their opportunity to march in the Magic Kingdom parade due to COVID-19, but… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor Months ago Maggie Ulschmid was daydreaming, looking out her window at the snow blanketing the earth. The rural Frazee resident has a long-standing appreciation for equines, so it wasn’t a surprise her daydream began lifting the snow in her mind and shaping snowflakes into a horse. While dreaming is nice, putting those… Read More

Former Harvest Fellowship Church  youth pastor participates in sting operations, finding missing people By Chad Koenen Publisher Caleb Monson and members of F.R.E.E. International never lose hope in finding victims of human trafficking—even if the very people they are trying to locate think there is no hope left. The New York Mills resident, who is the… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor Fish dishes are delicious, and the Knights of Columbus wants to prove it. The group will be serving take out meals on Friday, March 12 and March 26 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Frazee from 5-7 p.m.  The church is located at 202 Maple Ave. W. in Frazee. The meals are $10… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor Those visiting Frazee Elementary may have noticed a new face behind the command center at the main office. Cindy Wischnak was hired for the administrative assistant, and for some her name and face may be familiar. For the past nine years the Vergas resident has worked as a paraprofessional, mostly with special education students…. Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor The Frazee-Vergas High School web page recently received an overhaul.  Gretchen Norby, the district’s IT director, said the idea of creating the website in house came about as the platform the school uses became more advanced. She explained Google provides schools with applications and workspace for free. About five years ago a free… Read More