PTO awards 21 free bikes for elementary reading By Robert Williams Editor It was a banner year for reading at the Frazee-Vergas Elementary School this year with more than 20 students earning a free bicycle thanks to generous donations from 23 different organizations, businesses and individuals. Frazee-Vergas Parent Teacher Organization representative Dani Adams emceed a giveaway of… Read More

Grant to help fund Reading Ranch Buddies program Firefly Fields Youth Ranch Inc., of Vergas, was awarded one of 57 endowment grants distributed by West Central Initiative totaling almost $115,000 to organizations serving the Fergus Falls, Perham, and Dent communities from three personally endowed legacy funds. “The Deloris Barnack Kenner, Floyd and Harriet Miller, and Inga… Read More

Photos by Robert Williams Above: VFW Soloist Sandy Rausch sings the “Star Spangled Banner,” accompanied by the Frazee-Vergas High School Marching Band and the Frazee-Vergas Wolf Lake Color Guard during Memorial Day Services in Frazee. Below right: The Frazee-Vergas/Wolf Lake Color Guard, along with the Frazee-Vergas High School Marching Band, led by Band Director Brian Selander,… Read More

With strong bipartisan support, the Minnesota Legislature recently passed a $30 million aid package for rural emergency medical services (EMS), which includes more than $4 million for West Central Minnesota. This legislation, authored by Senator Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) and a bipartisan group of legislators, provides $24 million in emergency aid for EMS providers who… Read More

Perham earns Gold Star from Principals Association Perham High School and Principal Ehren Zimmerman have been awarded the Gold Star from the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) for their work in the Diploma Plus 1 Program. The award is sponsored by Horace Mann, and it is designed to recognize MASSP member schools statewide for… Read More

The Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes Clinic is proud to welcome Molly Anderson, an advanced practice registered nurse and certified nurse practitioner specializing in behavioral health. “I have worked with so many amazing people in my years at Essentia,” said Anderson, who has been a nurse with Essentia for almost 14 years. “Essentia provides a sense… Read More

M State announces spring academic honors Minnesota State Community and Technical College has named 480 students to its President’s List and 531 students to its Dean’s List for the spring 2024 semester.  Students on M State’s President’s List earned a grade point average of 4.0 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75% of the… Read More

5 years ago Frazee-Vergas Forum May 28, 2019 For the first time, Tommy DeGroat and Brock Riewer had to sign-in as visitors at Frazee High School. The recent Hornet graduates returned to the school and the robotics classroom on Tuesday, May 21 because they weren’t quite ready to be done. “I’ve spent a lot of time here… Read More

By Chad Koenen and  Robert Williams Frazee-Vergas Forum staff Seip Drug Store is the kind of place where you can fill your prescriptions with a friendly staff that knows your name—all-while picking up a few essentials for your home. That includes picking up everything from a sympathy card for a loved one, over-the-counter medication, gift ware and… Read More

Photos by Robert Williams Nevaeh Breun receives her diploma from Superintendent Terry Karger during Sunday’s graduation ceremony at Frazee-Vergas High School. For more pictures and information about graduation, check out page 14.