East Main contractor saves project $1 million with low bid By Robert Williams Editor Katie Grindall, an executive assistant for Karen Pifher’s Creating Community Consulting company, and husband Cody Grindall, a contractor, responded to a City of Frazee request for proposals on rental housing development at the Mikkelsen property near Dollar General. The Grindalls presented to the… Read More

CornerStone hosting separate sessions for youth and adults By Robert Williams Editor May is Mental Health Month and CornerStone Community and Youth Center will be hosting two sessions of former Miss Frazee and current Executive Director of Vikingland Community Support Program Becky Schmitz’s Mental Health Toolbox presentation on Wednesday, May 22. A year ago, the Toolbox was still… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor The Becker County Food Pantry received a sizable donation from R&G Subaru of Detroit Lakes as part of Subaru of America’s 2023 Subaru Share the Love® Event. The event has contributed a total of $288 million in donations over the past 16 years. Last year, the initiative raised $31.6 million overall for charities… Read More

Frazee native is a senior at North Dakota State A team of North Dakota State University engineering students received several honors at the 2024 SAE International Clean Snowmobile Challenge in Houghton, Michigan. The NDSU team placed second out of 13 teams overall, earning first place for in-service emissions, first place in objective handling and first place… Read More

Campground is located near Detroit Lakes According to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, Young Life Castaway Club violated several wastewater regulations, including modifying wastewater treatment systems without approval and improperly discharging hot tub wastewater at its youth and family camp. The violations occurred between 2019 and 2022 at its camp on Pelican… Read More

Brendefur grows business into DL area By Chad Koenen Publisher A stump grinder once owned by Gabby Brendefur’s late grandfather has transformed the countryside throughout the greater West Central Minnesota area. Brendefur, who started Gabb’s Stump Grinding in 2020, inherited a stump grinder from her late grandfather after he passed away. After sitting in her garage collecting dust for… Read More

Local line to include Callaway, Rochert, Frazee Arvig has been awarded grant funding from the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development’s Broadband Line Extension Connection Program to construct last-mile fiber network infrastructure for high-speed internet to 69 unserved locations.  Arvig was awarded grants totaling $543,244 from the program after submitting successful lowest-cost bids to provide fiber to the… Read More

Photos by Robert Williams Frazee-Vergas students participated in this year’s United Way of Becker County Day of Caring Wednesday, May 8. Since 1997, United Way of Becker County has mobilized student and staff volunteers from three school districts along with volunteers from workplaces, clubs, and organizations for a single day each year to assist senior and… Read More

On June 12, West Central Initiative, the University of Minnesota Morris, and the City of Morris will host the first 17 Rooms event in Minnesota. This dynamic, day-long gathering at the University of Minnesota Morris campus aims to unite approximately 200 participants from across the state and beyond, connecting Minnesota with a global community working… Read More

The Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes Clinic is excited to welcome Jenna Mazour, an advanced practice registered nurse and certified nurse practitioner specializing in dermatology. “Essentia Health is pivotal to health care in Detroit Lakes,” said Mazour. “Dermatology is my passion and Essentia Health provided me with the opportunity to practice what I love in a… Read More