The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is now accepting applications for two funding opportunities through the Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Program. The first opportunity is for the STAR (short term action request) grant program, and the second is a grant program for conference and training support. Eligible applicants within the Coastal Program service area include local… Read More

“Jungle Cruise” is the latest effort by Disney to turn one of its legendary theme park attractions into a movie. The gold standard, of course, is “Pirates of the Caribbean,” the five-movie franchise that made nearly $1.5 billion at the domestic box office. Less successful were “The Country Bears,” “The Haunted Mansion,” and “Tomorrowland.” The… Read More

5 years ago August 11, 2016 Frazee-Vergas Forum Five young ladies will compete for the Miss Vergas crown and four contestants will be competing for the Princess Altona crown in the 31st annual Miss Vergas Scholarship Pageant. Miss Vergas contestants are Zoie Zitzow, Anjjelika Gunderson, Madison Berry, Desiree Bauer and Sydney Dahlgren. The Princess Altona candidates are… Read More

I have to admit I cringed a little bit when I changed the dates of the newspaper this week. I even had to check my calendar to make sure I didn’t accidentally jump ahead a week. Now that Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson conquered space, maybe their next project can be creating a time machine.  August,… Read More

Turkey Days proved to be a lot of fun and Looney Days is a second helping for those in the area. Throughout the festivities I kept thinking how lucky the community is to have people that organize or host so many fun the events. A big thank you goes out to all those that provide days… Read More

Shenanigans add fun to Turkey Days By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief I reckon I better type a few lines this week after I left you all hanging last week.  Turkey Days came and went with nothing serious happening that I was aware of. I did get to make my appearance as a celebrity bingo caller at… Read More

5 years ago August 4, 2016 Frazee-Vergas Forum Morgan Laine, daughter of Richard and Dana Laine of Osage, was crowned Miss Frazee 2016 Saturday at the Miss Frazee Pageant. Cassidy Shipman, 15, daughter of Jay and Daneele Shipman was crowned as Miss Frazee’s Outstanding Teen 2016.  Travis Nagle will be inducted into the Minnesota State University Moorhead Hall… Read More

Above: This week’s Mystery Photo features two ladies at the library. Can you identify them? Do you have any fun or enjoyable stories to share about them? Call 334-3566 or email design@nymdispatch.com.   Right:  Last weeks mystery photo was correctly identified as Herb “Herbie” Nunn by his son (Shad), Neil Wothe, and Carol Lee Courneya. A… Read More