By Tim Rova Guest Op-Ed For more than 25 years, the Roadless Rule has quietly achieved something extraordinary: protecting our national forests while keeping them open to the public. I know this not just as someone who values these lands, but as someone whose life has been shaped by them.   Since 2001, this policy has protected… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…I think I finally have all the waterers running up to temps just as it will start to warm up a little. The purchase of a new tank heater along with trouble shooting the issues and the waterer for the calves is staying open.   I had four… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I squinted and peered out past the dark V-shaped laughing gas mask that pressed so suffocatingly down upon my nose. All I could see, looming over me, were the arc-welder blue eyes of the dentist who was at a frightening pace removing tooth enamel with which I had become very attached. The… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver “Mercy” was the #1 movie at the box office on a weekend where the weather showed little in the way of mercy to much of the country. Hope you’re all safe out there.  As if the weather weren’t enough of a disadvantage, “Mercy” is saddled with one of the stupidest cinematic premises… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Church As we begin a new year, I’ve been encouraging our church family to refocus on connecting deeper to God.  Specifically through the practices of prayer and fasting. These practices aren’t about religious performance or checking boxes. They are about realigning our hearts. Moses understood this. When God spoke of leading Israel… Read More

To the Editor, Growing up in the Frazee-Vergas area, where my nearest neighbor was a cornfield away, I learned what it meant to be a neighbor. Hospitality and kindness, watching out for one another. For years I assumed that place would always be home, but then later, relationships drew me to Minneapolis. I arrived a little… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Here is the breakdown of Calls For Service for the Frazee Police Department. The variety of calls that you read about each week are tallied for 2025. Most of these calls are self-explanatory, but I will explain a few so you won’t be scratching your heads wondering what these calls… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I travel a lot and I see a number of people making some poor choices when it comes to passing semis and large vehicles. There is no way these big rigs can stop in time when people do these unsafe maneuvers. Can you write about this? Answer: A commercial vehicle is… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Church A new year has a way of stirring something in us. Many of us feel the pull—that quiet desire to go deeper, to live with more purpose, to connect more meaningfully. For many, that longing isn’t just about better habits or clearer goals. It’s spiritual. It’s the whisper of the… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver It’s time once again for that magical set of releases on the cinematic calendar: January Horror! Unable to get a Halloween release, unable to compete in blockbuster season, and unable to dominate a random weekend anywhere else on the calendar, January Horror movies are released at a time when their biggest… Read More