Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen If riding a bull is the most exciting 8 seconds in sports—Easter egg hunts could be the most exciting 5 minutes of the spring.  On Saturday, Dani, the girls and I attended three different Easter egg hunts in the area for the newspaper. It’s our annual Saturday of Easter tradition and… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda A recent trip to my snowy mailbox down at the end of the driveway produced a letter from the Jury Summons Processing Center for this county. Oh for joy: A summons for jury duty. I’ve never served on a jury. I know without being told that jury duty is nothing like… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I’ve noticed you use the word “crash” and not the word “accident” when talking about incidents while on the radio. T.V. and the newspaper. Why is that? Answer: I’d be glad to talk about this as I am passionate about this topic and it is certainly intentional.  The spark for this issue… Read More

From my Desk Bob Williams Taking over editor duties at the Frazee-Vergas Forum continues somewhat of a family legacy in this area.  I might be a familiar face to some from covering sports for newspapers in both Perham and Detroit Lakes the past decade. If that does not ring a bell, countless area graduates knew my father… Read More

To the Editor, Minnesota has a massive state government surplus of approximately $10 billion and our state’s citizens are among the nation’s highest taxed at a time we’re all looking for some relief. People are paying increased costs at the gas pump, at the grocery store, on their energy bills and pretty much everywhere else these days… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda A recent letter from the Wadena County Historical Society’s Lina Belar began: “You are part of a colorful and fascinating history…” It goes on to say: “You are a part of a wave of young dreamers who set their sights on a new way of life, owning a piece of land… in… Read More

Stories in the Rear View Mirror Delta Daggett I have been writing about Frazee and my experiences in growing up and what we did in those days.  A few have contacted me that sharing my youth with the Forum subscribers has jogged their memories of what they did in their youth. Some of us have reached the… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I saw your recent article about flooded roads. Do you have any advice on what a person should do if their vehicle plunges into the water? Answer: The dynamics of such an incident are ever-changing, so there is no one answer that will cover it all. Having witnessed and responded to… Read More

By Delta Daggett Special to the Forum I grew up during the times you had to describe where you lived, there were no street signs or house numbers. Your house was in one of the many general areas the town had.  We lived up near the Water Tower or Methodist Church hill. Ours was the second house… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I’ve had two encounters with the DNR—Department of Natural Resources. The first happened at small claims court, a place where I took  disagreements with customers regarding minor bill disputes, minor being seven hundred bucks or less. A trip to small claims court, more often than not, produced mostly entertainment. Even though the… Read More