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    Skeleton Pete 2025
    Several of the Mennonite church officials, pictured at the Erhard city park during an early summer picnic. From left, Paul Miller, Amos Martin, Amos Petri, and Philip Weber. Martin is a bishop in the Mennonite church, who was visiting from Athens, Wisconsin.

    ๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ฌ๐–พ๐—‡๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—…๐–บ๐—„...

    Just as it has for more than a century, the greater Pelican Rapids area is welcoming new...

    ๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ฌ๐–พ๐—‡๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—…๐–บ๐—„...
    Just as it has for more than a century, the greater Pelican Rapids area is welcoming new...
    The tomb of the 
Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery was one of many inspirational sights.  


PHOTO COURTESY 
JOE ERICKSON

    ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ.๐‚. ๐–ต๐—‚๐–พ๐—๐—‡๐–บ๐—†-๐–พ...

    Two aircraft full of military veterans took flight to Washington, D.C. for another Honor Flight....

    ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ.๐‚. ๐–ต๐—‚๐–พ๐—๐—‡๐–บ๐—†-๐–พ...
    Two aircraft full of military veterans took flight to Washington, D.C. for another Honor Flight....
    Various photos from the Oct. 3 โ€œPhoto Field Tripโ€ to Maplewood State Park are featured here.  
Pelican Rapids grade 6 students used their iPads to capture images at the parkโ€”for the Maplewood photo contest, and also to exhibit at the library.

    ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–ก๐–พ๐–บ๐—Ž๐—๐—’ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–บ๐—Ž...

    โ€œThe world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through...

    ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–ก๐–พ๐–บ๐—Ž๐—๐—’ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–บ๐—Ž...
    โ€œThe world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through...
    with the ball for Pelican, #8, Suheb Abdi Mohamed

    ๐•๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ...

    The Pelican Rapids Vikings wrapped up their regular season last week with a pair of competitive...

    ๐•๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ...
    The Pelican Rapids Vikings wrapped up their regular season last week with a pair of competitive...
    At the net for the Lady Vikings, #5 Isabella Sjostrom, and #13, Ally Birger.

    Pelican girls battle Menahga to four sets, but...

    The Pelican Rapids Vikings volleyball team had a big week, with three games.September 29, the...

    Pelican girls battle Menahga to four sets, but...
    The Pelican Rapids Vikings volleyball team had a big week, with three games.September 29, the...
    Kam Hendrickson,  Ryder Solum,  Stella Qualley, and Jett Januszewski take part in drill for Run Club training.
Also pictured, Cienna Thomson de Souza, Josie Dewey,  and William Martinez-Moreno.

    ๐–จ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–บ ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐—…๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–พ โ€˜๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‹๐—Ž๐—‡โ€™ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ...

    The 2025 Run Club is basking in the sunshine October 1 at Chauncey Martin Field. The runners will...

    ๐–จ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–บ ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐—…๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–พ โ€˜๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‹๐—Ž๐—‡โ€™ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ...
    The 2025 Run Club is basking in the sunshine October 1 at Chauncey Martin Field. The runners will...
    A farm boy by upbringing, Cory Carlson has been back in the fieldโ€”raising a trophy pumpkin specimen for Pelicanโ€™s Oktoberfest. If you have any doubt about the enormity โ€”Cory displays a tiny golf ball for a sense of size and scale.

    ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿค ๐—‡๐—‚๐—€๐—๐—๐—Œ ๐—ˆ...

    The Pelican Rapids community is gearing up for its 28th annual Oktoberfest celebration, set for...

    ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿค ๐—‡๐—‚๐—€๐—๐—๐—Œ ๐—ˆ...
    The Pelican Rapids community is gearing up for its 28th annual Oktoberfest celebration, set for...
    A close-up of โ€œMercy,โ€ the miracle catโ€”who was struck by a car on Highway 59, expected to be euthanizedโ€”but sprang to life.

    ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ...

    Weโ€™ve all heard that cats have nine lives. One of them is being enjoyed by a stray kitten, who...

    ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ...
    Weโ€™ve all heard that cats have nine lives. One of them is being enjoyed by a stray kitten, who...
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    Several of the Mennonite church officials, pictured at the Erhard city park during an early summer picnic. From left, Paul Miller, Amos Martin, Amos Petri, and Philip Weber. Martin is a bishop in the Mennonite church, who was visiting from Athens, Wisconsin. ๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ฌ๐–พ๐—‡๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—…๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ โ€˜๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†...
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    Just as it has for more than a century, the greater Pelican Rapids area is welcoming new neighbors and friends.ย  The most recent emigrants come...
    ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€
    October 9, 2025
    City residents and visitors faced a host of parking challenges during the recent construction. Now that the dust is settling and before the snow flies, city parking...
    Printed Paper Online
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    ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐–ค๐—‡๐–บ๐–ผ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿง, ๐—…๐–บ๐— ๐—๐–บ๐—Œ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ...
    October 9, 2025
    Fifty years ago, Minnesota became the first state to adopt landmark legislation restricting smoking in indoor public places and workspaces. That legislation, the Minnesota...
    PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHANDRA BUCK,
BARNESVILLE RECORD REVIEW Pelicanโ€™s Strand hardware clan expands with brand new store in...
    October 9, 2025
    ยญยญยญThe Strand Ace Hardware in Barnesville welcomed nearly 2,000 visitors during its three-day grand opening celebration September 26-28.ย The...
    MSUM employee Kristin Johnson is proud of the new alumni/foundation center at what was previously known as Moorhead State College.
Photo by Tom Hintgten Area Moorhead State alumni proud of new center
    October 9, 2025
    Many residents of Otter Tail County have attended Moorhead State College, today known as MSUM, over the years. Alumni are proud of the new...
    Larry's
    Bulletin Board
    Thank You
    October 2, 2025
    The family of Rick Evenson wishes to thank all who supported us through this very difficult time. We are gratefiul for the outpouring of support from our community....
    Local
    Tom Christopherson and Tom Rundle, Pelican Rapids High School Class of 1969, pause to check the local news in the Pelican Rapids Press while visiting Skagway, Alaska. Read Press From Afar
    October 9, 2025
    For more than 125 years, folks have been reading The Press in Pelican Rapids, at the farm, at the lake... and beyond!
    Several of the Mennonite church officials, pictured at the Erhard city park during an early summer picnic. From left, Paul Miller, Amos Martin, Amos Petri, and Philip Weber. Martin is a bishop in the Mennonite church, who was visiting from Athens, Wisconsin. ๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ฌ๐–พ๐—‡๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—…๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ โ€˜๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†...
    October 9, 2025
    Just as it has for more than a century, the greater Pelican Rapids area is welcoming new neighbors and friends.ย  The most recent emigrants come...
    ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€
    October 9, 2025
    City residents and visitors faced a host of parking challenges during the recent construction. Now that the dust is settling and before the snow flies, city parking...
    Obituaries
    Tamara Jo Kinsella Tamara Jo Kinsella
    October 9, 2025
    Tamara Jo Kinsella, cherished presence in the lives of many, departed this world on September 29, 2025. Born on December 28, 1959, in Harwood,...
    Irene Jeanette Lewis
    October 2, 2025
    Jun. 20, 1931 - Sep. 25, 2025PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. - Irene Jeanette Lewis, 94, Minn. died Thursday, Sep. 25, in Lake Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a...
    Opinions
    ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น โ€˜๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒโ€™ ๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—‰๐–บ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ ๐—‹๐—Ž๐—‡ ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–บ๐–ผ๐–ผ๐—Ž๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐–พ ๐—‚๐—‡๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ
    October 9, 2025
    Artificial intelligence is going to transform everything we watch, hear and read.ย  You can already see it happening.Asking and AI search engine a...
    Tammy Magnusson Kinsella Enjoy Pelicanโ€™s 2025 Oktoberfestโ€”while paying tribute to eventโ€™s...
    October 9, 2025
    It is a sad coincidence that the Pelican Rapids Oktoberfest will fall on the same day as the funeral of one of its founders and avid promoters.Many...
    Encounters of a 'third place' kind: We're suffering from our...
    October 9, 2025
    I think the great tragedy of the recent pandemic is that it has hastened our rush to abandon so-called โ€œthird spacesโ€ seemingly at all costs.The millions of lives lost and...
    Public Notices
    WARNING
    October 9, 2025
    An aeration system creating open water and thin ice will begin operating 11-15-2025 on pond 56054600, Otter Tail County, Candor Township, Sec. 19 at 28466 Candor Hall Rd....
    PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO ...
    October 9, 2025
    NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: ย  DATE OF MORTGAGE:ย  January 15, 2010 ย  ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT...
    WARNING
    October 9, 2025
    An aeration system creating open water and thin ice will be in operation on Seifert Beach, Dunn Lane, Lake Lizzie in Otter Tail County, Township 137-42 section 29. Weather...
    Sports
    Minnesotaโ€™s regular waterfowl season open
    October 9, 2025
    Minnesotaโ€™s regular waterfowl hunting season is open.Spring waterfowl counts were generally higher than last year, with the full report from the spring waterfowl survey...
    Hawley hands Vikes a 3-0 loss
    October 9, 2025
    The Lady Vikings traveled to Hawley for a conference volleyball match October 2.ย The Vikings knew that whenever you go up against a team like Hawley, you have to bring your...
    At the net for the Lady Vikings, #5 Isabella Sjostrom, and #13, Ally Birger. Pelican girls battle Menahga to four sets, but fall 3-1
    October 9, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids Vikings volleyball team had a big week, with three games.September 29, the Vikings traveled to Menahga. The Vikings struggled to...
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