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Pelican Rapids Mayor Brent E. Frazier.

From the Pen of THE MAYOR: Daylight-saving time returns March 8:...

The following is a Public Service Announcement…... “Hey, Wake Up Sleepyhead. The Choice Is Yours.” We all have heard that a good night’s sleep is...

Local volunteers pack over 50,000 meals for the hungry

Feed My Starving Children is a nonprofit that seeks to redirect excess food that would otherwise go to waste to food pantries and hungry families. Part of the mission of...

Built in 1912, Kansas City’s Jenkins Music Company is shown here in the 1970s, long after sending the Steinway that now lives at the Fine Arts Auditorium to its first home at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

A Century of Keys: How a 1922 Steinway found its way home to...

There is a particular kind of silence that lives in an empty auditorium — the held-breath quiet of a room that knows it is meant to be filled with...

Charles S. Brust, Senior Grand Warden, poses with Ottertail Lodge 284 leadership in Pelican Rapids. The lodge earned praise for placing Automated External Defibrillators in public spaces as part of its community safety efforts.
Front row: Treasurer Don Perrin, Grand Lodge Senior Warden Charles Brust, Master Tom Marty, Secretary Harold Holt, Steward Joe Maske
Back row: Steward Bill Osborne, Senior Warden Chris Westby, Senior Deacon Eric Hatle, Marshal Dr. Owen Thompson, Junior Deacon Tanner Nelson, Junior Warden Justin Johnson, Don Lende.
Not pictured: Trevor Bakken. PHOTO BY TREVOR BAKKEN

Pelican Rapids Lodge recognized for outdoor AED initiative

A top official with the Minnesota Grand Lodge visited Ottertail Lodge 284 in Pelican Rapids this week to praise the group’s community work. Charles...

PHOTO BY Wayne Woolever

“Now as evening falls around us, we shall raise our songs to you”...

“Holden Evening Prayer” is a worship service composed by Minnesota native Marty Haugen. Originally created for services at Holden Village, a...

Free events at Detroit Lakes library include yoga classes from...

The Detroit Lakes Public Library will team up with Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) to offer “Night at the Library,” an evening of stories and fun with librarians...

The replacement power pole now stands at the site of Friday night’s crash on Great Northern Road in Pelican Rapids, with debris still visible on the ground below. The collision was severe enough to completely shear off the original pole and trap a passenger inside the vehicle.

Jaws of life used to free passenger after power pole severed in...

A vehicle struck a power pole Friday night on Great Northern Road in Pelican Rapids, injuring a passenger who had to be rescued using specialized...

Small-town pharmacies struggle as giant middlemen control drug...

New bills aim to save Minnesota's disappearing neighborhood pharmaciesA new report says pharmacy closures are speeding up across Minnesota, and...

New hunters: Finish safety training in a single day Local course to...

Aspiring hunters in the Pelican Rapids area have a chance to complete their safety training in one day. A four-hour hunter safety education course is scheduled for...

Fire engulfs tractor after tipping near Lake Lida

A tractor operator sustained non-life-threatening injuries Monday evening after the vehicle caught fire and overturned on the east side of Lake...

Looking Back: Reunited after seven years, Somali family now calls...

100 years ago, March 4, 1926• Melvin Tollerud’s Home DestroyedMr. and Mrs. Melvin Tollerud had the great misfortune to lose their home and contents...

Devlyn Brooks is the CEO of Churches United in Moorhead, Minn., and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America serving Faith Lutheran Church in Wolverton, Minn. He blogs about faith at findingfaithin.com, and can be reached at devlynbrooks@gmail.com.

Gus Gus' passing reminds us of the beauty of life's fragility

It seems cruel to be writing about loss again so soon. But this week, we said goodbye to our oldest dog, Gus Gus, after a short fight against...

PELICAN RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES January, 13 2026

PELICAN RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTESJanuary 13, 2026Call to OrderMayor Frazier called the regular City Council meeting to order at 6:00 pm...

Public meeting set on Sherin Park bathhouse renovation plans

The City of Pelican Rapids will hold a public comment session Tuesday to discuss proposed building and demolition plans for Sherin Park and the bathhouse. Community members...

Second Carlson twin home granted tax abatement

After a public hearing on February 24, the Pelican Rapids City Council granted a tax abatement of up to $5,000 for Mike Carlson’s second twin home in Holen’s Addition.A tax...

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