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Working at the Pelican Rapids High School keeps Bev Woessner young. Staff and students celebrated her 80th birthday Oct. 24, with a special birthday cake during the school lunch hours. She was also presented with a t-shirt, crown, and sash.

Her ‘fountain of youth’ is hanging out with a couple hundred...

October 30, 2025

If you didn’t know better, you might think that “Vic the Viking” is the “face” of Pelican Rapids high school.Not true. It’s Bev Woessner.For nearly...

Celebrating another score, Bricker Haugrud, Harley Jacobson and Ethan Isaman.

Volleyball season ends at Belgrade

October 30, 2025

The Pelican Rapids High School Vikings football team heated up a bone-chilling night—with a 63-point romp over Crookston in the first round of the...

An early photo of the pool hall and Masonic building, probably at least a century ago. Mason Harold Holt determined that the J.P. Wallace Bank occupied the building starting in 1882. The Wallace family reportedly lived upstairs in the bank for many of these years. Beginning in 1920, Wallace Bank moved next door to what is now the Krekelberg building.

Oldest civic group renovating one of Pelican’s oldest structures

October 30, 2025

It’s among the oldest institutional buildings in Pelican Rapids, and the oldest civic organization in the community is preserving the approximate...

Pelican men face list of assault, robbery, burglary—and ...

October 30, 2025

A complex list of charges: kidnapping to facilitate a felony, 1st degree burglary, 1st degree aggravated robbery, and aiding and abetting to kidnapping, burglary, and...

Pelican’s Jack Welch encounters a Barnesville defenseman, left.

Once again—Barnesville ends season for Vikes, as Pelican gridders...

October 30, 2025

The hometown team lost—but it was a head-spinning spectacle of high scoring action when Pelican Rapids faced its historic foe in Barnesville for a...

Ellie Carlson (junior captain) has made history as the first female soccer player from Pelican Rapids to be selected onto the Minnesota All State Soccer Team.

Ellie Carlson first player in history of Pelican girls soccer...

October 30, 2025

Ellie Carlson (junior captain) has made history as the first female soccer player from Pelican Rapids to be selected onto the Minnesota All State...

From the pen of the Pelican Rapids Mayor

October 30, 2025

Are you ready for some shop talk or a few wastewater acronyms? Not all of them, but only a few. If you watched the Pelican Rapids City Council meeting October 14, or read...

New Drive-In and ‘Local News’

October 30, 2025

Everett and Virgil Johnson were the heart and soul of Pelican Rapids for decades. The brothers were probably best known as the owners of Johnson’s Furniture store, but...

Rains fell again early this week,
further hampering completion of the Highway 108 West and
Highway 59-County 9 junction
on the north end of Pelican Rapids.

PELICAN STREET PROJECT UPDATE

October 30, 2025

Blacktop crews may finish 59 north, 108 west sections to bring road reconstruction to near-completion as winter nears. With November approaching...

Pelican cannabis application to return to Otter Tail board Oct. 28

October 30, 2025

The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners tabled a decision on approving or not approving a retail cannabis business in Pelican Rapids until 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct....

Pelican edges out neighbor Rothsay in spirited playoff opener

October 30, 2025

The Pelican Rapids Vikings ended their season playing some of their best volleyball of the year.The Vikings were in new territory, competing in a new class and section this...

The Viking Cross Country Team traveled to Bagley October 24th for the Section 8A Meet.
Racing for the Vikings girls squad:
Alayna Schlieman
Rachal Breen
Megan Guler
Jordan Batson
Elli Schlieman
Aleeya Stringer Ferris
Coaches:
Steve Maresh
Laura Januszewski
Logan Knorr.

Pelican cross country runners competes at Bagley Section meet

October 30, 2025

“I know the scores don't necessarily show it but these girls worked so hard and played so well together ... They stayed aggressive, passed well, and picked up a lot of hard hit balls. You never ever feel good about ending a season but I was so proud of how hard they all played and how they battled for every point until the end. It shows a lot about the character of this group of girls and what they stand for.”
Coach Heidi Isaman
on final game of playoffs.

Volleyball season ends at Belgrade

October 30, 2025

The Pelican Rapids girls volleyball team traveled to Belgrade, Brooten, Elrosa to take on the #1 team in the section.With another injury against...

Pelican Chamber relaunches ‘Pelican Bucks’ to boost local economy

October 30, 2025

Redeemable like gift cards, depositable like checksA new wave of Pelican Bucks is arriving this week, as the Pelican Rapids Area Chamber of...

Former Pelican football teammates, #22 McHale Korf (Concordia) and #23 Carter Johnson (Augsburg).
Concordia raced out to a 20-point head start in its Oct. 25 game at Augsburg on the way to a 26-7 win.
The victory is the 15th for the Cobbers in the last 16 meetings between the two teams. Concordia is now 65-14-2 all-time against Augsburg.

Former Pelican teammates on opposing sides for Concordia-Augsburg...

October 30, 2025

Two former Pelican Rapids High School football teammates found themselves on opposing sides at Augsburg College October 25. Carter Johnson and...

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