The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is inviting food truck vendors to serve visitors at Maplewood State Park during the fall color...

Wade Hanson of Pelican Rapids celebrates his victory at the Minnow Races held July 31 at the Chauncey Martin Multi-Purpose Building.Minnow Races...

 A cluster of cormorants recently claimed a power line pole just outside Pelican Rapids, offering a striking example of their typical behavior....

A new chapter for outdoor recreation in Otter Tail County was celebrated Monday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of the...

“I can’t not create,” Andrea Rinkel-Jessen says about “Loon-er Love,” the mural she has hung on the outside wall of the Mercantile on Main, facing...

Music has always been a part of American culture, as it has been in most other countries of the world. In the United States, we have journeyed...

At least for now, the Pelican Rapids City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Don Perrin, newly elected council member, is the owner, president, and...

100 years ago, August 6, 1925• Killed His WifeMartinus Grefsrud, a farmer living in the Hawley vicinity, shot and killed his wife Monday. He then disappeared and, at this...

Although not audible, one could almost hear the approval of the motorists when the reopening of the intersection of Anne Lane and East Mill Avenue...

The stage at Pelican Rapids High School will transform into the island of Motunui this August as local students bring Disney’s Moana Jr. to life in...

June 30 marked the end of the fiscal year for Pelican Rapids School District 548. At the regular meeting of the school board July 23, finance director Rudy Martinez...

100 years ago, July 30, 1925• Check Artist BusyThis week, a man bought some gasoline from Myhre and Hagen and tendered a check in payment. Later, he went to the...

The skies were not friendly this past week as approximately 3 to 4 inches of rain fell on the 2025 Pelican Rapids Complete Streets Project....

Mid-summer is “fly-in season” at the Pelican Rapids airport. For seven years, light aircraft enthusiasts have gathered for the “Tour of Lakes...

“Art in the Park” was hosted July 19 by the Pelican Rapids Chamber of Commerce, featuring a wide variety of vendors—from kettle corn to maple syrup...