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    Pelican Rapids Lighted Horse Parade photo. Do You Remember When?
    November 26, 2025
    Original horse parade teamsters were honored in 2021, when the 25th anniversary was observed Three of the original Pelican Rapids Lighted Horse...

    Holiday events offer seasonal cheer throughout the lakes area
    November 26, 2025
    Merchants are stocked—and area businesses are sending a message to enjoy local shopping for the 2025 holiday season. There are a wide variety of holiday events in the lakes...
    PELICAN STREET PROJECT UPDATE: Tree-planting, ceremonial ribbon...
    November 26, 2025
     In 1969, a band called Chicago released a hit song entitled “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”Fifty-six years later, we ask, “Does Anybody Really Know How Many...
    Minnesotans spread joy in shoeboxes: Operation Christmas Child...
    November 26, 2025
    In a season built on giving, Minnesotans are once again proving how far a small-town heart can reach through little time and kindness.Operation...

    Boys basketball preview: Returning starters will spearhead Vikings
    November 26, 2025
    Coach: John Gullingsrud–year 12Assistant coaches: Dave Rund (varsity assistant), Adam Johnson (JV), Derrick Nelson (C Team)Returning Starters:Senior Guard Miguel Torres –...
    Faith, nationalism, patriotism is focus of Dec. 3 program
    November 26, 2025
    The phrase “Christian Nationalism” has been in the news lately.A program Wednesday, Dec 3, 6 p.m. at the Pelican Rapids Public Library will explore the goals of “Christians...
    A long line of shovels excavated the first earth at the November 24 Pelican Valley Senior Living groundbreaking celebration. Pelican Valley breaks ground for $8.3 million nursing care project
    November 26, 2025
    With a couple dozen shovels-full of dirt, and some quick demolition work—Pelican Valley Senior Living got a jump on its $8.4 million construction...

    Pelican Rapids native Lonnie Hovland, a “threatened species” as a manual typewriter repairman, with an Olympia SM-3 manual typewriter. The 1958 unit, which had been stored underneath a bed and barely used, was presented to Pelican Rapids Press managing editor Louis Hoglund as a gift. Dinosaurs on typewriters...Lamenting the near extinction of those ...
    November 26, 2025
    On the eve of the wonderfully nostalgic holiday parade, where horses replace horseless carriages for a lighted Christmas procession down Main...

    Small Business Saturday: Shopping local helps keep local economy...
    November 26, 2025
    Shopping, a word that many of us cringe at (mostly men), and a word that many of us delight in the thought of.Shopping is defined as the action or activity of purchasing...
    West Central Initiative's Justin Moen leading a conversation about challenges facing rural communities at Pelican Rapids Library Nov. 19. Bridging the divide starts with a simple question: What do you love?
    November 26, 2025
    Understanding begins when we stop talking past each other and start listeningOn a November evening at the Pelican Rapids Public Library, community...

    Federal agents conducted a search of Pelican Rapids offices on Nov. 19. The entry at the Dool transportation and tax preparation office was an extension of the continuing investigation into the continuing pandemic-era fraudulent food distribution scandal, according to agents from the Internal Revenue Service, who spoke to the Pelican Rapids Press. Local man arrested in food fraud case
    November 26, 2025
    ‘Feeding Our Future’ federal probe stretches to Pelican, as local suspect Abdi Dool’s offices searched for ties to pandemic food give-aways. ...

    Coach Davey Kosen Viking wrestling preview: New coach Davey Kosen sets sights on ...
    November 26, 2025
    Coach: Davey Kosen (13 yrs at DGF, first year for Pelican Rapids)Assistant coaches: Curt Strom, John Norton, Brock Roesler. 2025-26 captains: Danny...

    Pelican students earn All-State honors in fall sports
    November 26, 2025
    Pelican Rapids student-athletes earned multiple All-State and All-State Academic honors this fall, recognizing achievements across soccer, cross country, volleyball, and...
    Lady Vikes have impressive outing at elite early season tourney
    November 26, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids girls basketball team traveled to Chaska, Minnesota, to open their season at the Breakdown Tip Off, one of the state’s premier early-season events for...
    Pelican Rapids High School students during rehearsals for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory school play. 
PHOTO BRIAN BURGESS ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Sweet story comes to life on...
    November 25, 2025
    Oompa-Loompas will be dancing, rivers of chocolate will flow, and sweets will shine at Pelican Rapids High School (PRHS) this December, when Roald...

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