The Yellowjacket girls made a great showing in Park Rapids on Thursday night. Park Rapids pulled away in the end, but the Perham/New York Mills swimmers didn’t let that stop them from setting some new PR’s. The team saw many season and all-time personal records, with a total of 20 PR’s, as well as eight… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies reported that one person was injured Sept. 23 in a roadway accident at the intersection of Highways 14 and 67, south of New York Mills. Injured at 4:18 p.m. was 19-year-old Preston Newborg of New York Mills. Deputies said Newborg’s vehicle struck a large work truck. He was taken to… Read More

Eagles improve to 3-0, to host Bagley in homecoming game By Chad Koenen Publisher In a battle against two unbeaten teams atop Section 6A, the New York Mills made the trek north to Pine River-Backus on Friday night and knocked off the Tigers by a score of 26-12. The game not only improved the Eagles to 3-0 and… Read More

Last Thursday the New York Mills Eagles cross country team traveled to Madden’s West golf course to run in the meet hosted by Pillager.   On this very hilly course, the Eagle runners did very well with Simon Snyder placing 11th, Braeden Malone 13th, Breck Hensch 15th, Bryan Bohn 21st, Austiin Geiser 23rd and Jeron Witt… Read More

Perham man with NYM ties uses life lessons to become United States citizen By Barbie Porter Editor, Frazee-Vergas Forum When Jose Urbala crossed the U.S. Mexico border for the first time at the age of 17, he did so with the help of a coyote.  A coyote is not a canine down south. It is what they call… Read More

City hears of potential drive-thru coffee shop By Jenna Baker Correspondent The September Ottertail City Council meeting opened up with a public hearing to discuss rezoning two parcels of land in the Deer Run Estates Development from Agricultural to Single Family. Jake Huebsch of Sourcewell was present to provide background on both zoning and this particular proposed… Read More

Berube finishes a term as ICBM Chairman By Chad Koenen Publisher l Berube has spent the better part of a decade being an advocate for community banks across the state of Minnesota. That advocacy culminated in August when Berube wrapped up a one year term as chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota Chairman. As the chairman,… Read More

NYM native opens Detroit Lakes Cakes & Bakes By Barbie Porter Editor, Frazee-Vergas Forum Detroit Lakes Cakes & Bakes has made the lakes area even sweeter.  Daily, the crew at the family-owned bakery get up at the crack of dawn. Smells of fresh baked breakfast items fill the building as customers walk through the door.  “All our items are baked,”… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor, Frazee-Vergas Forum As summer comes to a close, Bongards rolls the big cheese out for competitions. This year, the premium cheese making company with a factory and store in Perham earned top honors in the Chedder Block competition with a near perfect score.  Every day Bongards uses enough milk to fill nearly 6,000 bathtubs…. Read More