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    JoAnn Westby (1977), Bonnie Hovland (1976), and Terry Glaesman (1976) pose for a picture during “plaid day” during Homecoming Week. Girls generally escaped nicknames but migrated happily between clans.

    𝖢𝖺𝗆𝗉𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖩𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲...

    Maybe it was the right mix of people with a shared lack of restraint. Our recreational choices...

    𝖢𝖺𝗆𝗉𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖩𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲...
    Maybe it was the right mix of people with a shared lack of restraint. Our recreational choices...
    A Civil War-era Lincoln campaign banner, 1864, is among the items in the Alan Page collection.

    “𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮” 𝖤𝗑𝗁𝗂𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖯𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝖫𝗂𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝖾𝖺...

    The Pelican Rapids Public Library, in partnership with Viking Library System, presents the photo...

    “𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮” 𝖤𝗑𝗁𝗂𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖯𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝖫𝗂𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝖾𝖺...
    The Pelican Rapids Public Library, in partnership with Viking Library System, presents the photo...
    Postmaster Tessa Nord discussing the Highway construction projects with Mayor Brent Frazier at the April 17 informational meeting at the Pelican Rapids Public Library.

    𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁...

    The Pelican Rapids cityscape will continue to transform this summer as the highway reconstruction...

    𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁...
    The Pelican Rapids cityscape will continue to transform this summer as the highway reconstruction...

    Viking elementary, junior high track kids in sp...

    The Pelican Rapids Viking Elementary Track & Field Club athletes started practices in...

    Viking elementary, junior high track kids in sp...
    The Pelican Rapids Viking Elementary Track & Field Club athletes started practices in...
    Lucas VerDorn pitching for the Vikings April 29

    Vikings drop pair to Staples Cardinals

    The Pelican Rapids Vikings baseball club hosted the Cardinals from Staples-Motley April 29 for a...

    Vikings drop pair to Staples Cardinals
    The Pelican Rapids Vikings baseball club hosted the Cardinals from Staples-Motley April 29 for a...
    A visit to Alexandria, Virginia, late March gave Dawn Lysaker an opportunity to visit her daughter and take a ride in a Pedicab, pedaled by Robert—around the Tidal Basin to view the cherry blossoms.  At the Martin Luther King Memorial she shared the Press with Sarah.  
They also attended a performance of 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' at the Museum of the Bible and visited Mount Vernon.

    Read Press From Afar

    For more than 125 years, folks have been reading The Press in Pelican Rapids, at the farm, at the...

    Read Press From Afar
    For more than 125 years, folks have been reading The Press in Pelican Rapids, at the farm, at the...
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    ‘𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗇...’ 𝗞𝗶𝘅 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻...

    The Just for Kix April 26 Spring Show featured the theme “Here Comes The Sun,” with a definite...

    ‘𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗇...’ 𝗞𝗶𝘅 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻...
    The Just for Kix April 26 Spring Show featured the theme “Here Comes The Sun,” with a definite...
    The Otter Tail County Courthouse was completed in 1922, three years after a cyclone struck Fergus Falls and destroyed the old courthouse
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    OT County historic courthouse undergoes energy ...

    The current Otter Tail County Courthouse, completed in 1922 just south of downtown Fergus Falls,...

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    The current Otter Tail County Courthouse, completed in 1922 just south of downtown Fergus Falls,...
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    JoAnn Westby (1977), Bonnie Hovland (1976), and Terry Glaesman (1976) pose for a picture during “plaid day” during Homecoming Week. Girls generally escaped nicknames but migrated happily between clans. 𝖢𝖺𝗆𝗉𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖩𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆—𝗮𝗻𝗱...
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    Maybe it was the right mix of people with a shared lack of restraint. Our recreational choices probably contributed. But there was a period in...
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Lida six decades ago 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟓 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝖲𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝖫𝗂𝖽𝖺 𝖳𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖣𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝖧𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽...
    May 8, 2025
    Sixty-one years ago on May 5, 1964, one of the most devastating storms ever to strike the Pelican Rapids area occurred. The storm destroyed many...
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    May 8, 2025

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    Zion Lutheran Church of Amor Pastor Chris Mathiason, left, and church member Gary Harrington hold a display of the seven newspapers in Otter Tail County which ran the story about Pastor Chris and pastor shortages in rural America. 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗒𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗇...
    May 8, 2025
    Being successful in attracting a pastor to a church in a rural area is challenging these days. Such was the case for Zion Lutheran Church of Amor...
    MnDOT encourages schools, communities to join Bike to School Day May 7
    May 8, 2025
    Thousands of Minnesota students are gearing up for Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 7, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation encourages more schools to get...
    Small businesses invited to federal contracting event
    May 8, 2025
    The Minnesota District Office of the Small Business Administration will host a free event on federal contracting for small businesses on May 22, 2025, from 2 to 4 p.m. at...
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    NOTICE
    May 8, 2025
    City crews will be conducting the semi-annual hydrant flushing beginning Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. with completion by 3:00 p.m. The alternate date will be May 25,...
    Upcoming Pelican Rapids Schools Performances
    May 3, 2025
    VES Art Party-Thursday, April 24, from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at the Public LibraryCelebrating our Uniqueness (Kindergarten) – Friday, April 25 at 2:00 p.m. at the Fine Arts...
    Classifieds
    AUCTION: Lakes Area Online Only Consignment Auction
    May 2, 2025
    AUCTION: Lakes Area Online Only Consignment Auction!  Auction Opens Wed., May 28 and Closes Wed., June 4. Located at our facility between Frazee and Perham along Hwy 10....
    FOR SALE: 2012 Mercedes E350
    May 2, 2025
    FOR SALE:  2012 Mercedes E350, one owner-  37,111 miles, garage kept. $15,000 OBO. Call Tim at (832)585-4871.
    Local
    Pelican girls golf team hosts home meet; Gravalin 7th
    May 8, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids girls golf team hosted a Heart of Lakes conference meet at Birchwood Golf Course April 29. All ten HOL teams, composed of 53 golfers, braved chilly...
    Seniors from out of town will pay $5 for ticket at Pelican games
    May 8, 2025
    If you’re an out-of-town senior citizen, attending a Pelican Rapids High School sporting event on turf or on court—you will pay the price.  Seniors have enjoyed free...
    Work was in progress on Highway 59 on the north end of Pelican Rapids Monday morning, April 28. 𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟖 𝖧𝗐𝗒 𝟧𝟫 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗂𝗇...
    May 8, 2025
    The 2025 Pelican Rapids Complete Streets Project is currently underway...It has been approximately 6 months since the season shifted from autumn to...
    Obituaries
    Dennis Splittgerber
    May 8, 2025
    Dennis Splittgerber, 85, of Erhard, died Sunday, May 4, 2025. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 9, 2025 at Tonseth Lutheran Church, rural Erhard, MN, with visitation...
    Carol Ann (Peterson) Musselman Carol Ann (Peterson) Musselman
    May 8, 2025
    Carol Ann (Peterson) Musselman, 81 passed away on Sunday, April 20th. She was born in Pelican Rapids, MN on October 13th, 1943 to Ingemar and...
    Delores J. Peterson Delores J. Peterson
    May 3, 2025
    Delores Jane Peterson, age 88, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2025.Delores was born on March 4, 1937, in Pelican Rapids, MN, to...
    Opinions
    May is the month to honor the military and mothers—with five...
    May 8, 2025
    With one week of May already swallowed up by “Ole’ Man Time,” we continue to look ahead to the busy month of May and all the appointments that are offered to each of us.May...
    𝙅𝒖𝙨𝒕 𝑳𝙤𝒐𝙠 𝙐𝒑!! 𝐼𝘵’𝘴 𝘌𝑎𝘳𝑡𝘩 𝘔𝑜𝘯𝑡𝘩, 𝑏𝘶𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑝𝘳𝑜𝘣𝑙𝘦𝑚 𝑖𝘴—𝘸𝑒 𝑘𝘦𝑒𝘱...
    May 3, 2025
    The movie “Don’t Look Up!” was the second most-watched movie on Netflix, but critics were divided. In case you missed it, it was a star-studded black satire about an...
    A little tree humor — just in time for Arbor Day
    May 3, 2025
    Arbor Day is a day annually dedicated on the last Friday of April for public tree-planting in the United States and several other countries around the world, and this year,...
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    Public Notices
    PELICAN RAPIDS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES April 8, 2025
    May 8, 2025
    Call to OrderMayor Frazier called the regular City Council meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in Council Chambers, City Hall.Roll Call of Members:...
    Star Lake TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING
    May 8, 2025
    The Star Lake Township residents please be advised that the monthly board meeting will now be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m., beginning May 14,...
    State of Minnesota County of Otter Tail
    May 3, 2025
    Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statute 394.26 NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Otter Tail County Board of Adjustment in the...
    Sports
    𝙊𝙖𝙠 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍...
    May 8, 2025
    The boys' and girls' track and field teams competed at the Darwin Gorder Maroon & White Invitational hosted by Oak Grove at Concordia College. Tuesday's meet proved to...
    Pelican girls golf team hosts home meet; Gravalin 7th
    May 8, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids girls golf team hosted a Heart of Lakes conference meet at Birchwood Golf Course April 29. All ten HOL teams, composed of 53 golfers, braved chilly...
    Viking elementary, junior high track kids in spotlight for Ki...
    May 8, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids Viking Elementary Track & Field Club athletes started practices in April. The Viking Pre-K 6th graders will conclude their...
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