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    The main parade route, which starts at 11 a.m.

    ๐‹๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ... ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—Œ โ€˜๐—†๐–บ๐—„...

    On July 14, 1958, an American singing group called โ€œThe Jamiesโ€ released a one-hit wonder called...

    ๐‹๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ... ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—Œ โ€˜๐—†๐–บ๐—„...
    On July 14, 1958, an American singing group called โ€œThe Jamiesโ€ released a one-hit wonder called...
    About 50 demonstrators participated in the  Pelican Rapids rally July 3.  Most of the group was from the greater Pelican area, but a number joined the event from outside the area. 

PHOTOS BY LOUIS HOGLUND

    ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ...๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ...๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ...

    Twas the night before Independence Day, 2025, and all through downtown Pelican Rapids, the...

    ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ...๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ...๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ...
    Twas the night before Independence Day, 2025, and all through downtown Pelican Rapids, the...

    ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต...

    โ€œBlooming Banners by Budding Artistsโ€™โ€ will be on display for Pelican Fest.ย The banners were...

    ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต...
    โ€œBlooming Banners by Budding Artistsโ€™โ€ will be on display for Pelican Fest.ย The banners were...
    Photographer Drago Nemec is displaying images of his photopography and digital art in downtown Pelican Rapids 
this summer.  
Pictured are a few storefront windows that feature his work, which was made possible by a grant promoting Main Street art.

    ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ: ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐—‰๐—๐—ˆ๐—๐—ˆ-๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—€๐—‚๐—๐–บ๐—… ๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐—Œ๐— ๐–ฝ...

    A Pelican Rapids photographer, who immigrated from war-ravaged central Europe nearly 30 years...

    ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ: ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐—‰๐—๐—ˆ๐—๐—ˆ-๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—€๐—‚๐—๐–บ๐—… ๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐—Œ๐— ๐–ฝ...
    A Pelican Rapids photographer, who immigrated from war-ravaged central Europe nearly 30 years...
    Erhard Mayor Gary Stadum, pictured here in full Independence Day regalia, prepares to line up for the townโ€™s 2025 edition of its July 4th parade. Joining him aboard the parade unit was his grandson, Griffin Westby.  
Already, Stadum and his team of volunteers are looking ahead to 2026โ€”which will be the 50th anniversary ot the townโ€™s famous 4th of July festival. The first event was the nationโ€™s bicentennial year, 1976.

    ๐„๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐›๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ...

    If you would like to help sponsor the booster page, please call 218-863-1421 or email...

    ๐„๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐›๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ...
    If you would like to help sponsor the booster page, please call 218-863-1421 or email...
    Pictured is Raina Heruth, reading a copy of the Pelican Rapids Press June 13, while relaxing above a waterfall in Bali, Indonesia.
A 1996 Pelican graduate, Heruth is a school psychologist in northern Minnesota. She was on vacation at a women's retreat in Indonesia.

    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...
    Sisters Phoebe and Naomi Peter with Ikkran Mohamed during their community action project presentation where they expressed a desire for more safe and welcoming spaces for teen youth in Pelican Rapids, and what they hope to do about it.

    Pelican Rapids Youth Seek Change: More events, ...

    With the proposed youth center at the Bridge Center not projected to open until nearly 2028,...

    Pelican Rapids Youth Seek Change: More events, ...
    With the proposed youth center at the Bridge Center not projected to open until nearly 2028,...
    Ella Schleske

    ๐™ป๐š˜๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š• ๐š ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š˜ ๐š™๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐šŠ๐š–๐š˜๐šž๐šœ, ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š•๐š‹๐š•๐šŠ๐šฃ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š–...

    Call it a summer, Minnesota, lake country style โ€œDinner Theater,โ€ coming during Pelican Fest on...

    ๐™ป๐š˜๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š• ๐š ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š˜ ๐š™๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐šŠ๐š–๐š˜๐šž๐šœ, ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š•๐š‹๐š•๐šŠ๐šฃ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š–...
    Call it a summer, Minnesota, lake country style โ€œDinner Theater,โ€ coming during Pelican Fest on...
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    Trevor Steeves Retired fire chief Trevor Steeves parade grand marshal
    July 10, 2025
    Pelican Rapids will honor Trevor Steeves as the 2025 Pelican Fest Grand Marshal, recognizing his years of service and leadership across the...
    The main parade route, which starts at 11 a.m. ๐‹๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ... ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—Œ โ€˜๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐–พ๐—… ๐—‹๐—‚๐—€๐—๐— ๐–บ๐—...
    July 10, 2025
    On July 14, 1958, an American singing group called โ€œThe Jamiesโ€ released a one-hit wonder called โ€œSummertime, Summertime,โ€ a catchy, feel-good pop...
    Printed Paper Online
    July 10, 2025

    Area
    ๐——๐—ก๐—ฅ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ...
    July 11, 2025
    In partnership with over 200 libraries and bookmobiles across the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is expanding the popular library park pass program,...
    Erhard bike winners
    July 11, 2025
    Drawing winners for a pair of bicycles at the Erhard 4th of July celebration were these lucky girls: Abigail Albertson, Fergus Falls, and Jade...
    New Maplewood campground for horse-riders under consideration
    July 11, 2025
    A new horse camp, tailored to the Maplewood State Parkโ€™s many equestrian visitors, is being considered.ย Bill Anderson, the Maplewood State Park Manager, has initiated a...
    Larry's
    Local
    Maplewood Park all terrain chair at Pelican Fest events
    July 11, 2025
    Pelican Fest visitors will have an opportunity to โ€œtest driveโ€ a track chair, thanks to Maplewood State Park and the Minn. Department of Natural...
    โ€˜Press Play Pelicanโ€™ is youth, teen event July 10 for Pelican Fest
    July 11, 2025
    An event for area teens will help launch three days of Pelican Fest activities on July 10, as the Pelican Area Lions Club hosts a music event by...
    Hannah Kempfer, in 1936, and Beth Monke, who will portray Kempfer in an original drama on July 12, 2 p.m., in downtown Pelican Rapids. Hannah Kempfer represented the Pelican-Fergus Falls-Maplewood area as one of the stateโ€™s first woman legislators.  
By a quirk of history, Beth Monke served the Tonseth Lutheran Church the past year as an interim pastorโ€”the rural Tonseth church is right in Kempferโ€™s โ€œhometownโ€ of Edwards. The two women have something of a connection, despite the span of nearly a century. Kempfer died in 1943, long before Monke was born. Kempfer is buried in the Tonseth Lutheran church cemetery. ๐–ถ๐–พ ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—…๐–ฝ ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–บ ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐— ๐—…๐–บ๐—๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ ๐—…๐—‚๐—„๐–พ ๐–ง๐–บ๐—‡๐—‡๐–บ๐— ๐–ช๐–พ๐—†๐—‰๐–ฟ๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—’๐—Œ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ...
    July 11, 2025
    I have been thinking a lot lately about Hannah Kempfer. I mentioned her in my January article: the first female legislator from rural Minnesota,...
    Obituaries
    Crystalyn Rooney
    July 11, 2025
    Crystalyn (Crystie Nelson) Rooney passed away on October 10, 2024.Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, July 13 at 2:00p.m. at North Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural...
    Patricia "Pat" Marie
Svare Patricia "Pat" Marie Svare
    July 11, 2025
    Patricia "Pat" Marie Svare passed away on July 1, 2025 at Sanford Hospice House after a battle with cancer.Patricia Marie Neu was born on March 22,...
    John Doppler John Doppler
    July 11, 2025
    John Patrick Doppler, age 81, of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 4, 2025. He was born on November 12, 1943, in...
    Opinions
    Hannah Kempfer, in 1936, and Beth Monke, who will portray Kempfer in an original drama on July 12, 2 p.m., in downtown Pelican Rapids. Hannah Kempfer represented the Pelican-Fergus Falls-Maplewood area as one of the stateโ€™s first woman legislators.  
By a quirk of history, Beth Monke served the Tonseth Lutheran Church the past year as an interim pastorโ€”the rural Tonseth church is right in Kempferโ€™s โ€œhometownโ€ of Edwards. The two women have something of a connection, despite the span of nearly a century. Kempfer died in 1943, long before Monke was born. Kempfer is buried in the Tonseth Lutheran church cemetery. ๐–ถ๐–พ ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—…๐–ฝ ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–บ ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐— ๐—…๐–บ๐—๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ ๐—…๐—‚๐—„๐–พ ๐–ง๐–บ๐—‡๐—‡๐–บ๐— ๐–ช๐–พ๐—†๐—‰๐–ฟ๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—’๐—Œ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ...
    July 11, 2025
    I have been thinking a lot lately about Hannah Kempfer. I mentioned her in my January article: the first female legislator from rural Minnesota,...
    Roadway deaths in 1925 may be among earliest drunk driving...
    July 11, 2025
    100 years ago, July 9, 1925โ€ข Two Men Killed In Auto AccidentReports were spread Sunday that two men were killed in an automobile accident on the Babcock Road, No. 30, near...
    Until we stop focusing on policies for โ€˜nowโ€™ we will be sacrificing...
    July 11, 2025
    I read Kim Pedersonโ€™s column in the July 3 Pelican Rapids Press (1975, 2025 have eerie echoes for Baby Boomers.)Iโ€™m a bit older than Kim, born in 1948, but I guess Iโ€™m...
    Public Notices
    Lida TOWNSHIP Notice of Order for Hearing on Town Road Mapping
    July 10, 2025
    TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the town board of the Town of Lida, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, will hold a public hearing at the Lida Town Hall at...
    Norwegian Grove TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF MONTHLYโ€ˆMEETING
    July 3, 2025
    Notice is hereby given, Norwegian Grove Township will have its monthly meeting on Thursday, July 10, 2025 beginning at 6:00 pm at the town hall. Jane Knorr,ย Clerk7-3-c
    Sports
    Minnesota DNR invites people to share pheasant and turkey observations
    July 11, 2025
    Minnesotans are encouraged to report observations of ring-necked pheasants and wild turkeys in a citizen science effort by the Minnesota Department of Natural...
    Post 17 drops low scoring game to DGF
    July 11, 2025
    The Orange Sox traveled to Dilworth July 1 to take on DGF Post 397 and came up on the wrong side of a 4-0 contest.ย Defense was the deciding factor in the game, as Pelican...
    Pelican Sox down rival Barnesville 10-4
    July 11, 2025
    Pelican Rapids Legion Post 17 took on Barnesville Post 153 on Wednesday, July 2, on a scorching evening with temperatures in the 90s. The Orange Sox's hot bats matched the...
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