𝐀 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝖢𝗋𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖫𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺’𝗌 𝖩𝗂𝗆 𝖧𝖾𝗍𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝖾𝖽 ‘𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍’ 𝖶𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝖶𝖺𝗋 𝖨𝖨𝖨 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖠𝗋𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖦𝖾𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒, 𝟣𝟫𝟨𝟥

by Jim Hetland Guest Contributor

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Jim Hetland in Army
uniform, early 1960s.

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𝖭𝖸 𝖳𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌 𝗂...

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Decked out for the holidays,
horse-wagon teams parade
through Pelican Nov. 29

𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑹...𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝖫𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝖫𝗎𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋...

Pelican Rapids Press reader Jan (Jaeger) was inspired to write after reading Brent Frazier’s column about memorable school bus drivers.
Pictured here, Russel Knutson—early driver and bus company owner-operator.

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Rick West, a former Otter Tail County Public Works Director; Commissioner Wayne Johnson; County Highway Engineer Krysten Foster.

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Erhard decked out for Santa visit Dec. 14

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