Let it be known: The Pelican Rapids “adult day care center” is again open for business.  After a long shutdown during the pandemic, the Pelican Rapids Pool Hall reopened April 1—and this was no April Fool’s Joke. The coffee was on by about 7 a.m., and many of the regular gang began shuffling in within the… Read More

Growing reserve funds are bolstering Pelican schools through pandemic—and beyond Cautiously optimistic, the Pelican Rapids School Board added staff, while still rebuilding reserve funds.  One full-time elementary school position will be added, next school year­–with the objective of lowering class sizes. With a predicted uptick in kindergarten enrollment, the move would realign teaching staff to reduce class… Read More

Dale Leingang known locally as gardener, good neighbor—who lived life on his own terms A classic 1960s father-son standoff over long hair brought Dale Leingang to the rural Pelican Rapids area 40 some years ago. In February, the “old hippie” died at age 70. Leingang was one of those local characters that lived an “off the beaten… Read More