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    Temperatures in the 20s and a brisk wind did not stop family and friends from cheering on former Viking football players, now Dragon athletes, at Scheels Field at Minnesota State University - Moorhead on Nov. 8. Parents, Eric and Amanda Guler, join their son, Timmy, on the field after the 44-20 win over the Jamestown Jimmies. Timmy is a red-shirt freshman and back-up quarterback for the Dragons. Pelican-Moorhead State connections: Former Pelican football...
    November 13, 2025
    Two former Pelican Rapids High School football teammates have reunited on the gridiron—this time at the college level.Nick Haugrud and Timmy Guler,...

    With deer hunting underway, here’s what you need to know
    November 13, 2025
    Camo-clad hunters are in the woods, hoping the rustle in the brush means venison steaks for dinner and a trophy buck on the wall.More than 400,000 hunters were expected for...
    Joe Erickson displays the 240-pound specimen he bagged in the Cormorant area during the opening weekend of deer hunting. Minnesota hunters see a rise in deer harvests this season
    November 13, 2025
    Congratulations! Deer hunters in Otter Tail County and nearby areas are off to a strong start this season, with more deer reported harvested than...

    Dissecting deer—in pursuit of Chronic Wasting Disease data at the Pelican Rapids station, Nov. 8 Pelican was the crossroads for vanquished deer Nov. 8-10
    November 13, 2025
    In the war against  Chronic Wasting Disease, deer casualties littered the Pelican school parking lot like aftermath at the battle of Gettysburg.It...

    Dan Bishop found this awesome picture of Bobby Vee at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion in 1959.
His mom took it at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion with her Polaroid camera. Pictured, Dick Dunkirk, Bobby Vee, Bill Velline, and Bob Korum.

Photo courtesy the “Detroit Lakes 50 - 60s Memories” social media site. Do You Remember When?
    November 13, 2025
    1959 photo of Bobby Vee is how many remember him when he performed lake country circuit.

    Pelican students had lively discussions about historic Bush v Gore...
    November 13, 2025
    100 years ago, November 12, 1925• Ernest Cowles Asphyxiated and Found Just in TimeA fatal case of asphyxiation was narrowly averted, when the unconscious body of Ernest...
    An unfounded report of a downed aircraft happened near Dent, east of Pelican Rapids, near Highway 108. “Ground zero” of the search area was the South Arm of Star, in the Krueger Loop and Starland Shore Drive neighborhoods. Star Lake’s Bermuda Triangle?
    November 13, 2025
    Unfounded aircraft crash report was one of most dramatic false alarms on record in lakes areaBy Louis Hoglund and Brian Burgess  As false alarms...

    DNR shot of Pheasant in a field. Pheasant hunting in full swing until January
    November 13, 2025
    Hunting season is underway in Minnesota, and enthusiasts can take to the field through Jan. 4, 2026. The Department of Natural Resources is...

    Talking teen literacy with U of M
    November 13, 2025
    New federal testing data shows that reading scores of teens in the U.S. are lower than they have been in decades. Lisa Von Drasek, curator of the Kerlan Collection of...
    Brian and Sally Kvebak Quick action,care at Essentia save lakes area man’s life following...
    November 13, 2025
    The evening of March 26, was like any other for 75-year-old Brian Kvebak, who was relaxing downstairs at his lakeside home near Battle Lake,...

    SNAP benefits still in flux Congress vote may be on horizon
    November 13, 2025
    The federal government shutdown continues, and one of the casualties is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits nationwide — including Minnesota...
    The pink Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon. Talking breast cancer with U of M
    November 13, 2025
    Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Minnesota women, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Dr. Stuart Bloom with the...

    Pastor Beth Monk and her husband reading the Pelican Rapids Press in Protugal. Reading the Pelican Press from Afar
    November 13, 2025
    Visiting Portugal recently, Grove Lake Lutheran Church Pastor Beth Monke and her husband, Dean, paused to check the local news while riding a cable...

    State Housing Tax Credit is game-changer for programs like Habitat...
    November 13, 2025
    Habitat’s most recent homeowner, Jessica Hed, was recently on the construction site helping to build her own home. She was amongst a group of seven volunteers that day. A...
    From Pelican Lake to the landfill to busy Hwy. 59, Pelican FD ...
    November 13, 2025
    From a burning trailer on the busy Highway 59 thoroughfare, to a flaming landfill container, the Pelican Rapids Volunteer Fire Department was on the move November 6 and...
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