From multi-million dollar sewer and street projects and dam demolitions to nuisance cat and dog complaints—two city councilmen who have seen it all...

The quest for lifeguards is on, to watch over the new Pelican Rapids swimming pool and aquatic center. An aquatic instructor is being recruited, and the city is working...

The sting of a hefty tax increase was reduced by the Pelican Rapids City Council last week, with budget and levy approval that was 6 percent lower than earlier projected....

Three new economic development opportunities may open up in the next few months in Pelican Rapids.  The city’s industrial park, on the northwest side of town, was...

Immigration has been a central focus since—and before—the election. Amid many speculations and mixed emotions, a clear understanding of the immigration system, and...

Uncertain about your youngster’s future in music? Just wait ‘til next season... and the next few years...as their playing vastly improves No...

Public service is defined as a service that is intended to address the needs of a public entity such as a township, school, city, county, state, or...

Like every holiday season, St. Leonard’s in Pelican Rapids fills its church pews—front to back, side to side, for the “Our Lady of Guadalupe...

A new library director and a new police officer were among the staff additions approved on Dec. 10 by the Pelican Rapids City Council.  The library director position had...

A $16.4 million budget proposed by the Pelican Rapids School District will produce a tax increase of less than 2 percent for properties in the district. The levy payable in...

For 125 years, folks have been reading the Press in Pelican Rapids, the farm, lakes area ... and beyond!  The Pelican Rapids Press is celebrating...

Can I please have a magical wand because I have been a big sister teaching Esperanza how to be a helper. I read books to her and I teach her...

Like daughter, like mother—two area women have followed the same path, to a secluded church parish situated next to a quiet, wooded Otter Tail...

100 years ago, December 18, 1924• A Fine DebateThe high school debate between three Fergus Falls debaters and three from Pelican Rapids took place.The subject was resolved,...

The Rapid Readers book club invites new members to join their monthly meetings at the library, held on the second Wednesday of each month at 11 a.m. The club’s latest...