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    Public Acknowledgments Monthly ‘shout outs’ offered at Pelican...
    December 24, 2025
    At the monthly meeting of the Pelican Rapids School Board, individuals and teams that have had an impact on the school community that month are highlighted.December Shout...
    Varsity Girls Minn. National Bank holiday tourney set in Pelican Dec. 29-30
    December 24, 2025
    Get ready for the Minnesota National Bank Boys and Girls Varsity holiday tournament set in Pelican Rapids on Dec. 29-30!

    Pelican girls take control to out-score Mahnomen-Waubun: Hovland,...
    December 24, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids girls basketball team put together a dominant first half and then held steady down the stretch to earn a 78–56 nonconference girls basketball victory...
    City office sells Pelican Bucks, local swag to support local...
    December 24, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has established a new physical location where residents can buy Pelican Bucks and Chamber merchandise....

    Lady Vikings fall to rival DGF
    December 24, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids girls basketball team made the trip to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School Dec. 19 for a Heart O’ Lakes Conference matchup with the Rebels, but the...
    PJ Breen Press Special Correspondent and his family. A Christmas story Thanks to the Pelican school ‘store,’ high...
    December 24, 2025
    With pride in his eyes, a high school senior told his teacher he had gotten a job. He was beaming, and now his teacher was, as well. Pelican Rapids...

    Mason and Cassie Bakken with their 14-month-old daughter Tomi at Thanksgiving.­­­­­ Pelican community rallies for family with newborn twins in...
    December 24, 2025
    Mason and Cassie Bakken were expecting twins and thrilled about welcoming two more children to their family. But at 18 weeks of pregnancy, Cassie...

    Pictured from left: Ryan Huseby, Warren Forsgren (Scout), Corbin Steuber (Scout),  Wyatt Haiby, and Brian Borgen 

PHOTO COURTESY LARYSSA NELSON Cub Scouts brave snow to thank firefighters at Pelican Fire Hall
    December 24, 2025
    Two years after re-vitalizing the Scouts programs in Pelican, the Scouts continue to volunteer their time in fun, festive waysEven as snow blew and...

    Pelican’s ‘The Youths’ decorate cookies, get ready for shifts at...
    December 24, 2025
    Pelican Rapids group The Youths gathered Sunday, December 21, to decorate cookies and chill to some holiday tunes at Pelican Rapids High School....

    Rev. Devlyn Brooks Beauty of Christmas amidst everyday chaos
    December 24, 2025
    Comfortably slumped in an uncomfortable wooden chair, listening to the four young adults joyfully singing Christmas carols in the corner of the...

    What Christmas in Pelican area is all about—even in times of hardship
    December 24, 2025
    You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry, you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. What a grand old tune.Suddenly, out of nowhere, the...
    Cub Scout Pack 313 at the Christmas party held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. Cub Scouts generate high popcorn sales, all Cubmaster gets is a pie...
    December 24, 2025
    Cub Scout Pack 313, led by Scoutmaster Colby Forsgren, visited the Pelican Rapids Fire Department on Dec. 18 to present Trail’s End popcorn on...

    What is the historical background of our beloved Santa Claus? 
Learn about  the religious figure who cared for the 
poor and the children in the earliest times of Christianity...
The original Jolly Old St. Nick The real St. Nicholas and third-century bishop who inspired Santa...
    December 24, 2025
    Long before the red suit, reindeer, white beard, and the North Pole, the story of Santa Claus began with a real-life bishop whose quiet generosity...

    Pelican’s Miguel Torres scored 20 points against Henning Dec. 20. Pelican Rapids, Henning face off
    December 24, 2025
    Top ten state ranked teams take court at Concordia; Viking boys come up short It was a big test for the Pelican Rapids boys basketball squad Dec....

    View the Viking Elementary School student's letters to Santa they wrote and dropped in The Press mailbox at Peteyville that we will deliver to St. Nick for free. ℒℯ𝓉𝓉ℯ𝓇𝓈 𝓉ℴ 𝒮𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶: Viking Elementary Students
    December 18, 2025
    It has been a beloved tradition for The Press to collect Letters to Santa from Viking Elementary students for many years to publish for the Big...

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