The older I get, the more I wish I had paid attention to the naturalist writers of America’s 19th century 35 years ago in Mr. Hassler’s literature...

As a homeowner, as a renter, as a business owner, as a manufacturer, as a farmer, as an employee, there are certain items on which we are most...

Minnesota recorded 549 firearm deaths in 2025, a slight decline from 564 deaths in 2024, according to a new analysis released today by Protect Minnesota. While firearm...

75 years ago, July 12, 1951• Otter Tail Power To Rebuild Its Distribution SystemThe Otter Tail Power Co. has been making plans for the reconstruction of its distribution...

Confession: I have not been following the World Cup at all, but a friend of mine, who apparently knows exactly what kind of nonsense gets me excited, sent me a highlight...

What is enough for one person probably isn’t enough for the next person. As humans, we are all wired a little differently. Sometimes the traits of...

Oh, I read the headlines just like everyone else does.I hear the news reports about the epic rise in our feelings of loneliness, our move toward...

How 19th-century railroad tactics that led to a dead-end line in Pelican Rapids live on in Minnesota’s broadband warsEditor’s Note: I set out to...

Election season is here, and with it comes one of the more interesting parts of running a community newspaper: The Opinion Page.We genuinely love...

A quarter-millennium, a grand embrace,Two hundred fifty years in this expansive space.From thirteen stars, a flag that caught the breeze,To fifty strong, from mountains to...

Reader reflects on article about Depression-era work programsI enjoyed reading Tom Hintgen’s article about the CCC camps (June 18 edition of The Press) in Minnesota. There...

75 years ago, July 5, 1951• Fatal Car Accident North of Erhard Sunday MorningThree young men of Fergus Falls were on their way to Pelican Rapids...

Food is defined as a substance consumed to provide nutritional support, maintain life, and promote growth. All are good and true, but just think...

It was 7:15 p.m… Already 15 minutes late.But no more people were wandering in.Michael, our gracious and gifted musician who volunteered months ago...

When Edgar Galvan, the director of Ballet Folklorico Mexico Azteca, took the microphone at Sherin Memorial Park on June 20, the emotion in his...