For second year, Pelican’s Lady Vikings stop Otters for Section championship The Pelican Rapids girls basketball team retained their Section 8AA Crown and a return trip to the Minnesota State Girls Basketball Tournament following a 52-46 championship game victory March 25 over Fergus Falls at Perham high school.  It was a repeat of a year ago when… Read More

Governor to angle the ‘County of 1,000 Lakes’ The Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener to be held May 13-15, 2021 in Otter Tail County is only weeks away. Otter Tail County was scheduled to host the event in 2020, however the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 public health crisis.  The mission remains the same, to put… Read More

Lady Vikings victorious over Fergus Falls for second straight year, earning trip to state tourney Grandstands half empty, the pandemic lowered the temp and reduced the fever of March Madness–somewhat.  Pelican Rapids basketball fans were fewer in number—but as loud and proud as ever March 25. The Lady Vikings stunned the Fergus Falls Otters for the second consecutive… Read More

By Steve Frendin, Special Correspondent  One of the most glorious seasons  in the history of the program came to a somber end March 30, as the Pelican Rapids Lady Vikings were stopped cold by the Albany Huskies.   The Vikings barely broke into double digits, as Albany shut down Pelican’s high-scoring Greta Tollefson—who has averaged 18 points… Read More