Otter Tail County, home to 1048 lakes, is hosting the 2020 Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener May 7 -10. One of the goals of the event will be to highlight the lakes in the county, so anglers from all over are encouraged to fish any body of water in Otter Tail County during the event. Media,… Read More

On January 28 the Pelican Rapids Vikings matmen put a scare into the seventh ranked Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale-Parkers Prairie Raiders.   At one point the Vikings were down by 14 points.   The scrappy Vikings then won five of the next seven matches to be within one point 25-24.    Wrestler of the Meet was Jed Carlson.   “Even though he… Read More

The Pelican Rapids girls basketball team started off the three game week with Thief River Falls at home on Monday night.  The Vikings defeated the Prowlers 53-31.   “Thief River Falls was a strong physical team and we did a nice job attacking the basket against their strong defense,” said coach Brian Korf.   The Vikings jumped… Read More

On Feb 1. the lady Vikings traveled to Moorhead high school to play the Pirates from Crookston in the Heart O’ Lakes Showcase.   The Vikings defeated the Pirates 32-27.  “This was a good win for our girls against a very good section team,” said Coach Korf.   In the first half, the Vikings scored 11 points but… Read More

On Thursday night, the lady Vikings hosted the Nuggets from Hawley in a Heart O’ Lakes conference match-up.   Coming into the game, Pelican Rapids and Hawley were the top two teams in the conference.  The lady Vikings defeated Hawley 58-28.   “We played very hard for 36 minutes on both ends of the court tonight,” said… Read More