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    The tomb of the 
Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery was one of many inspirational sights.  


PHOTO COURTESY 
JOE ERICKSON ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ.๐‚. ๐–ต๐—‚๐–พ๐—๐—‡๐–บ๐—†-๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ ๐—€๐—Ž๐—’๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—† ๐—€๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐—๐–พ๐—‹...
    October 9, 2025
    Two aircraft full of military veterans took flight to Washington, D.C. for another Honor Flight. Among the participants with connections to the...

    ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€
    October 9, 2025
    City residents and visitors faced a host of parking challenges during the recent construction. Now that the dust is settling and before the snow flies, city parking...
    Several of the Mennonite church officials, pictured at the Erhard city park during an early summer picnic. From left, Paul Miller, Amos Martin, Amos Petri, and Philip Weber. Martin is a bishop in the Mennonite church, who was visiting from Athens, Wisconsin. ๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ฌ๐–พ๐—‡๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—…๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ โ€˜๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐˜†...
    October 9, 2025
    Just as it has for more than a century, the greater Pelican Rapids area is welcoming new neighbors and friends.ย  The most recent emigrants come...

    With the east side of Highway 59 paved through Pelican Rapids, the switch was made, and traffic is now traveling freely on Highway 59. 

In addition, on the north end, crews are finishing up culvert replacements on County Road 9, and will focus on getting the road realignment completed at the intersection with 59. ๐๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐ ๐‡๐–๐˜ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™๐™—๐™ฎ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ 59!
    October 2, 2025
    A week without rain on a street construction project is a godsend, and it finally happened to our 2024-25 Pelican Rapids Complete Streets...

    A close-up of โ€œMercy,โ€ the miracle catโ€”who was struck by a car on Highway 59, expected to be euthanizedโ€”but sprang to life. ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ โ€˜๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜บโ€™ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ...
    October 2, 2025
    Weโ€™ve all heard that cats have nine lives. One of them is being enjoyed by a stray kitten, who was fortunately saved from death by a team that...

    A farm boy by upbringing, Cory Carlson has been back in the fieldโ€”raising a trophy pumpkin specimen for Pelicanโ€™s Oktoberfest. If you have any doubt about the enormity โ€”Cory displays a tiny golf ball for a sense of size and scale. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿค ๐—‡๐—‚๐—€๐—๐—๐—Œ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐—†๐—Ž๐—Œ๐—‚๐–ผ, ๐—‰๐—…๐—Ž๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—Ž๐—๐—Ž๐—†๐—‡...
    October 2, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids community is gearing up for its 28th annual Oktoberfest celebration, set for Oct. 9-11, with a full slate of events,...

    There will never be another 
Rudy Perpichโ€”an Iron Range minerโ€™s kid who 
grew up to become 
Minnesotaโ€™s top executive. ๐–ญ๐–พ๐— ๐–ป๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—„ ๐—๐—‚๐—€๐—๐—…๐—‚๐—€๐—๐—๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ฆ๐—ˆ๐—. ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—‹๐—‰๐—‚๐–ผ๐—โ€™๐—Œ ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐–พ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—Ž๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–ฌ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‡๐–พ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ...
    October 2, 2025
    Author Ben Scheirer will visit the Pelican Rapids Library on October 14 at 5 p.m. to talk about his new book, โ€œPerpich: A Minnesota Original.โ€ The...

    Bouldersโ€”and fence postsโ€”placed by a Pelican Lake property owner in the Broadwater Beach neighborhood are obstructions in the township's road right-of-way. The issue raised safety and snowplowing concerns for Scambler Township officialsโ€”as well as the Otter Tail Sheriffโ€™s Department.

PHOTO BY LOUIS HOGLUND ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—— ...๐–ฎ๐—‹ ๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ, ๐–ป๐—ˆ๐–บ๐—๐—Œ, ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—…๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ, ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐—...
    September 25, 2025
    Plowing snow around winding, narrow lakeshore roads is a delicate township choreโ€”while maneuvering the heaviest and clumsiest of equipment.ย Making...

    Royal couple for 2025
    September 25, 2025
    Seniors Morgan Korf and Jack Welch were crowned Pelican Rapids High School Homecoming royalty Sept. 12.The pair is pictured here following the...

    ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ...
    September 25, 2025
    Lake country cell phone reception should improveโ€”but nighttime landscapes will be a little brighter,ย  following approval of a new telecommunications tower. A public hearing...
    An accomplished athlete, both as a varsity runner and long jumperโ€”and a Minnesota state-recognized Special Olympics athleteโ€”Ryan Pourrier holds high his Pelican Rapids Hall of Fame plaque.

Among many accomplishments, He represented Minnesota at the national SO meet in 2001. 

โ€œRyan always exemplified the best in dedication, respect, commitment, and mutual support for other athletes,โ€ wrote Coach Wayne Woolever in his nomination of Pourrier. ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐–ฃ๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ๐–พ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿข๐Ÿค๐Ÿง ๐—€๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‰...
    September 25, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids Hall of Fame was enriched by a unique array of inductees for 2025โ€”from a state-recognized Special Olympian to a local legend who...

    Joan Jarvis-Ellison, left, and Childrenโ€™s Librarian Nanette Albright both shared stories of the impact their friend, the late Kathy Knuteson-Olson had on the library. 
Becky Hill hosted a table in her honor, featuring the book โ€œThe Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.โ€ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’†๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š | ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐—„๐–พ๐–พ๐—‰ ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹...
    September 25, 2025
    PHOTOS BY NICOLE WKI hadnโ€™t planned to stay for the Friends of the Pelican Rapids Library โ€œTablescapesโ€ luncheonย  September 20.ย Over the past few...

    ๐€ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐–ค๐—‹๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝโ€™๐—Œ ๐–ฆ๐—‹๐–บ๐–ผ๐–พ ๐–ซ๐—Ž๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ข๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐–ผ๐— ๐—๐—ˆ...
    September 25, 2025
    When Halvor Bagstevold donated two acres of land for a new church and cemetery, he probably never imagined that 150 years later, his legacy would...

    Making pies, Millie Ness and Jean Varholdtโ€”in preparation for the Grove Lake Lutheran Church Bazaarโ€”50 years since the first event in 1975. 
Grove hosts its bazaar Sept. 20, 9:30 to 1 p.m. ๐๐š๐ณ๐š๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง; ๐š๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก
    September 18, 2025
    Fifty years ago, the first Grove Lake Bazaar was held in the basement of the Grove Lake Lutheran Church. Previously, before this, the women held an...

    Chuck Krekelberg, pictured at the time of his retirement in late 2018. The Pelican Rapids attorney, with a four-decade legacy that continues today, died Sept. 11.

PRESS FILE PHOTO ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐Š๐ซ๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐  ๐– ๐—๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—‡๐–พ๐—’ ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐–ผ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–พ ๐—…๐–พ๐—€๐–บ๐–ผ๐—’ ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐— ๐–บ๐—€๐–พ ๐Ÿช๐Ÿข
    September 18, 2025
    Charles โ€œChuckโ€ Krekelberg, likely the longest-practicing local attorney in Pelican Rapids history, died last week at the age of 80.ย  ย ย For four...

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