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𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲

For the second year in a row, the Pelican Rapids boys basketball team qualified for the Minnesota State High School tournament. The title game was...

Pet goose Berry, stopped at the Pelican Rapids Public Library for a visit March 14—greeting library director Marie Schwirian when she arrived for work.

‘𝖡𝖾𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖦𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾’ 𝖺 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝗒𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝘆𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹...

A friendly Canada goose was the first customer at the Pelican Rapids Public Library, bright and early Friday morning, March 14.Seemingly unafraid...

Michelle Fischbach

U.S. Rep Fischbach seeks another term to represent Western...

Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach announced her campaign for another term as the Seventh District Representative. Fischbach was elected to Congress...

Pictured at the March 11 Dunn Township Board meeting: Seated, town clerk Sandy Tingelstad; Town Board member Adrian Lund and Barb Zahasky.
Mike Benson, Paul Lykken, Roger Stadum, Lund and Zahasky formed a committee to study a satellite fire station for closer proximity to the lakes area northeast of Pelican.

𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖? 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻...

Growing up to be a fireman has been a dream of kids for generations—until they grow up. When they become adult taxpayers, their firefighter dreams...

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝖮𝗌𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝗎𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌

Election 2026 is officially underway, with an early announcement of a candidate planning to run for Congress in northwestern Minnesota. Announcing...

Show off your business at ‘Showcase Pelican’

The Pelican Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Showcase Pelican Rapids event on Saturday, Mar. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to spotlight local and surrounding area...

Social media “Influencer” and businessman Jake Sherbrooke, far right, with a pair of his friends—joining Sherbrooke for his daily, morning splashes through the ice of Pelican Lake. Brian Rath, Lake Ida area, is at left, and Tyler Jacobson, center. Other regulars at the “ice hole” include Sam Baur, Cormorant.

𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝑰𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉...

Motorists along the northwest shore of Pelican Lake have encountered a daring crew of “Polar Plungers,” nearly every morning, usually before...

Michelle Fischbach

Fischbach in Otter Tail March 20 for meeting set by conservative group

U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach will outline her legislative priorities for rural America during a March 20 discussion at Thumper Pond in...

Rex refers to his girls as “Helicopter Daughters.” Rex’s wife Linda passed away in 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Team Linda, pictured here, is Stacy, Kim, Rex, and Kristy in a walk to defeat cancer.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚. 𝐎𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐡...𝐑𝐞𝐱. 𝖥𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾’𝗌...

Editor’s note: Retired Pelican Rapids High School basketball coach Rex Haugen has earned numerous honors for his remarkable coaching career. Last...

The first cover of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” in 1925 features the artwork of Francis Cugat. “Celestial Eyes,” the name of the painting, is inarguably one of the most recognizable book covers ever created.
If you want an original first-edition copy of the book, you’ll need Gatsby-level wealth. When sold with its original dust jacket, “The Great Gatsby” can be one of the most expensive rare books on the market.
The jacket art for Fitzgerald’s “Great American Novel” is one of the most famous book-cover designs of all time. But dust jackets get lost and are easily damaged. A first-edition “Gatsby” without the jacket might cost only a few thousand dollars. But a copy with a decent quality original jacket, with its unusual artwork, sold some years ago for $250,000. By one assessment, there may be only five Gatsby first-editions on the market that have their book jackets still intact.

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝔾𝕒𝕥𝕤𝕓𝕪 𝖦𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝖠𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅 𝖺 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧 ‘𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝖾’ 𝖺𝗍 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇...

Every few decades, there is another “Great Gatsby” awakening—as the distinctly All-American piece of literature again hits the big silver screen or...

An art depiction of what a fire station might appear at Dunn Township Hall.

The Dunn facility, located near Dunvilla, near the north end of Lake Lizzie, and
Lakeland General Store
neighborhood.

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭. 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐝𝐚, 𝐋𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐞, 𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧...

A satellite fire station in the heart of the lakes area northeast of Pelican Rapids has been proposed in Dunn Township. Improved emergency response...

This photo of swimmers on Lake Melissa
is believed to be dated 1910.

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧...𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧? 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒...

Even at a respectable wage of $17.50 an hour, the new aquatic center in Sherin Memorial Park still needs lifeguards. A lot of them.It’s hard to...

Council considers solar power for city hall, fire station, city...

A roof-top solar installation at the Pelican Rapids Liquor Store could pay for itself in less than thirty months. Lifetime electric bill savings are estimated at more than...

Area township annual meeting times outlined

‘Grassroots Government Day” is March 11 as town halls host annual meetings across Minnesota—including townships in the Pelican-West Otter Tail County area. Some townships...

Alex Sirovy is a 2023 U of M graduate, with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, and worked for the USDA-NRCS as a Soil Scientist for less than 10 months.
He was one of the many civil servants impacted by Trump’s federal workforce purge led by Elon Musk’s DOGE team.

𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧, 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝖲𝗈𝗂𝗅,...

February 27, 2025

Alex Sirovy, a Soil Scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) based in Breckenridge, was...

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