Also awarded for advertising, hard news, photography The Pelican Rapids Press was honored for its online website, taking first place in its class at the 2019 Minnesota Newspaper Association  contest. The Press website, which was re-designed just over a year ago, was ranked by independent, out-of-state newspaper judges as the best site among newspapers in… Read More

Shows are opportunity to remind public of fundraising campaign for ‘Hear the Arts’ Our applause to the cast and crew who staged the delightful comedy “Bedtime Stories” as the fall Pelican Rapids High School theater production–and director Kathryn Anderson, in her second year on the Pelican faculty.  The script was hilarious, and the students did… Read More

American Legion, VFW stress importance of remembering those who served in Armed Forces Veterans Day, the annual time for remembering the end of World War I and the brave Americans who served in the “war to end all wars,” also draws from the news headlines of the day. “What we now call ‘Veterans Day’ began as… Read More

It’s all over but the voting and counting. Election 2018, at the local and area level, has been one of the most active in recent memory. With an Otter Tail County sheriff race for essentially the fist time in more than 15 years (Kile Bergren and Barry Fitzgibbons); combined with a spirited county board match-up between Jeff Gontarek and Wayne Johnson;… Read More

Pelican area veterans, and their escorts, take the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. Two area veterans enjoyed a trip to remember, as part of the most recent Honor Flight to Washington D.C. World War II era veteran Elroy Backstrom and Korean era veteran Chester Trites, joined a party of more than 150 Sept. 30- Oct. 1. “He loved being there the entire time…it… Read More