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The audience usually includes a strong group of regular concert goers, concert series ticket holders and newer faces who have seen a show or two. Some are from town and some travel a ways to see the entertaining s… Read more Paying it forward: Concert turns into chain of kind acts Featured Three injured in crash near Bluffton 11 hrs ago Walz Weekly Roundup — May 4-11, 2024 13 hrs ago School board addresses FF community May 10, 2024 ’And you get one, and you get one’: ISD 544 recipient of YST grant Updated May 10, 2024 Top Story Paying it forward: Concert turns into chain of kind acts 16 hrs ago Going to a concert at A Center for the Arts is a great treat for music lovers. The audience usually includes a strong group of regular concert goers, concert series ticket holders and newer faces who have seen a show or two. Some are from town and some travel a ways to see the entertaining s… Contact Us: 218-736-7511 More Headlines Knights golfers clinch WCC Conference Championship Canes move to 2-0 with road win Sigrid Linda Rivington 1947-2024 Warrants Bacon brunch ring Read, renew, repeat Did you know? Subscribe Featured Three injured in crash near Bluffton 11 hrs ago The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Minnesota State Patrol with traffic control following a serious crash that injured three near Bluffton. Walz Weekly Roundup — May 4-11, 2024 13 hrs ago Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan celebrated the Governor’s Fishing Opener on Lake Pepin in Lake City as well as signing a bill into law that will strengthen consumer protections for ticket buye… School board addresses FF community May 10, 2024 To the residents of Fergus Falls School District 544: ’And you get one, and you get one’: ISD 544 recipient of YST grant Updated May 10, 2024 It was recently announced that the Fergus Falls School District is set to receive a $100,000 grant through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Youth Skills Training (YST) program. Featured Three injured in crash near Bluffton 11 hrs ago Walz Weekly Roundup — May 4-11, 2024 13 hrs ago School board addresses FF community May 10, 2024 ’And you get one, and you get one’: ISD 544 recipient of YST grant Updated May 10, 2024 Submit Your Story Idea We’re always interested in hearing about news in our community. Let us know what’s going on! Go to form Accounting Services The Pelican Valley Area Catholic Community, (ACC) which Executive Director of Program Operations, Stewardship, and Communications The Pelican Surveillance Officer Paralegal/Legal Assistant View all job listingsLocal News Paying it forward: Concert turns into chain of kind acts Thompson resigns School board addresses FF community ’And you get one, and you get one’: ISD 544 recipient of YST grant State-of-the-art cancer center breaks ground in Wadena READ MOREState & Regional Walz Weekly Roundup — May 4-11, 2024 Mobile asphalt facility fined for air permit violations Trailers Need Lights Freedom to Debate: NYM Great American Think Off Finalists Named Walz Weekly Roundup — April 29-May 3, 2024 READ MORECrime, Courts & Emergencies Three injured in crash near Bluffton Warrants Fatal farm accident in rural Parkers Prairie From the Record April 30-May 6, 2024 Unconventional Path: Police Departments are Using Creative Ways to Recruit READ MORERead More Sports News Sports Sports Sigrid Linda Rivington 1947-2024 Sigrid Linda (Branstead) Rivington, age 76, resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on January 31, 2024, at her residence near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. Sports Canes move to 2-0 with road win By Carl Hauser Daily Journal Media In their first road game of the 2024 season, on May 11, the Fergus Falls Hurricanes rallied for a 5-1 victory over the Alexandria Black Sox. Sports Knights golfers clinch WCC Conference Championship By Kraig Hunter For Daily Journal Media The West Central Area boys golf team finished second at Montevideo, on May 13, to earn 59 points for the season (Five firsts, two seconds and one fourth in the conference). The conference awards eight points each meet for first, seven for second and so on. Team season standings were WCA 59, … Sports An ode to my dear friend By Carl Hauser From the lounge This isn’t necessarily a sports column, but a remembrance of a friend I grew up playing sports with. Sports Fergus softball falls in extra innings By Devonie Smith For Daily Journal Media It was a tough loss for the Fergus Falls Otters softball team as they lost in the 8th inning 11-7 to the Brainerd Warriors, on May 9. READ MORELifestyle Bacon brunch ring May 12, 2024 This brunch recipe will become a favorite! It is perfect for gatherings, houseguests or give it a try for Mother’s Day. Read, renew, repeat May 11, 2024 Picture this. A raccoon and a seed meet in a garbage can. Raccoon, hungry and in search of cheeseburgers, plants seed in hopes of growing a cheeseburger plant (of course). An unlikely friendship is formed as they wait and see what seed will become. Monica Arnaldo’s book, Are You a Cheesebur… Did you know? May 11, 2024 May 20 is World Bee Day. Celebrate. Go buy a jar of honey. Bees pollinate 75% of all the fruits, vegetables and nuts grown in the U.S. There are 20,000 different species of bees but only eight of them produce honey. This may put you off honey, but the nectar bees gather is vomited up several… featured ’The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’ by Shannon Chakraborty May 8, 2024 First published in hardcover format early in 2023, "The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi" is a fantasy that occurs 1,000 years prior to author Shannon Chakraborty’s bestselling "City of Brass" series. Opinion Columnists The day they tried corn By Jill Pertler Slices of Life May 11, 2024 It was a serious day in the garden. Various vegetables gathered to witness the much anticipated criminal fraud case against corn. Corn had filed a countersuit claiming defamation of character and vegetative discrimination. These historic proceedings would hopefully answer the question plagui… Columnists Be part of something bigger than yourself By Karrie Carlson Midwest Mixtape May 11, 2024 From the time we are...