Traditional firing
Fergus Falls art teacher Peder Butenhoff pulls a vase from Kennedy Secondary School’s new raku kiln that uses traditional Japanese firing methods. Funding for the ... Read more
Editor's picks
Volunteers install new theater seating
A Center for the Arts will get a facelift. One of the more notable changes will be new theater seats, which made the journey all ... Read more

The Latest
VFW Ride for Healing stops in Fergus
The Department of Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars announces that Fergus Falls will be one of their “Rally Points” for the weeklong Ride For Healing. ... Read more
Catholic women plan 23rd annual fund day
All Catholic women in the St. Cloud Diocese are invited to the 23rd Annual Fun, Food and Fund Day, sponsored by the Diocesan Council of ... Read more
Architectural history of Fergus presented in program
A new video production on the architectural history of Fergus Falls will be presented on Tuesday, May 28, 7 p.m. at the Otter Tail County ... Read more
Mount Pleasant Cemetery tour is May 31
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery tour is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 31. High on hill overlooking Clitherall Lake is the resting place of many ... Read more
Blood mobile planned in Perham, New York Mills in mid June
To emphasize the importance of giving blood year-round, and timed with World Blood Donor Day on June 14, the American Red Cross encourages those eligible ... Read more
- Author to sign newest book featuring fictional local sheriff
- Concerts in the Park starting lineup
- Earl Nelson carvings featured at Kaddatz through May 31
- Decidedly Delicious Dressings for the Undecided Salad Lover
- All the right moves
- Fan bus to Twins game in August benefits hospice
- Shoreline ordinances still under revision | 1 comment
- Library sponsors bus trip to historic farm
- Local student’s work will be on display at Washington Capitol
- Battle Lakes’ Bleichner finalist for spirit award
- AgCountry Farm Credit Services awards scholarships
Sports
Fergus boys return to state: Otters claim back-to-back Section 6A titles
The Fergus Falls boys tennis team will be making their second consecutive trip to the State Class A tennis tournament after powering through New London-Spicer ... Read more
- Urlacher’s retirement may mark end of importance of middle linebackers
- Timberwolves unlucky in NBA draft lottery
- Fergus Falls’ Lausch medalist at The Pines
Record
Authorities arrest man for nudeness
A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after reportedly walking around naked in Lidgerwood, N.D., according to a news release from the Richland County Sheriff’s ... Read more | 2 comments
- Duo charged after friend’s overdose
- Purse nearly nabbed from laundromat
- Driver charged with vehicular homicide | 3 comments
Obituaries
Wayne Miller, 69, of Fergus Falls
Wayne Miller, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at his home, under the care of his family and Lakeland Hospice. Funeral services will be at 11 ... Read more
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Editorials
City can afford to be patient
The news that two developers are interested in repurposing the Kirkbride facility into a luxury spa, hotel and medical facility, and the Legislature approving an ... Read more | 1 comment
Columns
Life is a series of choices
Every day we are faced with countless choices; what do I wear to work, what do ... Read more
Letters to the Editor
Tax burdens will only hurt main street America
Earlier this week a letter to the editor caught my attention. It was a letter written by Lisa Workman from the Fergus Fall Area Chamber ... Read more | 3 comments
Hot Issues
Vernon work to begin in August
It’s no secret that the Vernon Avenue area running in front of Lake Region Healthcare is riddled with pot holes. If all goes according to ... Read more
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