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    Juneteenth 2025
    Zane Brosowske, a 2019 graduate of Pelican Rapids High School, parked his kayak to snap a photo beneath the famous St. Louis arch.

    ๐Š๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ค, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–ฏ...

    While most Americans spend their days drowning in notifications, Zane Brosowske navigates the...

    ๐Š๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ค, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–ฏ...
    While most Americans spend their days drowning in notifications, Zane Brosowske navigates the...

    Waving the flag at multi-cultural festival

    The multicultural spirit of Pelican Rapids is reflected in one image, withย  Mexican-American...

    Waving the flag at multi-cultural festival
    The multicultural spirit of Pelican Rapids is reflected in one image, withย  Mexican-American...

    ยญยญยญยญยญยญ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ...

    On Saturday, June 14, as headlines buzzed with chaosโ€”news of Minnesota state senators shot,...

    ยญยญยญยญยญยญ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ...
    On Saturday, June 14, as headlines buzzed with chaosโ€”news of Minnesota state senators shot,...
    Pack 313 Cub Scouts gathered for a photo at the annual โ€œBlue-Gold  Banquet,โ€ hosted in May at Trinity Lutheran Church

PHOTOS COURTESY PELICAN CUB PACK 313

    ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐–ฑ๐–พ-๐–ป๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ข๐—Ž๐–ป ...

    Scouting is back in the Pelican Rapids areaโ€”with an active Pack of Cubs collecting food for the...

    ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐–ฑ๐–พ-๐–ป๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ข๐—Ž๐–ป ...
    Scouting is back in the Pelican Rapids areaโ€”with an active Pack of Cubs collecting food for the...
    Main street Pelican Rapids prior to paving, probably in the 1920s.  Note the city hall bell tower on the right.

    ๐ท๐‘œ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›? ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ...

    With the opening of Brew Haven, the new coffee shop in the Pelican Rapids Historic City Hall,...

    ๐ท๐‘œ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›? ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ...
    With the opening of Brew Haven, the new coffee shop in the Pelican Rapids Historic City Hall,...
    Aiden Checco de Souza crushed his Prelim race in the 300m Hurdles, posting a time of 39.62, setting him up in Lane 6 for the finals.

    ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ...

    ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ...
    Alan Page was introduced by Sherry Trepp, a Pelican Lake area supporter of the Pelican Rapids Public Library, above.   Pageโ€™s exhibit, โ€œTestify,โ€ is on display at the library through June. Trepp has longtime connections to Page, which was helpful when she invited Page to speak in Pelican. Sherry worked with Pageโ€™s late wife, Diane, at Pillsbury for nearly 20 years.

    ๐€๐ฅ๐š๐ง โ€˜๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐งโ€™ ๐๐š๐ ๐ž ๐–ซ๐–พ๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—‹๐—’ ๐–ฌ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‡๐–พ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ ๐–ต๐—‚๐—„๐—‚๐—‡๐—€,...

    Citizenship. In an attempt to capsulize Alan Pageโ€™s presentation in Pelican Rapids June 9โ€”and his...

    ๐€๐ฅ๐š๐ง โ€˜๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐งโ€™ ๐๐š๐ ๐ž ๐–ซ๐–พ๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—‹๐—’ ๐–ฌ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‡๐–พ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ ๐–ต๐—‚๐—„๐—‚๐—‡๐—€,...
    Citizenship. In an attempt to capsulize Alan Pageโ€™s presentation in Pelican Rapids June 9โ€”and his...
    The Bridge Center board members present at the meeting, above from left, Rev. Alex  Ohman, Jordan Grossman, Staci Allmaras, Judy Tabbut, and Dan Kramer.

    ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡โ€™๐—Œ ๐—‡๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—’๐—Œ ๐–ผ...

    Never, oh, never underestimate the dreams and ideas of the youth.We have all been there in our...

    ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡โ€™๐—Œ ๐—‡๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—’๐—Œ ๐–ผ...
    Never, oh, never underestimate the dreams and ideas of the youth.We have all been there in our...
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    Zane Brosowske, a 2019 graduate of Pelican Rapids High School, parked his kayak to snap a photo beneath the famous St. Louis arch. ๐Š๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ค, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—‡...
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    More than 3,800 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the spring 2025 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the...
    Zane Brosowske, a 2019 graduate of Pelican Rapids High School, parked his kayak to snap a photo beneath the famous St. Louis arch. ๐Š๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ค, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—‡...
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    Minnesota DNR extends comment period on muskie plan to June 30...
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    People can now share their thoughts on a draft update of the stateโ€™s long-range plan for muskellunge through Monday, June 30.The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...
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    Zane Brosowske, a 2019 graduate of Pelican Rapids High School, parked his kayak to snap a photo beneath the famous St. Louis arch. ๐Š๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ค, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐—†๐–บ๐—‡...
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    June 19, 2025
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