With one week of May already swallowed up by “Ole’ Man Time,” we continue to look ahead to the busy month of May and all the appointments that are offered to each of us.May...

The movie “Don’t Look Up!” was the second most-watched movie on Netflix, but critics were divided. In case you missed it, it was a star-studded black satire about an...

Arbor Day is a day annually dedicated on the last Friday of April for public tree-planting in the United States and several other countries around the world, and this year,...

As a concerned citizen and a member of the New York Mills Public Library board, I wanted to pass on some disturbing information. Our local library, along with libraries...

I sent the following letter to Rep. Michele Fischbach’s offices in both Moorhead and Washington, D.C., about four weeks ago, as of this writing. Have received no response...

He was among the first people I met when I came to Pelican Rapids—and he will forever remain one of the most memorable: The late Chet Nettestad....

100 years ago, April 30, 1925• E. L. Peterson CommentsAt the election in Germany on Sunday, Paul von Hindenburg, field marshal in the Kaiser's war, was elected president by...

The term May Day has taken on several different meanings throughout the course of history.If you have ever watched war movies from the past, you...

“Great, now I’ve got something else to worry about!”That was Dunn Township resident Adrian Lund’s reaction after attending the screening of...

On April 22, 2025, Earth Day will turn 55 years old, with 192 countries and over a billion people around the globe expected to participate.  This year’s theme is “Our...

Yogi Berra … famously observed, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” He was right, of course, but we still try, and we’re getting better. Modern...

While working on my taxes, I found that I had not received a 1099 form from the Social Security Administration. I tried going online to retrieve it from the Social Security...

The Pelican Rapids area lost an Airman and a Sailor over the past couple of weeks—one from the Korean War era and one from the Vietnam era. With...

In an April 3 Press article regarding the Pelican Rapids Public Library and the League of Minnesota Cities consultant who reviewed library operations, a clarification is...

Of all the storms that could have visited us on April 1, we got the best. No lightning, thunder, hail, funnel, wind. None of that came here. We didn’t get a hard rain, so...