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WHO are these men? Hint: Picture taken at Perham Depot in 1940. ‘History Mystery’ is a weekly feature of the Perham Focus. Working in partnership with the History Museum of East Otter Tail County, we will publish a ‘mystery photo’ each week, challenging you, our readers,...

Local fiber artists Karen Aakre, Joan Ellison, Katy Olson, and Sharon Marquardt will open a show at the Cultural Center. It will be on display from Saturday, March 1 through Saturday, March 15 in the Center’s gallery. From Sheep to Shawl is an installation of fiber pieces which...

Where in Perham was this hardware store located? (Hint: owned and operated by Frank Hassler) ‘History Mystery’ is a weekly feature of the Perham Focus. This week, one of our readers asked for help tracking down some of her family’s history. Contact us at 346-5900 or...

“Transfer of Memory,” a traveling exhibition illustrating Holocaust survivors who live in Minnesota, is coming to the Otter Tail County Historical Society. The exhibit can be seen until March 28. Coordinating events will be at the Fergus Falls Public Library in March. Each...

As part of its Brown Bag Speaker Series, the Children’s Mental Health Local Advisory Council will be hosting an educational session with Licensed Psychologist Holley Arvig at the Perham Area Community Center on Monday, Feb. 24 at 3:15 p.m. The session is free and open to the...

The contributions of French scientist, mathematician and cartographer, Joseph Nicollet, will come alive when an actor from the Minnesota Historical Society visits the Perham Area Public Library on Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. Born in France in 1786, Nicollet traveled to the area...

Get ready for the Second Annual Vergas Event Center Fundraiser, taking place Saturday, Feb. 22. The Vergas Event Center will be hosting an evening of socializing, food, spirits, live entertainment, and bidding wars over silent auction items. The festivities will begin at 5:30...

Garden lovers, pull on your gloves and start thinking green. The Cultural Center has free sustainable gardening classes and artist receptions coming soon. Kathy Connell from Redfern Gardens will give the first of four gardening classes at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Cultural...

Classes for the Continental Divide Folk School, part of the Cultural Center in New York Mills, begin this month and will continue into the spring. Classes will cover a wide array of interests, including yoga, gardening, spinning wheels, skinfelling, Slovakian egg decorating, raku,...

A new art exhibit is now available for viewing at the Perham Area Public Library. The artwork of local resident Thomas Pettit will be on display in the library’s multipurpose room throughout the month of February. Pettit, who works in a variety of artistic mediums, has selected...

Dinner, music and a chance to connect with friends from around the community await at the Perham library’s 11th Annual Table Setting Fair. The fair, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, will be held Feb. 15 at Wild Oaks restaurant (located at Perham Lakeside Golf...

The Jelloslave quartet will play at the Cultural Center in New York Mills on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Jelloslave, a Minneapolis-based quartet consisting of two cellos, drums and tablas, has an eclectic repertoire that takes audiences on a journey through time and genre,...