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According to a report from the New York Mills Fire Department, grass fires were battled north and south of New York Mills simultaneously Wednesday afternoon. The fire north of town...

The Perham-Wadena Deer Creek volleyball game was temporarily suspended and the gymnasium cleared during the third set of play after a fan in the Wolverines' crowd collapsed. According to Perham...

Beginning around 8 a.m. last Thursday, eager shoppers lined up outside the Perham Shopko, waiting for the doors to open at about 9 a.m. The first 100 shoppers that brisk...

Jo Anne Flom of Perham has been weaving and braiding rugs since she was six years old. Through the years she has come to realize one thing: "Rug making isn't...

BEMIDJI – Kendra Olson was true to her word. Olson, who came out last year as transgendered and began living her life as a woman, had promised her pastor that...

Editor's note: This is part of a weekly series spotlighting foreign exchange students in the Perham and New York Mills school districts. Sixteen-year-old Fikrirrahmat and 17-year-old Elshan Mirzazade arrived in...

A new mural that depicts the history of New York Mills is nearing completion; the project's director, Pam Robinson, began detail work last week. With a touch of a brush,...

Perham had a lot of "colorful characters" throughout history, and Bob Riestenberg wants to share his recollections of them. For his newly published book, "Round Barns and Other Tales," Riestenberg...