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Building connections to fight a destructive disease
Mary Chase and Colleen Sazama will be out and about in Perham again this week, spreading the word to friends, family and community members about what Multiple Sclerosis is and how people are joining in the fight against it. Chase and Sazama have gotten to be familiar faces in town...
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February 14, 2014
Former Miss Perham on her way to a Ph.D. in biomedical research
Remember Nicky Haverland, the 2005 Miss Perham who wasn’t afraid to get her crown dirty at demo derbies? Well today, the pageant winner has traded her glamorous gowns for a white lab coat. Next month, she’ll be triumphantly holding up her Ph.D. in biomedical research, the same...
news / localFebruary 14, 2014 - 12:11pm
February 10, 2014
Tickled pink: Freezin' For a Reason raises $15K for Kinship
It was literally a screaming-good Saturday for Perham’s Kinship program as more than 75 community members took a mid-winter dip in Little Pine Lake. For the fifth year in a row, people from the Perham area stepped up to the edge of the ice to take a chilly plunge for a good...
news / localFebruary 10, 2014 - 2:37pm
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January 17, 2014
Jahnke earns hospital trustee certification
Thirteen hospital trustees from across Minnesota were recognized for earning certification through the Minnesota Hospital Association’s trustee certification program, including one from Perham Health, Eugene Jahnke. According to a press release, the comprehensive certification...
businessJanuary 17, 2014 - 11:11am
December 6, 2013
Safe Routes to School plan lays groundwork for healthy change
Following more than a year of research and brainstorming about how to get more kids to bike and walk to school, Perham’s final Safe Routes to School plan was released last week. Prepared by West Central Initiative, the plan was put together with help and input from the schools,...
news / educationDecember 6, 2013 - 12:05pm
November 27, 2013
The unpaid delivery drivers: Meals on Wheels volunteers bring food and comfort to people in Perham
Every Thursday afternoon for the last 10 years, in rain, snow, sleet or shine, Jim Holper has gotten into his car, picked up bags of food, and brought dinner to as many as a dozen people around Perham who are unable to shop or cook for themselves. Sometimes, Holper is the only...
news / localNovember 27, 2013 - 3:33pm
November 25, 2013
See what people in Perham had to say...
Doug and Sue Eckes, Perham Office Supply: Sue: “All of the volunteers who decorate town.” Doug: “Two wonderful grandchildren.” Sharon Dahring, Perham Post Office: “Lots of things... health, family and my job.” Gina Cavanagh, Bay Window Quilt Shop: “Family...
news / localNovember 25, 2013 - 3:48pm
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November 15, 2013
Take part in the Parade of Lights
The Perham Lions Festival Committee is still seeking entries for this year’s Holiday Parade of Lights. The parade will be held after sundown in downtown Perham on Friday, Nov. 29. Any interested businesses, community groups or individuals are encouraged to enter a lighted...
entertainment / eventsNovember 15, 2013 - 9:56am
November 8, 2013
HONK! This year’s Perham Community Musical
“The Ugly Duckling”: it’s a story most people have heard or read at some point in their lives. This year’s Perham community musical will tell the classic story again, as a musical comedy with an underlying message about bullying and acceptance. For weeks, the cast...
entertainment / eventsNovember 8, 2013 - 1:03pm
October 11, 2013
Someplace Safe raises awareness of domestic volence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. To raise awareness, Someplace Safe displayed its regional Clothesline Project at Pizza Ranch for the evening. The project features shirts hanging on a line, each one a memorial to someone who has died from domestic violence. Someplace...
news / regionOctober 11, 2013 - 11:21am
October 10, 2013
Hello again, Perham!
It was a trip worth waiting 65 years for. Siblings Chernie, Arthur, Betty and Larry, the children of one of Perham’s last pioneering Jewish families, the Braufmans, returned to town recently to revisit their birthplace, a place they still consider home in their hearts. It...
news / localOctober 10, 2013 - 3:34pm
September 26, 2013
Perham’s first Day of Caring a success by all accounts
Perham’s first-ever Day of Caring has received praises from all directions within the community. “We had a final count of 92 students,” said Christi Stoll, the Volunteer and Events Coordinator at United Way of Otter Tail County. That number far exceeded her expectations:...
news / educationSeptember 26, 2013 - 3:23pm
September 20, 2013
Coats for Kids drive going on now through Oct. 10
The annual Coats for Kids drive is underway in Otter Tail County. The program helps defray costs for parents who may not be able to afford cold weather clothing. Last year, more than 1,500 coats, hats and mittens were distributed to families throughout the county, and organizers...
news / localSeptember 20, 2013 - 10:27am
September 13, 2013
Perham to hold its first Day of Caring
Perham High School students will be volunteering around town next Wednesday, Sept. 18, for the city’s first-ever Day of Caring. Organized by the United Way of Otter Tail County, the Day of Caring is a way for students to contribute and give back to others in their community. Christi...
news / localSeptember 13, 2013 - 11:24am
September 6, 2013
Paying it forward: Woman returns to Perham, 15 years after moving away, to give back to the community she says gave her so much
A mother who benefitted from Perham’s generosity 15 years ago has come back to pay it forward. Former resident Joni Bloomquist said she would have been “living on the streets” back then if not for the support and donations of community members, who rallied around her in her...
news / localSeptember 6, 2013 - 9:58am
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