Community

For the 19th year, teams will don purple, walk all night and make their mark on the fight against cancer. The East Otter Tail County Relay for Life will be held Friday, July 11 at the Perham High School track. Community members are invited and encouraged to attend. At the 2013...

Perham's Turtle Fest wrapped up on Sunday, after nine days of family-friendly events and activities, including a parade, Fun Fly, demolition derby, prize giveaways, turtle races, sports competitions and much more. Page through our photo gallery to see just a small sample of the smiling...

“I felt something was wrong,” said Tasha Licence. “Something was hurting in his head.” The Perham woman’s son, 20-month-old Paxton Brummund, started having odd symptoms around the time of his first birthday. At first, it wasn’t anything completely out of the...

Nearly 650 pounds of food was collected for the Perham Community Food Shelf by Perham, Ottertail, Richville and Dent letter carriers during this year’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers and other postal workers in more than 10,000 cities...

Promising “some fun for everyone,” the third annual Perham Community Carnival is coming up this Friday, April 25 at the Perham Area Community Center. From 3:30-7 p.m., kids can play games, adults can take part in a raffle drawing and silent auction, and everyone can socialize...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...