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Below is important property tax homestead information. This will affect your 2018 property taxes and eligibility for Property Tax Refund. Have you purchased or moved into a property in the past year? Contact your county assessor to file a homestead application if you or a qualifying...

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.) expressed his disappointment with the decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to maintain federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan....

Last night, Sen. Al Franken appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the two spoke healthcare among other topics. Franken was quoted referencing the health care struggle shared by a Perham resident at one of his round table discussions at the Perham hospital some months...

Perham City Councilors are working fast to fill the seat left vacant by the recent passing of former councilor Harriet Mattfeld. The council decided in April to seek applications for the open position, and now the deadline to submit those applications is very near. Applications are...

Longtime U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., is running for re-election, a Washington, D.C.-based publication reports. "Yeah, I'm running. I've got $700,000 in the bank," the long-serving congressman told Roll Call on Wednesday.

As the state legislature looks at possible cuts to Long Term Facility Maintenance budget, the Perham-Dent School Board considered its options to pay for such projects at its meeting Monday night. District Superintendent Mitch Anderson shared with board members an email alert he received...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota's 159-year-old ban on Sunday liquor sales appears headed for repeal, but not before the debate among lawmakers ferments a little bit longer. The Minnesota Senate voted 38-28 Monday, Feb. 27, to end the prohibition on liquor stores being open on Sunday,...

In a letter shared with Perham council members last Monday, Landmark Liquor Store manager Bob Dreger explained why legislation introduced to allow Sunday liquor sales was a bad idea in the long run for communities with municipal stores, saying in the end, the citizens would suffer...