Fri, Feb 20, 2015 - 11:48am
Melissa Swenson, a longtime leader within Forum Communications Company, has been promoted to publisher of the Perham Focus and Wadena Pioneer Journal, company officials have announced. As publisher, Swenson will...
Fri, Feb 20, 2015 - 11:06am
Perham Natural Gas is skipping a step in the process of expanding its services to Marion Lake. At a meeting last week, Perham city councilors decided that a feasibility study...
Thu, Feb 19, 2015 - 4:35pm
Editor’s note: This is the third in a weekly series on how technology affects the lives of Perham residents. Does anyone remember what it used to be like to go...
Thu, Feb 19, 2015 - 1:52pm
BNSF Railway Company has announced that it will spend $326 million on rail capacity improvements and maintenance projects throughout Minnesota this year. Planned projects will include some rail and tie...
Mon, Feb 16, 2015 - 1:41pm
A Perham man is OK after the trailer of a semi-truck he was driving was struck by a freight train on Friday. John Ruther, age 54, was pulling an empty...
Fri, Feb 13, 2015 - 9:30am
Perham City Councilors have approved the plans and specifications for this summer’s major street improvement project, and will soon be seeking bids on the construction work. At a meeting Monday,...
Thu, Feb 12, 2015 - 1:07pm
My ‘mama clock’ is ticking, and I figure now is as good a time as any to say my temporary goodbyes. With Simon (the name my husband and I have...
Fri, Feb 06, 2015 - 10:50am
Things are trucking along at Perham’s new city garage site. With prep work at the site complete, and a new cold storage building constructed, the Public Works Department is expected...
Thu, Feb 05, 2015 - 2:23pm
Everyone, raise your glasses in a toast to Landmark Liquors. Perham’s burgeoning municipal liquor store had another record-setting year in 2014, and that means more money saved for local taxpayers...
Fri, Jan 30, 2015 - 2:54pm
When Judi Maddock retired from teaching after 34 years in the field, she wanted to find a way to keep working with kids. “My interests always draw me back to...
