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Students in Paul Belka's fifth-grade class smile behind their masks as they sit far apart from each other on their first day at Prairie Wind Middle School in Perham on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. (RosaLin Alcoser/Focus)

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Perham educators build a new normal in 2021

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Most of Minnesota's COVID-19 restrictions will end May 28; mask mandate will end in July

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Otter Tail County shoreland rules would tighten VRBO rules, relax others

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A close-up shot of a portion of the turtle mural in downtown Perham. Perham is known for its weekly turtle races all summer long, and for the multi-day community festival inspired by those races, Turtle Fest. (Perham Focus File Photo)

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Destination Perham: Home of the International Turtle Races

Hank Kohler paddles the Missouri River in Montana in this undated photo. Kohler, of Ames, Iowa, will embark on a 2,100-mile canoe trip in June from East Leaf Lake in Otter Tail County to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1979, Kohler and three partners pushed off from the same boat ramp on East Leaf Lake on a 1,400-mile adventure to York Factory on Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba. (Photo courtesy of Hank Kohler)

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Decades after canoeing to Hudson Bay, paddler plans fundraising trip from same place in Otter Tail County to Gulf of Mexico

Participants of the Color Run have their t-shirts covered in colorful dye. (Elizabeth Vierkant/Focus)

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Perham Heart of the Lakes students dash through clouds of color in event

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May 3rd 2021 - 11am

Terry Hendershot

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Decreasing wind, another chilly night

Sports

Perham girls compete in the 100m hurdles Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in Perham. From left to right are Yellowjackets Olivia Rosenthal, Lily Aakre, and Jaden Hackel. (Meghan Perry / Focus)

Track and Field

Perham girls win first home track and field meet

Golf

Perham boys take fourth place at Hawley; Marcus Belka medals

Sports

4 Perham athletes celebrate college signings

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Bemidji's iconic statue of Paul Bunyan suffered a major separation in his right arm on Monday. Photo courtesy of Jorge Prince.

Tourism

Bemidji's Paul Bunyan statue suffers broken arm

Agriculture

Mayville State University adds emphasis to agriculture

Agriculture

North Dakota Legislature strikes a compromise on trespassing

Events

Participants of the Color Run have their t-shirts covered in colorful dye. (Elizabeth Vierkant/Focus)

Events

Perham Heart of the Lakes students dash through clouds of color in event

Events

Minnesota State Fair returns with Memorial Day preview event

Events

Finalists announced for Great American Think-Off in New York Mills

Government

Otter Tail County has added gravel to build up County Road 6, but water from Nelson Lake still washes across, as shown in this April 7 photo. (Echo Press file photo)

Government and Politics

Douglas, Otter Tail residents urge caution on new ditch near Parkers Prairie

Government and Politics

Otter Tail County shoreland rules would tighten VRBO rules, relax others

Government and Politics

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Education

Lakeland Mental Health professional and children’s supervisor Courtney Rooney (left), high school career counselor Jen Bain, Lakeland Mental Health professional Sage Becklund-Erickson and mental health support specialist Brooklyn Thompson shared support services updates with the Perham school board on April 14, 2021. (Rebecca Mitchell/Focus)

Education

Mental health concerns increase during 2020-21 school year, pandemic

Education

Perham educators build a new normal in 2021

Coronavirus

1 positive COVID-19 case confirmed at Perham prom

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Weather

This week's WDAY gallery of weather photos

Weather

'Not much has changed' but drought remains a threat across the region, John Wheeler says

Weather

Spring arrives: Cold air retreats, showers move north

Northland Outdoors

Hundreds of boats packed Lake Winnibigoshish during the 2004 walleye fishing opener. Minnesota fishing license sales so far this season are up again — 12% over 2020 and 58% over pre-pandemic 2019. (Derek Neas / File / News Tribune)

Northland Outdoors

Minnesota fishing license sales up 12% over 2020, 58% over 2019

Northland Outdoors

Myers: Nebraska turkey trip helps break pandemic’s bonds

Northland Outdoors

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Rain for the Dakotas this weekend

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Photo courtesy Minnesota State Patrol

Columns

Ask a Trooper: How do we put a stop to traffic fatalities?

Columns

Column: Enbridge lives up to its values

Columns

LaDuke: An Enbridge inventory, so far

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The Hammans kitchen AFTER the remodel is larger, brighter, and better suited to Mary Kay's "volume cooking" needs, she says. (Submitted Photo)

Home and Garden

From SPRING HOME magazine: Major makeover gives Paul Lake rambler a whole new look

Lifestyle

Adjusting and adapting: Perham area 4-H, FFA programs weather a year of uncertainty

Agriculture

Virtual 4-H exhibits: With the fair canceled, EOT County clubs think outside the box

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