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549 Family Foundation to Honor PHS Alum with Distinguished Alumni Award
549 Family Foundation has announced the Deloris Barnack Kenner Distinguished Alumni Award. Named after PHS graduate Deloris Barnack, the recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award will be honored at the Perham High School Commencement Ceremony each year. The award will be given...
 News May 25, 2019 - 8:44am
The driver of this water tanker truck lost control on a slippery road near Killdeer, North Dakota on Saturday morning and the truck rolled over. The driver was pinned under the driver's side door when Vergas native Logan Schrupp and another oil field worker discovered him. (Submitted Photo)
Vergas man helps rescue pinned semi driver after rollover in ND
A 20-year-old Vergas native rescued a man who had gotten pinned under the driver's side door of his semi-truck after a rollover accident near...
 News/accidents May 24, 2019 - 10:42am
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Jessica Metzger RN, BSN, PHN, Otter Tail County Clinic Liaison/Disease Prevention and Control administering a MMR vaccine Photo courtesy of Otter Tail County
Otter Tail County Public Health has answers for questions regarding measles
Recently there has been a lot of news coverage about measles and many questions have been asked of Otter Tail County Public Health Department....
 News May 24, 2019 - 8:00am
Phil Gilbert, Edward Jones in Perham (Courtesy photo)
Edward Jones Ranks Highest in Investor Satisfaction, According to J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study (SM)
Financial services firm Edward Jones ranks highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms, according to the J.D. Power 2019...
 News May 23, 2019 - 2:42pm
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Otter Tail County to host 2020 Governor's Fishing Opener
May 2020 will be an exciting time for Otter Tail County when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other dignitaries will converge on this area for next...
 News May 23, 2019 - 8:45am
Letter to the Editor: Thank you, from the Red River Valley Veterans Concert Band
The Red River Valley Veterans Concert Band was again privileged to perform two concerts in Perham on May 9; one at Perham Living, and another...
 News May 23, 2019 - 8:43am
Pictured left to right Row 1: Grade 6-Hailey Niehaus, Katelyn Kratzke, Alyssa Nelson Row 2: Grade 5- Joey Ecker, Sam LaFond, Leelou Novotny Row 2: Grade 4- Max LaFond, Gabby Scraper, Isabella Burkman Photo courtesy of St. Henry's Area School
St. Henry's Area School Book Bonanza competition
St. Henry's Area School had its annual Book Bonanza competition on May 16, with grade five winning. This is a knowledge bowl style competition...
 News May 23, 2019 - 8:40am
1894 is very closed to opening after a long renovation process. Michael Denny/Perham Focus
In with the old...New restaurant slated to open in 125 year old St. Paul's church in Perham
What was once lost is now found. The original St. Paul's Lutheran Church, on Sixth Avenue Southwest, has been carefully renovated and retrofitted...
 News May 23, 2019 - 8:39am
Perham Area calendar
Saturday, May 25 Miss Perham 5K Perham: At Arvig Park. Registration begins by the softball fields at 9:30. Race starts at 10. Proceeds benefit the Children's Miracle Network. Monday, May 27 Traditional Memorial Day Service Perham: At Perham High School. All you can eat waffles,...
 entertainment May 23, 2019 - 8:39am
Participants of this year's Brady's Border2Border Ruck March kicked off their trek across North Dakota earlier this week. Special to Forum News Service
'Put down that gun and pick up the phone': Group walking across North Dakota to raise awareness of PTSD and honor fallen veteran
BEACH, N.D. — If you went out for pizza and beer the other night at the American Legion in Beach, you probably noticed a bigger — and perhaps...
 lifestyle/health May 23, 2019 - 8:00am
Sheriff's report: Three injured in school bus, pickup accident east of Perham last week
A school bus driver and two students in the bus received minor injuries May 15 when the bus was rear ended by a pickup east of Perham. Sheriff...
 News May 22, 2019 - 8:53am
Perham Police Report
May 13 7:44 a.m. - Issued verbal warning for expired registration 5:20 p.m. - Two vehicle crash at 3rd Ave NE/5th St NE; no injuries May 14 3:18 p.m. - Responded to Perham residence for alarm; false alarm 11:24 p.m. - Responded to Perham residence for disturbance; all ok May 15 1:03...
 News May 22, 2019 - 8:46am
This portion of 460th Street near Highway 10 is a township road, but is in the Highway 10 right of way. (Carter Jones/ FOCUS)
Whose road is this? Forgotten and crumbling road will soon be fixed
For years it has sat there — slowly deteriorating as the materials that make up 460th Street began to crumble. The stretch runs between Highway...
 News May 22, 2019 - 8:43am
Death doula Christy Marek talks with Mark Quinlan at Our Lady of Peace in St. Paul. They discussed the specifics of funeral planning and the nuances of the end of life. She has followed him from the hospital to a transitional care unit, and now to the hospice. (Jean Pieri / St. Paul Pioneer Press)
In search of a good death: End-of-life specialists ease the way home
In the dimly lit room, Mark Quinlan struggles to be heard. His voicebox has been silenced by his thyroid cancer. He tries to whisper, but the...
 lifestyle/family May 21, 2019 - 8:00pm

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Shearer's Foods is planning to invest more than $8 million in their Perham facility. Brian Hansel/FOCUS

Shearer’s Foods, LLC, announced Wednesday its long-term growth plans to invest $8 million in its Perham manufacturing facility.  

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