Perham News

Changes in population estimates have the ability to either increase or decrease funding for cities and counties.

A rural Perham residence was completely destroyed by a fire in the early morning hours of Monday.

In the good old days a young man could give his little sister a couple of quarters and send her out to get a pail of beer.

Retired newspaperman and longtime seasonal resident of Little Pine Lake, Jerry Moriarty, will be signing his new book June 24 in Perham.

Spectators will have a better view than ever, as runners cross the finish line at the 14th Annual Turtle Fest Road Race run June 20.

Intensely heavy rains, combined with marble-sized hail, disrupted a beautiful evening in Perham Fridayd night, June 19.

A pair of Boy Scouts, working toward Scoutinga s highest award, have chosen community service projects that will beautify Perham.

Studies show that students who dona t read over the summer are less prepared for school success in the fall.

Jail time will be served by an East Otter Tail woman convicted of embezzling from a Perham-based eye clinic.

At 4:06 p.m. on Monday a T-bone accident was reported at the intersection of Highway 10 East and Ox Cart Trail in Detroit Lakes.

Three people were injured in car accidents in the Fergus Falls and Perham areas Monday.

I'll set the scene. Two ladies, sitting with their coffee, on a wooden bench set just inside a Main Street Ottertail establishment.

A school lunch classic with a makeover will be served at schools throughout the Midwest--and the product will be another a oemade with pride in Perhama export.

After a year of penny collecting, Prairie Wind Middle School fifth graders tallied up their total and divvied out their impressive collection of copper coins at a special event on the last day of school, June 5. The final amount raised was 516,805 pennies - over half a million pennies and over $5,000. "Although that is only a little over half of ...

Whoever finds this magic egg will win $100 in Perham Bucks. The Silver Turtle Egg Hunt will be one of several new and special features for this 25th birthday festival, June 17 to 21.

The annual running of the turtles started June 3, with sunny skies and mild temperatures.

Elisa Moenkedick finished 2nd at the State Track and Field Meet in the discus. Amy Paulzine of Fulda won the State title.

It was a strange twist of fate that placed Amanda Bristlin next to the railroad tracks Friday morning, when a train-truck collision took the life of a Perham man.

A young, philosophical hobo--traveling the country to explore life and a oefind himselfa --found himself at a dead stop in Perham, with a police squad car awaiting him.

The featured speaker at Mondaya s Memorial Day program used a quote from the movie a oeBambia to help put into perspective why people serve in the military.