Column: Memorial Day a good time to leave your comfort zone
Perham Focus“Memorial Day is uncomfortable, if the truth be known.”Looking around the sparsely populated Prairie Wind Middle School gymnasium during Monday’s Memorial Day service, speaker Paul...
View ArticleColumn: Giving ‘shotgun wedding’ a whole new meaning
Perham FocusDo you want to know what a great wedding is to a guy? Do you really, really want to know? Well, stay tuned. Here it all comes. From a guy....
View ArticleEditorial: Applause / A Pause
Perham FocusAPPLAUSE / A PAUSEThis is a monthly feature of our Columns & Commentary page, in which we either applaud a person, group or event for something positive that we...
View ArticleFocus Editorial: Don't become a train wreck; show care at rail crossings
Perham FocusGov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed June to be “Rail Crossing Safety Awareness Month” in Minnesota.And for good reason.While the number of highway-rail accidents has dropped dramatically in...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: ‘Armed with hope, to finish the fight’
Perham FocusThe theme chosen for this year’s East Otter Tail County Relay For Life is, “armed with hope, to finish the fight.” This optimistic statement, unimaginable a generation ago, mirrors...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Affordable Care Act just a step toward single-payer system
Perham FocusDid you know that a new IRS regulation not passed by Congress prevents employers from reimbursing their employees for the cost of health insurance premiums if the employees go into...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Don't believe the myths about Obamacare
Perham FocusIn response to Hilda Bettermann’s letter to the editor in the June 12 issue of the Perham Focus:There have been a flurry of scare tactics and myths spread about...
View ArticleJohnson's Journal: Burst pipes and aching backs: An initiation into...
Perham Focus“Honey, where are the forks?”“Seriously? Fork-get about it. They’re packed away somewhere, probably at the bottom of the biggest, heaviest box at the bottom of the tallest, heaviest pile...
View ArticleApplause / A Pause
Perham FocusA PAUSE to soggy weather that has flooded some area cabins, basements and crop fields. Precipitation levels have been well above normal in recent weeks, with some areas around Perham...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Perham a 'delightful place to live'
Perham FocusI’m a part-time resident of Perham and I’m continually impressed with all the activities that take place here.I thoroughly enjoyed the Turtle Fest parade with my daughter and two...
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