Letter to the Editor: Arts add value to education
Perham FocusI recently read an article titled “Nobel Medicine Winner Says: ‘I Owe it All to My Bassoon Teacher’” (Lebrecht).… Archive Material - Subscription required to continue reading...LRAC
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Perham’s used school books get sent to Liberia
Perham FocusThanks to the thoughtful generosity of Perham High School Principal Ehren Zimmerman and school faculty, used textbooks from the school are on their way to Cotton Tree in Liberia, West...
View ArticleTheir View: New bill aims to put a stop to scams targeting seniors
Perham FocusFor Duluth resident Peggy Hiestand-Harri, it all started when her mother received repeated phone calls promising a Mercedes Benz that would be shipped to her if she would first wire...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Donated deer hides help Habitat
Perham FocusTo all this year’s successful deer hunters, congratulations on your successful hunt.… Archive Material - Subscription required to continue readingLog in or activate your...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Hospice not intended to be a last resort
Perham FocusNovember is National Hospice Month.For more than 30 years, Hospice of the Red River Valley has been providing compassionate care to individuals and families as they navigate life’s final...
View ArticleColumn: It’s rifle season, so buck up and stay smart
Please customize "Site Name"My family has been stockpiling hot chocolate mix and Halloween candy for the last few weeks, an annual ritual that leads up to one of my favorite times of the...
View ArticleAPPLAUSE / A PAUSE
Perham FocusThis is a monthly feature of our Columns & Commentary page, in which we either applaud a person, group or event for something positive that we feel is worthy of...
View ArticleColumn: The deer hunting spy: A shaky return to the stand after 35 years
Perham FocusI have not been deer hunting in 35 years.Saying that, I feel like a spy just coming out from behind enemy lines, having lived and interacted amidst a culture...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Perham veterans give praise for a ‘job well done’
Perham FocusVFW Post 4020 and Auxiliary would like to take this opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to the following people: Sandra Weiser-Matthews for organizing the Veterans Day program at Perham High...
View ArticleLow marks for handling of Charlie Fleck’s contract
Perham FocusSince October, a quiet has pervaded Perham sports like there is an elephant in the gymnasium.All parties involved have been polite, if not redundant, in using the term...
View ArticleEditorial: Help ‘clear the way’ for postal workers this winter
Perham FocusDon’t let the “bad weather blues” immobilize you this winter – at least not in areas where your postal letter carrier delivers your mail. Keeping your mailbox and walkways clear...
View ArticleColumn: Cure a nosebleed.. and other home remedies
Perham FocusEveryone has their own home remedy. No one else’s is any good. Only your own.Peter P. lived on the farm down the road from us when we first moved...
View ArticleGuest Editorial: 5 years later: A promise of cleaner water and a healthier...
Perham FocusFive years ago this month, Minnesotans went to the polls and took a bold action and approved a landmark conservation initiative known as the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment....
View ArticleAPPLAUSE / A PAUSE
Perham FocusThis is a monthly feature of our Columns & Commentary page, in which we either applaud a person, group or event for something positive that we feel is worthy of...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Forecasts call for dropping temps, rising state surplus
Perham FocusThe latest economic forecast from Minnesota Management and Budget shows our state is still on the path of growth.The new forecast calls for $1.086 billion in surplus revenue for...
View ArticleColumn: Where ‘haywire’ comes from
Perham FocusThe word “haywire” has of course come to represent a machine or situation that has ignored all of the three laws of conservation of energy and proceeded into chaos.As...
View ArticleEditorial: Website makes it easier to give locally
Perham FocusFrom Santa Anonymous to the Girl Scouts, the Giving Tree to Kinship, and Someplace Safe to the Salvation Army, there’s no shortage of charitable organizations and events in the Perham...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Taxpayer: county should reconsider fee caused by postal...
Perham FocusOur county commissioners need to start being more responsive to helping and ‘fighting’ for the side of the taxpayers who elected them into office.Sometimes one commissioner cannot be as...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: In search for more muskie waters, eyes are on Otter Tail
Perham FocusA few years back, the Legislature passed legislation to add eight additional lakes to the list of managed muskellunge waters in Minnesota, to be completed by 2020. The long-range plan,...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: United Way says ‘thanks’ for making food drop a success
Perham FocusOn Dec. 20, United Way of Otter Tail County coordinated another Project Community Connect food drop in Perham.This event was held at Calvary Lutheran Church, where any resident of...
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