Child care providers estimated Wednesday that over 20,000 children in over 4,000 programs could be affected by a freeze. One ...

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PERHAM — The No. 10-ranked Perham girls basketball team secured a Holiday Hoops at The Hive crown before the new year on ...

PERHAM — Larry Burian McClendon Jr., 55, who lives on Third Street NW in Perham, faces three felony charges in Otter Tail ...

The Gophers football program will not retain special teams coordinator Bob Ligashesky for the 2026 season, a source told the ...

Here are five young players who would do themselves good by shining for the Vikings this weekend: It sounds like quarterback ...

PARKERS PRAIRIE , Minn. — Just after 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31, Otter Tail County Dispatch received a report of a house ...

CO Patrick McGowan (Cass Lake) worked Leech lake throughout the week for angling activity. Most anglers are reporting a slow ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

A lot can happen in a year. The Perham Focus published hundreds of stories in 2025, documenting life in Perham. Here are 10 ...

Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson, R-East Grand Forks, said he thinks it “would be best,” while Speaker of the House Lisa ...

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