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    Pictured, cousins Deagan, Briar, Quinn, and Dax, who are the third generation of the Ditch family destined to a life of monkey wrenches and greasy fingers. The foursome is pictured touring the grounds of the 2025 Lake Country Cruisers โ€œCars in the Parkโ€ show. 

Their matching shirts feature various auto-related patches and insignia, including those for Chevrolet, Texaco, Union 76. 

The family tradition includes Grandpa Dave Ditch, lower right photo,  his sons, Dan and Dustin, and now the grandchildren.  

The grandkids  are pictured with Doug Andersonโ€™s 1940 Chevrolet business coup as a backdrop, right.  

PHOTOS BY LOUIS HOGLUND ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ โ€˜๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐š๐ฉโ€™ ๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ฃ๐—‚๐—๐–ผ๐—...
    July 24, 2025
    Few objects connect one generation to the nextโ€”like automobiles.ย  How many Baby Boomers remember the family vacation, in a big 1962 Chevy Belair...

    Pelican Class of 1955 marks 70th reunionโ€”aboard trailer for Pelican...
    July 24, 2025
    1955 was an eventful yearโ€”and a group of a dozen Pelican Rapids High School graduates of that year were smiling and waving to the crowds at the...

    The Red River Valley Veterans big band, featuring jazz and swing music, will perform In Pelican Rapids June 30. โ€˜Jazz Nightโ€™ recreates ballroom era in Pelican VFW dance event July...
    July 24, 2025
    A night of musicโ€”supporting military veteran trips to Washington D.C.โ€”is set for Wednesday, July 30, as the Red River Valley Veterans Jazz Band...

    Baby goats join Yoga workouts during Pelican Fest
    July 24, 2025
    โ€œGoat yogaโ€ is one of the most curious customs on Pelican Rapids, and there was a capacity crowd of yoga practitionersโ€”and friendly barnyard goats...

    Deadline countdown on as Pelican Masons raise raffle funds to...
    July 24, 2025
    A local raffle drawing promoted by the Pelican Rapids Masons is raising funds for life-saving AEDs in the community.ย With the drawing coming on July 31, there are...
    U of M Gophers come to Otter Tail lakes as touristsโ€”and fishermen
    July 24, 2025
    Two University of Minnesota Gopher Football players paid a visit to the Otter Tail lakes country last weekโ€”including the home of Pelican Pete....

    July 13 was a big day at Zion Lutheran Church on Franklin Lake, celebrating a โ€œspirit filled year,โ€ said Rev. Anna Monke-Gervais. The campaign to raise funds nearly doubled its goal, and Zion was able to pay for a new roof, heating-air conditioningโ€”plus retire $80,000 in debt.  
A โ€œmortgage-burningโ€ ceremony, pictured above outside the church entrance, was held after worship July 13. ๐…๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐›๐ญ-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž: ๐–น๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—†๐—‰๐–บ๐—‚๐—€๐—‡ ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—Œ๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—‹๐—‰๐—…๐—Ž๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐—Ž๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹...
    July 24, 2025
    Thereโ€™s nothing mysterious about the work of the Lord at Zion Lutheran Church on Franklin Lake.ย Money was needed for a new roof and the...

    ๐–ข๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐— ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐–บ๐—€๐–พ ๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐–บ๐—€๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–ป๐—’ ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐—‹๐–พ ๐–บ ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐—’ ๐–บ๐—€๐—ˆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป...
    July 24, 2025
    100 years ago, July 23, 1925โ€ข Disastrous Fire at Cormorant Hokanson Store and Other Buildings BurnCormorant village, twelve miles north of Pelican Rapids, just across the...
    Turkey crew takes to the barbeque pits by 4 a.m. to cook, serve...
    July 24, 2025
    This cooking crew was up with the rooster crow on July 12.ย Mission: Barbeque about 70 turkeys for the annual Pelican Rapids Area Rotary Club...

    ๐ท๐‘œ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›? โ€˜Baby Boomerโ€™ Class of 1970 had great turnout...
    July 24, 2025
    The Pelican Rapids Class of 1970 had their 55th class reunion on Sunday, July 13 at the Dunn Township Hall. It was a great turnout with 36 class...

    The late Kathy Knuteson-Olson, back, with part of her adopted Vietnamese family, pictured in about 2005. โ€˜City girlโ€™ KKO made small town Pelican her homeโ€”leaving her mark...
    July 24, 2025
    The late Kathy Knuteson-Olson found a small town home in Pelican Rapids. KKO, as she was fondly known by virtually the entire community, was about...

    Urge to scratch could be dreaded summer lake country scourge...
    July 24, 2025
    Word has it that there have been some area lakes that are home to a pesky little form of life that is unkind to humans.We have all probably...

    Highway 108 East work continues, with the east side of Pelican Rapids undergoing detour changes.  Pictured here is the Anne Lane and Hwy 108 intersection, which was closed early this week, July 21, with a short-term detour to Cross Point Road to the east. ๐๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐ ๐‘๐€๐๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐‡๐–๐˜ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ ๐–ฑ๐—ˆ๐–บ๐–ฝ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—„ ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—‡โ€™๐— ๐—‚๐—†๐—‰๐–บ๐–ผ๐— ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡...
    July 24, 2025
    After a long 4th of July weekend, the 2025 Pelican Rapids Complete Streets Project was โ€œup and runningโ€ once again throughout the several rain...

    Argentinian street artist Guri Gwyra working on his mural of the โ€œMinnesota Woman.โ€ ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ...
    July 24, 2025
    A striking new mural by Argentinian street artist Guri Gwyra now covers the freshly opened Rebel Shed in Pelican Rapids. The artwork celebrates the...

    Kids gave it everything they had in the July 11 tractor pull event during Pelican Fest.  
Photos of the determined young tractor pilots courtesy Nate McRae. Pelican Fest Kidโ€™s Pedal Tractor Pull was a display of youthful...
    July 23, 2025
    The Farmers Elevator Company and Park Region Co-op sponsored a Kidโ€™s Pedal Tractor Pull at Pelican Festโ€”hosted by Olsonโ€™s Pedal Tractor...

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