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Pelican Just For Kix director Amy Potts marks quarter-century...

Local Just For Kix Director Amy Potts attended the 2025 Just For Kix Directors Convention with over 200 Just For Kix Youth Program Directors from...

Forsgren pheasant operation reached15,000 hatch in 1975

75 years ago, June 29, 1950• Swimming Pool for Pelican is AssuredTo say that the good people of Pelican Rapids are eager to go “over the top” when it comes to showing their...

Hanging on the counter and entry to the new Pelican Rapids swimming pool is this signage—listing donors to the project.

‘𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨’ 𝖶𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍 𝗂𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾, 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗐𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒 𝖯𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇...

“If you build it, he will come!” This remains a famous quote from the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.” These were the words Iowa farmer Ray hears...

One of the lanes is nearly complete on the Highway 59 reconstruction project, on the north side of Pelican Rapids. Construction crews were busy moving concrete barriers Tuesday afternoon as the through lane was switched from west to east.
PHOTO BY SARA BROSOWSKE

Heavy rains, standing water halted much of Highway 59-108...

By Brent E. Frazier The weather changes everything!Just when you think that you have the very best plans of “men or mice” in place, the weather...

Rainfall, construction material costs hamper Maplewood trail section

The Maplewood State Park section of the county recreational trail from Pelican Rapids to Perham will be completed in the near future.Continual rainfalls in 2024 delayed...

A large crowd gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and official opening of the Pelican Rapids city aquatic center-swimming pool.

𝖠 𝗌𝗐𝗂𝗆𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿 𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗒 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗼𝗻...

Thankfully, new city swimming pools come along only about once per half-century in a small town—because it takes a lot of work, money, and...

Chaplain
(Lt. Colonel)
Eric Schwirian

Pelican’s Rev. Schwirian earns Minnesota VFW ‘Chaplain of Year’ honor

Rev. Eric Schwirian, a decorated Army veteran and pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, has been honored as Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars...

Pictured are Jaci (Grefsrud) Porto, and her husband, Flavio, who recently traveled to Monaco. They took a picture with the Pelican Rapids Press in front of the Prince’s Palace of Monaco.

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For more than 125 years, folks have been reading The Press in Pelican Rapids, at the farm, at the lake... and beyond!The Pelican Rapids Press is...

The Multicultural Committee board behind the International Friendship Festival in Pelican Rapids. From left, Joan Ellison, David Ellison, Julie Sachs, Nicole WK, Justin Fure, Christine Thysell, and Kathy Bergren.

Pelican celebrated 20th International Friendship Festival

Pelican Rapids Multicultural Committee hosted a successful 20th annual International Friendship Festival June 14. It may have started chilly and...

Bridge Center renovation plans focus on accessibility, youth...

Community members from civic groups, businesses, and local government recently gathered to discuss plans for the future of The Bridge Center, the...

Area students on S.D. State dean's list

More than 3,800 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the spring 2025 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the...

Pharmacy intern from Pelican Drug speaks about rural health care at...

Pharmacy intern at Pelican Drug, Ally Luthi, spoke recently at the Pelican Rapids Area Rotary Club. A Moorhead native, Luthi is a student at North...

The suspension bridge has become an iconic element in the Pelican Rapids “cityscape” over the past 50 years. Even wedding photographers have found it a unique visual backdrop, as illustrated in this photo from 2019.
The bridge was a major project for the Pelican Rapids Area Rotary Club in 1975. Much of the funding for the bridge project were generated over the years, at the annual Rotary turkey barbeque—the club’s biggest annual event.
The turkey feed continues to this day, and is scheduled July 12, during Pelican Fest.

Suspension bridge over Pelican River was major Rotary Club project...

75 years ago, June 22, 1950• Another Very Bad Storm Hit This Area ThursdayLast Thursday evening there was a repetition of Monday's storm, and it...

An early Monday morning downpour, June 16, silenced the heavy equipment all along the Pelican Rapids Highway 59-108 reconstruction project.

𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝖱𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗋𝗎𝗉𝗍...

When the rains have come and gone, and the gray loam and brown clay soil are soggy, when there is still a big threat of more rain showers in the...

𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴...𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗹𝘆...

Stuff, stuff, and more stuff! We all have it, we all have accumulated it, but what is our plan to do with our stuff?Stuff is defined as matter, material, or articles. It...

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