Pelican Rapids News

The announcement that Minnesota will be among 10 states freed from the controversial requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law is good news to area school districts.

November will likely see the start of an inaugural season of a new Fergus Falls curling club, club founder Tim Atkinson told The Daily Journal Wednesday.

The Pelican Valley Hospital District board of directors has rejected a proposal from Dunn and Scambler townships to leave the district.

PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn- Lake Lida is drawing crowds for more than just their fishing.

Alice Hovland was born Jan. 18, 1925, near Rothsay, the daughter of Joseph and Alma Hovland.

Upgrading the aging high school in Pelican Rapids, to improve air quality, comes at a high price.

Paul was born March 17, 1957, in Pelican Valley Hospital in Pelican Rapids, the son of William and Elaine Sundby.

He was born March 9, 1922, the son of Erick and Clara Jorgenson in Erhard. He was baptized at South Immanuel Church and confirmed at Hedemarken Church, rural Carlisle.

M State's Sustainable Foods Production program, through various activities, has the goal of having people connect with their food and who is growing it.

The conversion of Good Samaritan Society of Pelican Rapids to assisted living, as of March 14, will also result in big changes for current staff.

A 30-year-old female employee of the Otter Tail County Humane Society was given medical attention after being bitten by a German shepherd dog Friday evening northwest of Pelican Rapids, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Department.

On March 14, Good Samaritan Society of Pelican Rapids will convert to assisted living.

The Pelican Rapids Public School district, which has close to 25 percent of its students living in homes where English is the second language, is in danger of losing integration funding from the state legislature.