Perham Focus

1 week ago | dl-online.com | Cooper Kanthak |Perham Focus

DETROIT LAKES — The start to the 2025 campaign hasn’t been kind to the Detroit Lakes boys tennis team. The Lakers boasted a 1-3 record as they welcomed Central Lakes Conference foe Sartell to town on Tuesday, April 15. The Sabres swept the Lakers 7-0 with only one matchup lasting longer than two sets. Dropping to 1-4 on the season, Detroit Lakes head coach Zachary Biggar is looking for answers from his young team. “I feel like we didn’t do anything that amazingly today,” Biggar said.

1 week ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Jared Rubado |Perham Focus

BEMIDJI – Two Beavers of the future are garnering NHL Draft buzz. Raiden LeGall, a 2006-born goaltender, was listed as the 28th-best goaltending prospect by Central Scouting in the final 2025 NHL Draft rankings. Defenseman Aiden Ziprick, born in 2005, was listed as the 162nd-best skater. LeGall started the 2024-25 season with the Niverville Nighthawks in the MJHL before playing 23 regular-season games with the Everett Silvertips in the WHL.

1 week ago | dl-online.com | Vicki Gerdes |Perham Focus

DETROIT LAKES — It was a project that was about five years in the making — or several centuries, depending on your point of view. The new multi-tiered exhibit, "Becker County Natural History Preserved in a Peat Bog," opened this past Thursday, April 10, at the Becker County Museum in Detroit Lakes. It contains the bones of two bison that were unearthed from a real peat bog near Frazee more than five years ago, then donated to the museum.

1 week ago | dl-online.com | Vicki Gerdes |Perham Focus

DETROIT LAKES — It all started, Luke Bergseth says, when his wife Rayna asked him to help her create a bench for their Detroit Lakes home. "There it is," says the man known professionally as "The Artistic Lumberjack," pointing to a low bench in the home's entryway. It was a project they worked on together. "By the time the staining and painting was done, I was hooked," Bergseth said.

1 week ago | perhamfocus.com | Cooper Kanthak |Perham Focus

PERHAM — A new era of Perham boys tennis dawned as first-year head coach Nick Stokke made his debut with the Yellowjackets, welcoming Sauk Rapids-Rice to town for its season opener on Thursday, April 10. The chilly weather conditions affected both teams, but the Storm warmed up on the road to defeat the Yellowjackets 6-1 to blemish Stokke’s coaching debut. “I thought we played well and I’m very proud of the guys,” Stokke said.