Perham Public News Today

All the latest happenings in and around Perham.

Brandon Sandberg, Jaxon Bain and Madeleine Lamb received the National Rural and Small Town Award.

Perham High School students Jaxon Bain, Isaac Paurus and Angelina Nicholas will compete at the national competition in Anaheim, California, but they need some help to get there.

In other Perham-Dent School Board news, the district had an increase of 16 students from February into March.

Students Quincy Anderson, Jaxon Bain and Isaac Paurus walked away from the Minnesota Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference as state champions.

The Perham speech team finished with 114 points on its way to the title. Parkers Prairie finished with 65 points for second place, while Underwood was third with 44 points.

Sadie Shippee, a Perham High School senior, drew a colorful turtle with different west-central Minnesota motifs represented on its shell. Her art will be displayed in the state Senate building.

Election results can be found below. This article will be updated tomorrow.

The Perham-Dent Public School District announced the new principals of Heart of the Lakes Elementary and Prairie Wind Middle School at the school board meeting on the evening of Wednesday, June 8.

As the Perham School District draws closer to 2022 graduation, district leaders prepare for summer construction and improvement projects at the high school and Heart of the Lakes Elementary School.