🌱 How a $1.4M upgrade will reshape Perham’s tennis courts this summer

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $1.4M upgrade will reshape Perham’s tennis courts this summer
• How new county-backed bonds will upgrade Bongards’ Perham-area wastewater system
• How Perham’s Yellowjackets turned a shaky start into a state run

Also on today's calendar: Spring Pottery Painting and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy; breezy, warmer, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 74, low: 36.
• Friday: Breezy and cooler, with a high of 55 and low of 33 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Perham serves up $1.4M tennis upgrade (perhamfocus.com) — Perham-Dent schools are moving ahead with a $1.4 million rebuild of the city’s aging eight-court tennis complex, with bids due May 12 and play required by late August. Funded through long-term facilities maintenance dollars, the project adds new concrete-based courts, improved fencing, lighting on select courts, better walkways to the Perham Area Community Center, and an upgraded parking lot.
   

2. OTC assisting Perham's Bongards - New York Mills Dispatch (nymdispatch.com) — Otter Tail County commissioners have approved issuing bonds to help Bongards Creamery near Perham upgrade its wastewater and solid waste treatment systems, easing the company’s borrowing costs. The project, just outside city limits, includes rehabilitating ponds and improving dryers, supporting both environmental compliance and the local cheese plant’s modernization plans without affecting the county’s own bond rates.
   

3. Perham makes a memorable run to state, a review of the 2025-2026 season (perhamfocus.com) — Perham fans can relive a standout boys basketball season that ended with a Section 8AA title and state tournament trip, the program’s first since 2022. Coach Grant Dierkhising highlights key contributors, from high-scoring guard Cypress Thiel to emerging point guard Isaiah Farrell, and outlines summer workouts aimed at keeping the Yellowjackets competitive next year.
   

4. Two adults, six children escape house fire in Otter Tail County (perhamfocus.com) — A family of eight, including six children, escaped unharmed after a house fire near Battle Lake destroyed their home and most belongings on Sunday. While labeled under Perham news, the incident happened along County Highway 83 and drew responses from Battle Lake and Underwood fire departments plus the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office.
   

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📸 Around Perham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Perham

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Wadena-Deer Creek vs Perham
  Perham High School, 800 Coney St W, Perham
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Track and Field: V
  Hawley High School
  4:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Spring Pottery Painting
  perham center for the arts , 101 5th St NE , Perham
  1:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Golf: G/JV/JH
  Birchwood Golf Course Pelican Rapids -
  4:30 pm
• Tennis: B/V
  Perham High School Tennis Courts Perham High SchoolTennis Courts
  4:30 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Free Blood Pressure Checks
  Perham Area Community Center , 620 3rd Ave SE , Perham
  9:00 am

Thursday April 30

• Thief River Falls/Goodridge vs Perham
  Perham High School , 800 Coney St W , Perham
  9:30 am
• Track and Field: V
  Pelican Rapids High School
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 30

• Heart of the Lakes Perham Girls Conference Tournament
  Perham Lakeside Golf Club , 2727 450th St , Perham
  11:00 am

Friday May 1

• Body- Led Yoga Flow
  New York Mills Regional Cultural Center , 24 N Main Ave , New York Mills
  10:00 am
• Perham Ducks Unlimited Sportsman's Bingo is Back!
  The Salty Pickle Bar & Grill and Event Center , 43974 390th St , Perham
  5:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Ottertail Ducks Unlimited Spring Bingo 2026
  The Woodshed Bar & Grill , 211 Main St E , Ottertail
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ellingson Companies posted a job opening for Plumbing Service Technician - Perham in Perham. Apply here.
• Perham Health posted a job opening for Resident Assistant or Certified Nursing Assistant | Assisted Living in Perham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Perham here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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