Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to recognize the 2021 Chamber Choice Awards. Congratulations to the 2021 Business of the Year, Bowman Regional Public Library and 2021 Volunteer of the Year, Josh Buchmann! These honorees have been key players in Bowman County in 2020 and beyond.
2021 Business of the Year
Bowman Regional Public Library has shown strong leadership in our community and provides a shining example for other community businesses. With generous hearts and the true well-being of our community as their top priority, it is only fitting to honor them as the Business of the Year.
At first glance, you may miss the abundance of programs and opportunities Bowman Regional Public Library provides and it goes way beyond books. Especially in 2020, the Library adapted their services to continue to provide their same great resources to the community. They provide books in enough genres to cover everyoneâs interest and services such as the red library cart stocked with b
Chamber Choice Awards celebrate passion and spirit in Perham
The donations and volunteering Perham is able to contribute are possible because everyone in the community pitches in, said KLN Family Brands President Charlie Nelson. Written By: Elizabeth Vierkant | ×
Perham recognizes its community through a banquet and social event (Elizabeth Vierkant) I ve often said that working in Perham for me has been like being CEO of the town, but it is with about 100, 150 other CEOs, all doing their own leadership thing, all doing what they do best with great passion, recently retired attorney Dennis Happel said. Nobody alone can do this. Even a few people couldn t do this without the community really sharing that vision. . . . Every year, this event is kind of a love fest for Perham, and it should be.
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Customers who use Penelec as their power generation supplier are paying slightly less for their electricity.
Effective Monday, the residential rate for electricity decreased from 5.67 cents per kilowatt-hour to 4.98 cents per kwh, according to Todd Meyers, spokesman for FirstEnergy Corp., Penelec’s parent company.
For typical residential customers using 750 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month, bills will fall about $5.14 cents per month from $108.58 to $103.44, Meyers said.
“Electricity prices often dip in the spring, as cold weather moderates and less electricity is used for heat or to operate furnace blower motors,” Meyers said.
Electric bills are divided into two parts: the cost of generating electricity and the cost of transmission for maintaining electric lines, etc.
In a roller-coaster year, Perham has pulled together as a community to survive the harsh year Written By: RosaLin Alcoser | ×
A man wears a paper mask while coming out of Ace Hardware in Perham on Monday, July 27. (RosaLin Alcoser/Focus)
2020 has been a roller-coaster of a year for both Perham and the world. Over the course of the year, lockdown signs read “Perham Strong” popped up all over town with a sentiment that has proven to be true this year.
During the pandemic, many small businesses across the country and state of Minnesota have had to permanently shut their doors in 2020. But business closings did not grab headlines in the Perham Focus. While many events were altered or postponed because of COVID-19, the year ended with some hope and the arrival of a vaccine.