Perham Focus
{{Short description|Local newspaper in Minnesota USA}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Perham Focus
| type = Print/Online Newspaper
| owners = Forum Communications Company
| publisher = Devlyn Brooks
| maneditor = Tris Anderson
| foundation = 1882
| headquarters = 300 W. Main St. Suite C
| publishing_city = Perham, Minnesota
| website = {{URL|perhamfocus.com}}
}}
The Perham Focus is an American, English-language newspaper headquartered in Perham, Minnesota. It serves east Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the surrounding areas. It was founded in 1882 and is currently owned by the Forum Communications Company based in Fargo, North Dakota.{{Cite book|last=Zaleski|first=Jack|title=Forum Communications Company: A Narrative History 1980 - 2018|publisher=Forum Publishing Company|year=2018}}{{Cite web|date=|title=Perham Focus|url=http://www.perhamfocus.com|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Perham Focus}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Minnesota Newspaper Association Newspaper Directory|url=http://mna.org/assets/2021MNADirectoryONLINE.pdf|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Minnesota Newspaper Association|page=27}}
The Perham Focus provides news coverage through an [http://www.perhamfocus.com online] news website, a weekly print edition and a daily e-paper edition available online or through an app.{{Cite web|title=Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub|url=https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/hub/perham-focus|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Minnesota Historical Society}}
History
Related names of the newspaper include:{{Cite web |title=The Perham Enterprise and Bulletin (Perham, Minn.) 1913-Current |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83016757/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}{{Cite web |title=East Otter Tail Focus (Perham, Mn) 2009-2012 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2011204422/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}
- Perham Bulletin (1882 - 1913)
- Perham Enterprise and Bulletin (1913 - 2013)
- East Otter Tail Focus (2009 - 2012)
- Perham Focus (2013–present)
The Perham Focus was purchased by the Forum Communications Company in 2000.