Magnetic properties of polycrystalline La 0.81 Sr 0.19 Mn 0.9 Fe 0.1−𝑥 Zn 𝑥 O 3 (𝑥 = 0, 0.05) have been investigated by means of electron spin resonance, magnetic susceptibility, and Mössbauer measurements. Both samples show a clear ferromagnetic transition. The Curie temperature 𝑇 C decreases on increasing Fe content. Mössbauer studies indicate that Fe in these compounds is in the trivalent high-spin state. The temperature evolution of the Mössbauer spectra at low temperatures (𝑇 < 𝑇 C ) is typical for ferromagnetic clusters with a wide distribution in size and magnetic correlation length. The inverse susceptibility of all the samples deviates from the Curie-Weiss law above 𝑇 C , indicating the presence of uctuations on approaching magnetic order. An anomalous downturn of the inverse susceptibility for 𝑥 = 0.05 signi cantly above 𝑇 C and the concomitant observation of ferromagnetic resonance signals coexisting with the paramagnetic resonance up to approximately room temperature, is caused by a Gri ths-like behavior. This regime is characterized by the coexistence of ferromagnetic entities within the globally paramagnetic phase.