Veteran residents and spouses at the Minnesota Veterans Homes – Fergus Falls Campus were recently presented with a beautiful bench made from recycled plastic bags collected by the club. “The bench will be a wonderful addition to our Home and will be placed in one of several shaded areas where residents often visit with family… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher New York Mills School District voters will be heading to the poll in November for more than just the conventional elected governmental positions. Voters will be asked to approve the first building levy in 26 years as part of an expansive building proposal at NY Mills School that would address everything… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher ucked away in an otherwise desolate prairie just outside of New York Mills is a place where vegetable plants grow as far as the eyes can see. Sprinkled in-between the large green vegetables are speckled shades of red from approximately 200 tomato plants, while large raised plant beds and unique greenhouses… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The counties of Otter Tail, Becker, Clay, Todd and Wadena comprise the Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid Waste Authority which operates a waste-to-energy facility in Perham. This resource recovery facility includes solid waste reduction and disposal, recycling and household hazardous waste management. Employees at the facility in Perham process… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen Members of the New York Mills homecoming court and the New York Mills High School marching band were just two of the entrants in the second annual homecoming day parade on Friday morning. The parade began and ended at the school and featured a number of organizations, athletic teams and homecoming… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The New York Mills School District will soon have a new look and way to access information regarding the school board meetings and publications. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week the school board approved, on a 6-1 vote with Kristina Ehnert voting in dissent, a proposal from Boardbook to provide… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher As he sits at a desk just a few feet away from the chapel where some of the most epic games of indoor football took place as a child in New York Mills, Greg Karvonen reflected not only on what his family’s business has meant to the community, but to the… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Many county residents visiting the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, N.D., are stepping into the rear platform of a recreated Pullman-style railcar modeled after Roosevelt’s famous train whistle-stops. The term whistle-stop comes from the railroad practice where a train signaled small town depots with a blast… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Consumer fraud doesn’t discriminate, nor is it isolated to people in big cities or businesses across the country. While it may seem like consumer fraud doesn’t happen in rural Minnesota the unfortunate reality is that fraud attempts happen quite frequently throughout the region, and being on top of the ever-changing world… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher False information about elections has proliferated online and on social media since 2020. With the November 3 midterm election now less-than one month away, local election officials continue to see misinformation spread online that is meant to undermine public faith in elections, as well as risk interfering with voters’ ability to… Read More