By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County residents, on Monday evening Dec. 12, expressed their opinions about a proposed fish passage project at Phelps Mill. The public information meeting was held at the county Government Services Center in Fergus Falls.  ¶  At issue for many county residents is the fear of the overall aesthetics of historic… Read More

Vehicles, goats lost in pole shed fire By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Three weekend traffic accidents were reported by sheriff deputies on Monday, Dec. 12. At least one person was injured Dec. 9 in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 80 near Perham. The accident took place at 12:37 p.m. Another person was injured in a one-vehicle rollover… Read More

Lunds creates new partnership to showcase manufacturing in OTC A new partnership between Lund Boats and Otter Tail County is in place for schools and students to be able to explore manufacturing careers right here in New York Mills. Lunds has been working on the partnership for the past few years and this year, a youth workforce initiative… Read More

A new federal grant award will fund collaborative planning by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to further large-scale moose habitat restoration in northeast Minnesota. The award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, through the new America the Beautiful Challenge, will provide $443,600 to the DNR for the planning effort, with a goal of an… Read More

Event set for December 21 in NY Mills The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is inviting the public to its annual Longest Night Music Festival on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Cultural Center.   The Longest Night is a celebratory live music event that brings together an eclectic group of beloved local… Read More

Local library receives grant to install a new mural By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills Public Library will be gaining a new addition to its children’s section in the coming months. A recent grant opportunity through the Lake Region Arts Council fulfilled the library’s application for hiring a local artist to create a mural for… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher As she sits in a conference room in the back of the Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena, Kendra Schumacher can’t help but smile as she talks about the past year at the locally owned funeral home and cremation service. Schumacher is a licensed funeral director at Karvonen Funeral Home and Cremation Service and… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen Eiderson Biddle eyes up Santa Claus as he tells the big guy in red what he really wants for Christmas on Friday night. Santa Claus stopped by the Bluffton Community Center as part of Santa Day in Bluffton. The day included cookie decorating, wagon rides and the lighting of the community Christmas… Read More

Photo by Tasha Geiser Brothers Grady and Bode Roberts celebrate with their dad Chris after winning the Rodd Olson Invitational on Saturday. 

By Tucker Henderson Reporter A local blood drive has been planned for Dec. 14 at St. Peter’s Church in New York Mills. NY Mills High School senior Jaida Newborg organized the blood drive as a project for the National Honor Society and welcomes everyone eligible to sign up and donate. The blood drive will start at 10 a.m…. Read More