NYM used as an example of sharing cultures By Robert Williams Editor Maggie Rousu, the executive director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) gave a presentation on the mission and diverse ways the project provides goods and services to White Earth Nation on a visit to the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League at Bethlehem Lutheran… Read More

Rimpila returns to area classrooms in a venture with PartnerShip 4 Health By Tucker Henderson Reporter Although he transferred from teaching elementary students to driving them to school each day, Jeff Rimpila hasn’t retired from teaching students about the importance of physical education.  ¶  Through bus driving, Rimpila has opened up his schedule so that he’s able… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident east of Dalton, close to 8:30 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 23. The accident took place on Highway 12 near Johnson Lake. Sheriff deputies said the vehicles involved were a car and pickup. One vehicle swerved into the oncoming lane, close to 298th Avenue… Read More

CO2 pipeline planned from Fergus Falls to Brekenridge By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Representatives of Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions addressed the five-person Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday morning, Sept. 26.  Plans call for transporting captured carbon dioxide (CO2) by pipeline from the Green Plains Ethanol Plant northwest of Fergus Falls to a location… Read More

IMT Insurance, a leading provider of personal and commercial insurance products in the Midwest, recently announced its list of 47 Community contest winners, distinguishing City of New York Mills, submitted by Farmers Union Agency/Preuss, as one of the $500 recipients. The IMT Community Contest awards monetary gifts to community projects and organizations within the states the… Read More

The Otter Tail County Relay For Life Committee, team captains and team members gathered Thursday, September 21, at Disgruntled Brewing for a celebration.  As the 2023 Relay For Life season ended in late August, the 2023 OTC Relay total climbed to over $181,170, an accomplishment that called for a celebration.  When the Relay Committee began planning… Read More

County to seek grants to enhance Otter Tail County Safe Communities Coalition By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County Commissioners, on Sept. 26, approved a grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for traffic safety projects during the period from Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024. Otter Tail County Public Health was authorized to… Read More

Otter Tail County Sheriff Barry Fitzgibbons is excited to announce the commencement of the Law Enforcement Scholarship Program for 2023.  Sheriff Fitzgibbons announced that the MSA Board of Directors has established a scholarship fund for the awarding of up to 20 – $2,000 scholarships for this year. These scholarships are due to the coordinated efforts of… Read More

Arvig’s longtime annual golf event—the Arvig Golf Classic—swung into its 39th year with its largest-ever turnout, a new name and a refocused direction for 2023 and the future—financial support for charitable causes. The Arvig Golf Classic is now the Arvig Charity Golf Classic. The event was revamped this year to focus on raising money for charities… Read More

By Rodney Bernu Special to the Dispatch New York Mills, a small town located in central Minnesota with a population of some 650-people had ballooned to eight hundred or more for the 1936 Fourth of July celebration. The town’s main highway and streets were lined with horses and Buggies, Model A Fords, and shiny new Chevrolets.  At… Read More