By Tucker Henderson Reporter The annual New York Mills Christmas Tree Festival is taking place again this year as Thanksgiving gives way to the Christmas season. The more-than week-long event has activities covered for every age and all community members. Proceeds from the festival will benefit Santa Anonymous, which provides gifts for families in need each Christmas… Read More

EDA expresses a need for economic developer, grant writer By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills EDA held its monthly meeting last week and discussed city updates and downtown revitalization. The need for an economic developer was emphasized as ideas for development are abundant, as well as community enthusiasm. The RISE Grant which the city has applied… Read More

NYM teacher to be honored at state convention in December Doug Salo, fifth grade science teacher at New York Mills Elementary School, has been selected for the 2022 Teacher Award by the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD).  Each year the MASWCD selects an outstanding teacher who actively engages students in the betterment… Read More

New commissioner to represent southeast OTC By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent A new county commissioner will be sworn in when the five-person county board commences business in 2023. Robert Lahman of Parkers Prairie defeated District 4 incumbent Betty Murphy of Maine Township in the general election. Lahman had 51.4 percent of the votes and Murphy tallied 48.3… Read More

Series highlights benefits of living in OT County By Tucker Henderson Reporter Rural by Choice, the docuseries on life in Otter Tail County, is premiering its second season on Sunday, Nov. 27. The series, which began filming in August of 2020, has received national attention with views in the hundreds of thousands and was also shown at… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen The New York Mills fall play was held on Friday and Saturday night at the school. The play was entitled: “Tammy: A Coming of Age Story About a Girl who is Part T-Rex.” Friday also marked the annual Community Serving Classrooms Carnival. A variety of carnival games, as well as a silent… Read More

Haley Korkowski Voice of Democracy, first place Why is the veteran important? It’s such a simple question, but how do we answer it? Veterans defend and protect out country, but they do a lot more than that too. They have sacrificed many things that a lot of us wouldn’t be able to live without. Like being… Read More

Community members can lend a hand to patients at TCHC Susan Marco Tri-County Health Care The holidays are fast approaching, and I’m making a list and checking it twice. I’ve started my Christmas shopping early, I’m eyeing turkeys at the grocery store and I’ve got the snow blower oiled and ready for action.  I’ve added another item to… Read More

Truck accident reported November 15 By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies, on Nov. 15, reported that a driver was injured in a one-vehicle accident near the intersection of 485th Street and 275th Avenue, west of Vergas. The accident took place at 11:51 a.m. Deputies said the driver veered off the right side of a snow-covered road… Read More

An article in the 2022 fall home improvement section cited a local contractor who stated that Marvin Windows could take up to 30 weeks to get ordered and delivered.  Last week a representative from Marvin Windows contacted this publication and stated that the windows can be ordered and delivered in 9-12 weeks. This publication apologizes for the error.