Otter Tail County Commissioners and staff recently completed a county-wide tour to view progress on several infrastructure, housing, and other economic and community investment projects. The tour allowed commissioners to see the work being done across several departments and communities. At Phelps Mill, commissioners observed restoration work at the historic park, including a recently installed boardwalk… Read More

The Minnesota Legislature recently approved the State and Local Government and Elections budget agreement, which includes a key policy championed by Sen. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) to create an alternative pathway to certified public accountant (CPA) licensure. Senate File 1536 reduces the minimum years of college from five to four to become a CPA. The… Read More

The New York Mills Relay for Life Team to hold perennial plant sale. The Mills Dream team will be having their annual plant sale June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mills Country Market.  There will be a free will offering with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society at the Relay for… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent On Memorial Day weekend this writer visited the gravesite of Tom Hintgen’s Great-Uncle John McAuliffe at Holy Cross Cemetery in north Fargo. He served his country in the Spanish-American War in 1898 and 1899. To family members he is a hero, and there’s another story that makes him twice a hero…. Read More

By Chad KoenenPublisher The New York Mills Millers were able to upend the Henning North Stars on Saturday night by a score of 14-4. The Millers took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when two runs scored on a Brayden Ehnert single with two outs. Henning answered with a run of their… Read More

Contributed photos The New York Mills Class of 2025 received their high school diploma on Friday, May 23. Among the students to receive their diplomas was Dixie Dykhoff (above) and Elliot Frost (below left). 

Less-than one week after receiving his high school diploma, a local teenager is dead following a crash in rural Wadena on Tuesday night (May 27).  Blake Unger, age 18, was killed in an accident near the intersection of 370th St and 640th Ave, northwest of Wadena at around 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday night. According to the… Read More

Photo by Dani Koenen The annual New York Mills Memorial Day program once again featured a variety of musical selections by the high school band and choir, as well as a guest speaker who shared his story of being held as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War for approximately four years. A Memorial Day… Read More

By Tucker Henderson Reporter Students at the New York Mills School District have been getting their use out of the bike fleet this spring. The fleet, which is shared with the Henning School District, was made possible through PartnerSHIP 4 Health, a statewide health improvement organization. On Wednesday, May 7, Jeff Rimpila, former phy. ed. teacher in… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County commissioners, on May 20, heard an update about the upcoming change in bus service for Otter Tail County.  Otter Express bus service, operated for many years in Otter Tail County by Fergus Falls-based Productive Alternatives, is shifting to a proposed Joint Powers Board consisting of county government and county communities. County… Read More