New website to be more user friendly By Chad Koenen Publisher The City of Ottertail will receive a major face-lift online. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the Ottertail City Council approved a proposal from Catalyst to redesign the city’s website.  While the city has made updates to its website over the years, City Clerk/Treasurer… Read More

Event set for March 8 at Grace Connection church Get your critters skinned, cleaned and ready to throw in the pot. Then, bring them in to Grace Connection for this year’s critter cookin’ contest.  The Wild Game Feed is set for Friday evening, March 8, beginning at 6 p.m. With the slogan, “you killed it, you… Read More

Photo by Tom Hintgen A large painting of a 1876 sawmill in New York Mills is displayed in the lobby of the Otter Tail County Courthouse just south of downtown Fergus Falls.

By Chad Koenen Publisher Thinking about an air conditioner in February or March may seem as strange as a winter with nearly no snow. However, with warm temperatures right around the corner, planning ahead for necessary repairs and a new cooling system may not seem like such a foreign idea. “It is a good time. The sooner… Read More

Doll is one of four honored in Mayor for a Day contest By Tucker Henderson Reporter If you were mayor for a day, what would you do to make one of the services that your city provides even better? That was exactly the question posed to fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students throughout Minnesota recently as the… Read More

CEDA grant to provide technical support, funding By Chad Koenen Publisher The City of New York Mills received a unique grant to enhance the growth of the community.  During its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the NY Mills City Council heard that the city received a Community and Economic Development Associate (CEDA) grant of $15,000… Read More

Group aims to support NYM School By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills Education Foundation, which was founded in 2017 by staff and alumni of NY Mills High School, has reached a new era in its short history as a totally new group of board members continues the mission of its founders. “I was fortunate… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The New York Mills City Council will step into an increase for its seasonal snow removal in the business district.  During its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night, the city council had a lengthy discussion about the history of having city staff removing snow in the business district and the benefit of ensuring… Read More

Mills Lanes and Lucky Strike Grill remains a popular bowling destination By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Bowling alleys in Otter Tail County, some no longer standing, provided great entertainment. Today, older county residents have great memories of bowling during the 1950s and 1960s. Those were the days of pin boys who manually placed bowling pins, prior… Read More

County, school, city partnership approved By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County Engineer Krysten Foster informed county commissioners about the approximate timetable regarding the new roundabout near the YMCA (North Friberg and East Fir Avenue) in Fergus Falls. Also planned are possible roundabouts near Dairyland (North Union and Fir Avenue) and a third roundabout north of Productive Alternatives… Read More