Photos by Tucker Henderson Above: Mayor Marsha Maki stopped in to visit and speak at the Volunteer Appreciation Day at the Senior Center last week. Below right: Susan Van Watermelon (pictured) and Doretta Olson both won the award of Puzzle Queen last week and were rewarded with jigsaw puzzle piece-shaped cookies for their efforts on the… Read More

Two local students to compete at nationals Several students in M-State’s PowerSports and Diesel Equipment Technology programs took top honors at this year’s SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships, including three gold medal winners—two of whom will go on to compete at nationals this summer in Atlanta. Cole Riegert, a first-year M-State student from Beltrami, Minn., won first… Read More

Lake Region Electric Cooperative’s (LREC) voluntary charitable fundraising program Operation Round Up (ORU) hosted their quarterly meeting on April 10. During the meeting, the ORU Board of Trustees awarded a total of $36,300 to 16 local organizations and programs across LREC’s service territory. Since ORU began in 2007, LREC has awarded $596,120 and has made… Read More

The Mills Dream Team is inviting the public to join their team for the 2023 Relay for Life. A meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 3 from 4-5:30 p.m. (open house) at St Peter’s Lutheran Church. This year’s Relay for Life is Friday, July 14 at the Perham track. There are many opportunities to help… Read More

Demonstration to take place on N Broadway Avenue, Miller Street New York Mills is set to launch a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) demonstration project from the intersection of N Broadway Ave and Miller St to the intersection of N Broadway Ave and Mocking Bird Ln. Demonstration projects are temporary, low-cost roadway projects that are used to… Read More

Fire destroys storage barn near Big Pine Lake By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Sheriff deputies, on April 19, reported the death of an Erhard resident Wednesday afternoon, April 19, north of Underwood on Highway 43. This was a single-vehicle accident. The accident took place just after 2 p.m., north of County Highway 1. The occupant of the… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages Minnesotans to contact the state duty officer if they see evidence of a fish die-off in a lake or stream. Fish die-offs can result from a variety of natural and human causes. “People can help by reporting fish die-offs right away,” DNR Limnology Consultant Tom Burri said. “These reports… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen Kim Salathe was one of four members of the 1977 state championship girls basketball team who spoke during the New York Mills Wall and Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday. In addition to the state championship basketball team, Paul Jokela, Howard Lund and Dean Simpson were honored.

NYM library celebrates 90th anniversary Tucker Henderson Reporter Ninety years ago, in the midst of the Great Depression, a few enterprising women decided to take on the task of establishing a public library in New York Mills. The three-year-old NY Mills Women’s Club did just that in 1933 and started a little library in the old… Read More

Parenting support, child development services to be funded as part of grant By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County Board members, on April 11, accepted a grant of $75,000 to study the possibility of establishing Family Resource Centers throughout Otter Tail County. County Human Services Director Deb Sjostrom told county commissioners that a Family Resource Center (FRC)… Read More