Building projects wrap up at NYM By Chad Koenen Publisher With school just around the corner, the New York Mills School District is preparing for the start of the 2022-23 school year. During its regularly scheduled meeting last Monday night, the school board heard several brief updates on back to school preparations about everything from fall activities to… Read More

OTC to look into cleaning up property By Chad Koenen Publisher A dilapidated building that has been the subject of countless city council meetings over the past decade could be one step closer to being cleaned up. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Aug. 22, the Deer Creek City Council heard that Otter Tail County will… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent A shining example of great leadership was exhibited by Hannah Kempfer of Erhard who became a member of the Minnesota State Legislature in 1922. This extraordinary woman immigrated from Norway to Minnesota about 1885, eventually settling with her family near Erhard, in western Otter Tail County. In 1903 she married a… Read More

Felony cases to receive probation By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent A stay of adjudication was issued by county court judges for three felony cases in Otter Tail County.  Under a stay of adjudication, while the probation is going on, it is a pending case. This is the same as being charged and awaiting trial. Once probation… Read More

Letterpress equipment dates back to the 1930s By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent This is the ninth year of the Minnesota Newspaper Museum hosting visitors at the state fair in its new home. The museum is now located adjacent to the 4-H building in the northeast section of the fairgrounds. From 1987 to 2013 the newspaper… Read More

New York Mills EDA looks at repairing building By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills EDA met at their regularly scheduled meeting last Wednesday morning to discuss city development opportunities. Chairman Jason Schik confirmed that all outstanding loans are up to date. Construction on a new home in the Country View addition is ongoing.  The city closed… Read More

Company published several newspapers By Tucker Henderson Reporter Names carry their own weight. That being said, names are much more likely to carry a certain weight if they are connoted with an impactful person, business, or other community facet. One of the names around New York Mills with a long history and it’s own positive weight, even after… Read More

Caucus to be held Feb. 1 at various locations in OTC Otter Tail Power is working with Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. to develop, construct, and co-own an approximately 95-mile 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Ellendale, North Dakota. This project allows both companies to create a more resilient regional transmission grid while continuing… Read More

Performance to take place September 10 The New York Mills Regional Cultural is pleased to present Pat and Donna Surface in their interactive multimedia musical event, Jukebox Time Machine, on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m.     Journey back in time with Pat and Donna as they remember the jukebox hits through the decades—a multimedia… Read More

The Tri-County Health Care Foundation awarded $13,000 in grants to local organizations.  These grants are created using the revenue-generating funds at the Minnesota Foundation. This allows Tri-County Health Care to take a percentage of the equity each year to distribute in the form of gifts.   The obstetric department at Tri-County Health Care was awarded a $2,000… Read More