Lunds creates new partnership to showcase manufacturing in OTC A new partnership between Lund Boats and Otter Tail County is in place for schools and students to be able to explore manufacturing careers right here in New York Mills. Lunds has been working on the partnership for the past few years and this year, a youth workforce initiative… Read More

A new federal grant award will fund collaborative planning by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to further large-scale moose habitat restoration in northeast Minnesota. The award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, through the new America the Beautiful Challenge, will provide $443,600 to the DNR for the planning effort, with a goal of an… Read More

Event set for December 21 in NY Mills The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is inviting the public to its annual Longest Night Music Festival on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Cultural Center.   The Longest Night is a celebratory live music event that brings together an eclectic group of beloved local… Read More

Local library receives grant to install a new mural By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills Public Library will be gaining a new addition to its children’s section in the coming months. A recent grant opportunity through the Lake Region Arts Council fulfilled the library’s application for hiring a local artist to create a mural for… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher As she sits in a conference room in the back of the Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena, Kendra Schumacher can’t help but smile as she talks about the past year at the locally owned funeral home and cremation service. Schumacher is a licensed funeral director at Karvonen Funeral Home and Cremation Service and… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen Eiderson Biddle eyes up Santa Claus as he tells the big guy in red what he really wants for Christmas on Friday night. Santa Claus stopped by the Bluffton Community Center as part of Santa Day in Bluffton. The day included cookie decorating, wagon rides and the lighting of the community Christmas… Read More

Photo by Tasha Geiser Brothers Grady and Bode Roberts celebrate with their dad Chris after winning the Rodd Olson Invitational on Saturday. 

By Tucker Henderson Reporter A local blood drive has been planned for Dec. 14 at St. Peter’s Church in New York Mills. NY Mills High School senior Jaida Newborg organized the blood drive as a project for the National Honor Society and welcomes everyone eligible to sign up and donate. The blood drive will start at 10 a.m…. Read More

Photos by Tucker Henderson Mills Country Market gave area residents the opportunity to sample a number of different food items and pairings during its annual Taste of the Season event on Thursday night. As part of the event, people could sample food items that were inspired by the Christmas and holiday season. Above: Jerry Nesland, Deidre… Read More

Budget surplus was one of the first topics of conversation By Robert Willams Editor Area legislators discussed current topics ahead of the upcoming legislative session on Friday, Dec. 9, via Zoom during the Legislative Kaffeeklatsch, hosted by West Central Initiative (WCI) and Lakes Country Service Cooperative (LCSC).  Participating in the round table were District 4B Representative Jim… Read More