By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent More and more catalytic converters are being stolen from vehicles. But repair shops and dealerships have ways for securing those converters. Catalytic converters contain platinum, rhodium and palladium. The metals are expensive and thieves sell the converters. Here is one way to prevent those thefts. The CatClamp® was invented to prevent thieves from… Read More

Schwantes crowned as EOT Little Miss Princess Madison Ruther was crowned as the East Otter Tail Midwest Dairy Association Princess. The New York Mills High School student is the daughter of Aaron and Tiffany Ruther. The coronation and banquet was held on April 10 at the Backwoods BBQ in NY Mills. In addition to Ruther, Caroline Schwantes was… Read More

Contributed photo Caleb and Brittnee Monson recently held a presentation at Trinity Lutheran Church in New York Mills about the sex trafficking industry. Caleb works for an organization that attempts to free those in the industry as part of a national company. The Monsons live in New York Mills. 

Finalists to weight personal choice, social responsibility The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center has announced four finalists from the essay contest portion of the 29th Annual Great American Think-Off. These four finalists will participate in a live debate in New York Mills, on Saturday June 11.   The four finalists are (in alphabetical order): Matthew… Read More

Contributed photo On April 25, during a Firearms Safety class, James Seelhammer and Lance Wohlwend were presented awards for the continuing teaching and dedication to the area youth safety for 40 years. Wohlwend and Seelhammer, both of the Deer Creek area, have displayed dedication and commitment to area youth in teaching the safe handling of… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The county board of commissioners has approved a motion of support to Ducks Unlimited for the Dora Township Wildlife Management Area acquisition project, east of Pelican Rapids. Ducks Unlimited acquired 322 acres in Sections 22 and 23 of Dora Township in Otter Tail County through Minnesota’s Outdoor Heritage Fund. DU is… Read More

Cornel Walker has announced the DFL’s endorsement of his candidacy for the 2022 elections in Minnesota Senate District 9. Senate district 9 includes Otter Tail, Grant, Wilkin, Traverse and the western portion of Douglas counties. Walker is running a “Listening Campaign.” He’s been actively contacting voters who are willing to hire him as their senator. He… Read More

Pelican Rapids man to compete in new district Jason Satter has been endorsed by the DFL for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 9B.  Satter has called the newly drawn Senate District 9 my home for most of his life. He grew up in Norcross and graduated from Wheaton Area High School in Traverse County…. Read More

Contributed photo Charlotte Holmstrom recently visited with students in Will Grieger’s Social 8 class at New York Mills School. She is a foreign exchange student from Denmark and spoke about the life and culture of her home country. She also highlighted some of the vast contrasts between Minnesota and her home. She gave the eighth… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies, on May 2, reported a murder-suicide in Compton Township near Deer Creek in the extreme eastern section of Otter Tail County. An investigation of two deaths on April 29 determined that 25-year-old Isaac Malone shot and killed his wife, 25-year-old Ariel Malone, at their residence and then took his… Read More