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

By Chad Koenen Publisher A large donation and sale of city property helped the City of New York Mills general fund balance grow by over $230,000 last year. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the NY Mills City Council received it end of year audit from John Hagen of Eide Bailly. Hagen said the city received… Read More

Photos by Tucker Henderson New York Mills kindergarten students continued the annual tradition of inviting dads, grandpas, uncles and other important men in their life to share a donut as part of the Grown ups with Donuts event on Friday. In addition to sharing a donut with kindergartners, the guests and students completed a variety of… Read More