NYM team takes first at  contest on Big Pine Lake By Barbie Porter Editor, Frazee-Vergas Forum The fifth event of the fishing season is in the books and Kacie Steinbach, Nevaeh Cavalier and their boat captain Steve Steinbach took their first ever, first place finish on a hot and smoky day. Nevaeh and Kacie teamed up to form… Read More

Thursday, August 19  Baked Chicken, Baby Bakers, Peas N Carrots, Tropical Fruit Salad, Bread, Butter, Milk Friday, August 20  Sliced Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Coconut Crème Pie, Bread, Butter, Milk Monday, August 23  Tator Tot Casserole, Coleslaw, Toasted Buns (2 Halves), Angel Food Cake, Milk Tuesday, August 24  Polish Sausage/Bun, Fried Potatoes, Baked Beans, Mini Crème Puffs (3), Milk Wednesday, August… Read More

Chris LeClair, Otter Tail County land and resource director, will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Otter Tail County Coalition Of Lake Associations.  The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19 at the Ottertail Community Center in Ottertail Minnesota.  LeClair will describe the new  Shoreland Ordinance Revisions adopted by… Read More

Students from several career and technical programs at Alexandria Technical & Community College competed in the 2021 local, state, and national Skills USA Competitions.  Local winners moved on to the State competition, with first-place state winners competing in nationals.  The following students earned awards: Paul Fisk, fifth place, Related Technical Math, ATCC SkillsUSA Local Competition and Blake… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener If you try to avoid the heat of a hot summer by gardening in the early morning or just before dusk, you have met one of the scourges of a Minnesota summer; mosquitoes. They are so big this summer they have to file a flight plan. When you come in you… Read More

To write about this is probably a combination of old-age retrospection with an added dash of conceit that anyone is interested in the things I did as a young boy on a farm, but then, maybe some of you haven’t participated in a real cattle drive. Each spring, we would have to drive a herd of… Read More

I may not remember the name of my junior high home economics teacher from Windom High School, but I am pretty sure she will remember mine.  At one point during my year in home economics, I didn’t know there was a difference between salt and sugar when cooking—I mean both are white right? When someone had… Read More

Otter Repair officially opens in the heart of Ottertail By Chad Koenen Publisher As a golf cart and two boats sat idle near his shop, Glen Collins received a surprise visit from another customer who needed a quick fix for an outdoor toy. It’s been just four weeks since Collins opened his new shop, named Otter… Read More