What writers love more than anything else is illogic. Several years ago, it was no further away than the local exercise gym. (Maybe they’ve changed the policy by now.) “We have a new program here sponsored by your health insurance agency that will reimburse you in actual dollars if you come and exercise at least eight… Read More

By Barbie Porter Editor ric Roggenkamp was told that he was born with a wrench in one hand and an accordion in the other. The rural Bluffton resident is known for polka and fixing all things farm related. His polka life began when he teamed up with Carl Bauck and Larry Selander in 1996 to form Eric’s Dance Band…. Read More

Probation agents utilize local options By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County Probation Director Mike Schommer reports that Otter Tail County taxpayers are saving money is light of less usage of the youth detention center in Moorhead. “Probation agents are utilizing more community-based services here in Otter Tail County, while meeting the needs of clients,” Schommer said. Member… Read More

Expansion at EDA hopes to bring future building project to reality By Chad Koenen Publisher The New York Mills EDA has reaffirmed its desire to continue moving forward with the South Point development project. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday morning, which was held in the Government Services building, the NY Mills EDA spent quite a… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher If it seems like you have gained some extra lake shore, or have been able to wade an extra hundred feet out from shore on an area lake, there is a good reason—because with the lack of rain this year lake levels are reaching some record lows. Extreme drought conditions throughout much of… Read More

Thieves take catalytic converters in rural Deer Creek By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Sheriff deputies reported injuries Aug. 18 in a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of Highways 10 and 106, west of Bluffton in eastern Otter Tail County. The accident took place at 9:41 a.m., in what deputies described as a t-bone crash. Assisting sheriff deputies was… Read More

During Lake Region Electric Cooperative’s (LREC) quarterly Operation Round Up (ORU) allocation, the ORU Board of Trustees distributed $11,100. Award recipients and amounts are as follows: •$1,250 to Otter Tail Youth Ski League for equipment trailer •$2,000 to Parkers Prairie Community Ambulance for cardiac equipment •$360 to East Otter Tail 4-H for bike rodeos in Henning and Perham areas… Read More

Ottertail Fire seeks to update grass truck By Jenna Baker Correspondent The Otter Tail River was of main discussion at the City of Ottertail’s regularly scheduled August Council Meeting. Many members of the public were present to discuss what, if any, restoration should be done to the river, specifically between the outlets near County Highway 1 and… Read More