By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The winter season is a good time of year to visit the county museum (Otter Tail County Historical Society) on the west side of Fergus Falls. The exact location is 1110 West Lincoln Avenue, near Van Dyk Park. “We built our new home here in 1973 and moved here from the… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County Engineer Chuck Grotte and his employees have several road and bridge projects on the agenda for 2022, in coordination with various contractors who went through the bidding process. Otter Tail County is larger in size than the state of Rhode Island and paved roads total 1,062 miles. This keeps the… Read More

The New York Mills Civic Excellence Award was created in January 2001.  The intent of the award is to promote a strong sense of citizenship with a focus on “service to others.” The NY Mills Civic Excellence Award is a two-part program that is based on the selection of a recipient in the spring of their… Read More

NYM concert is postponed due to COVID-19 concerns The Aby Wolf + Champagne Confetti concert presented by the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center has been rescheduled to Friday, March 11 due to COVID-19. Aby Wolf and Champagne Confetti is an evening of new works for strings, voices, percussion and electronics performed by a cast of renowned… Read More

Arvig’s School Partnership Program has awarded more than $1 million since its creation in 2010 to help buy new technology and supplies for classrooms in Minnesota. The School Partnership Program gives customers the option to donate $1 from their internet payment each month—at no extra cost to them—to a school of their choice in the Arvig… Read More

Chill Fishing Report Cody Hill Winter has shown us this past weekend that Mother Nature is not to be taken lightly.  Ice fishing is my favorite time of the year to fish but this past weekend it was downright deadly at times and I had to help rescue people on the lake that had gotten themselves… Read More

Battle Lake man injured in road accident By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Sheriff deputies, On Jan. 10, reported several fraudulent unemployment applications in Otter Tail County. One county resident reported that he was notified that he was approved for unemployment benefits even though he had not applied for unemployment. Deputies advised the person to contact his… Read More

Anyone walking in to Farmers & Merchants State Bank recently looking for Nick Roder might’ve gotten a small surprise when they didn’t see him in the office he has occupied for the past 11 years.  That’s because the bank’s Board of Directors recently appointed him as President at their January meeting and with that title… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Scott Andrew Oppegard, 39, of Dalton, will avoid incarceration at the prison in St. Cloud if he remains law abiding for five years. Oppegard was found guilty after a felony charge of fifth degree drug possession. The judge issued a court ruling on Dec. 13, 2021. There will be local confinement in… Read More

Longtime teacher is grateful for the honor Tucker Henderson Reporter “So many people are deserving of this, and so (I) feel grateful to be nominated for something like this,” said Heidi Dresser of her recent award as the New York Mills School Teacher of the Year. “It’s good to feel appreciated.”  This is the second time… Read More