Local non-profit purchases Otter Fitness Garage By Tucker Henderson Reporter The “Ottertail Community Project” has been a development in the works for the past three years and has just recently purchased the Otter Fitness Garage in Ottertail, as part of Phase I of their overarching plan. “This all started about three years ago,” said Executive Director, Alex… Read More

Program to be held at NY Mills School auditorium By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3289 will be hosting this year’s Veterans Day program in the NY Mills School Auditorium at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The program is organized by both the VFW Post and the VFW… Read More

A Horace, N.D. man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for stealing a skid steer in late 2024 from Carr’s Tree Service in Ottertail. The sentencing was part of a plea deal with charges of theft and receiving stolen property related to a string of thefts across Otter Tail and Clay Counties in Minnesota and Cass… Read More

Floral Antler Watercolor Workshop set for Saturday The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center has announced the launch of a brand-new creative workshop series this fall: “Morning with Megan.”  Join the Cultural Center for the first session on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., featuring Floral Antler Watercolor Workshop led by new Artistic… Read More

PR dispensary denied on 500-foot park buffer By Robert Williams Editor There are some towns in Minnesota that will struggle trying to fit retail cannabis businesses into their business districts without falling under the restrictive buffer zones of 500 and 1,000-feet designated by state statute. A New York Mills business was denied in August as its location of… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent On Oct. 8 Otter Tail County lost historian and former Vergas area resident David Asleson. He was a retired U.S. Forest Service employee in Idaho, Montana and the state of Washington who retired to rural Vergas in 2014. In his latter years he resided at an assisted living facility in Moorhead…. Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Otter Tail County, according to a press release issued by the Minnesota division  of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has agreed to pay a former inmate $200,000. This follows the inmate dropping a lawsuit which cited, in December 2024, “extreme, punitive treatment” at the county detention center in Fergus… Read More

Future Bright, a fiduciary, fee-based investment advisory firm serving clients across Arizona, Minnesota and North Dakota, is proud to announce that Daunte Leiran has joined the firm as a Financial Advisor. “We’re thrilled to welcome Daunte to the Future Bright team.  His acumen and understanding of the next generation’s financial advisory needs will help position our firm to… Read More

Karli Kawlewski graduated from the University of Jamestown at the end of the summer 2025 semester. Kawlewski, of New York Mills, earned a Master of Arts while majoring in Leadership. University of Jamestown is consistently ranked as a top regional university in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. Founded in 1883 as Jamestown College, UJ… Read More

Ninth consecutive Aspen Prize honor Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) has been named one of 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program selects colleges based on… Read More