By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Gratitude and serenity were again conveyed by Gert Larson of Fergus Falls, a resident of Otter Tail County who celebrated her 110th birthday on April 4 at the Pioneer Pointe assisted living facility. Once again, as in previous years, relatives and friends all across Otter Tail County gave praise to this… Read More

Shay Scanlan Report for Minnesota Minnesota’s housing shortage has hit areas outside the Twin Cities particularly hard, because low rents and high construction costs have limited developers’ profits and stalled projects. Two bills heard in state House and Senate committees aim to expand housing-related infrastructure, including sewers and water lines, and support workforce housing through grants to… Read More

Abbey Mulcahy Report for Minnesota In 2021, Dustin Roy and other members of the White Earth Nation learned that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources had been issuing aquatic plant management permits within their reservation for years. One of these permits allowed a lakeshore owner on McCraney Lake to use mechanical equipment and chemicals to clear aquatic… Read More

Eleanor Steffen Report for Minnesota Minnesota lawmakers delayed action on a bill April 8 that would require state health insurance plans to cover infertility treatment. The bill by Rep. Carlie Kotzya-Witthuhn, DFL-Eden Prairie, would require state-funded programs including Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare to cover the costs of infertility health care such as in vitro fertilization, or IVF,… Read More

Contributed photo Over 50 local community members joined in to sing, direct, accompany, and narrate the Community Cantata titled “On a Hill Too Far Away” for the Lenten season. With a performance each in New York Mills and Perham, hundreds of people united together prior to Easter to remember Holy Week.

Wendell native to make his return to NYM on Saturday The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center (NYMRCC) continues its 2026 Concert Series with a live performance by rising Minnesota artist Zach Thomas on Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. Audiences are invited to experience an evening of original music in the Cultural Center’s intimate, listening-room-style… Read More

Kendra Mobilia Report for Minnesota A Republican state representative and several farm and clean energy groups posed a question to lawmakers this week: Why should Minnesota import most of its fertilizer if it can be manufactured inside the state? Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, the co-chair of the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee, brought the question to… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Former Fergus Falls Daily Journal Media reporter Heather Rule, today a freelance sports journalist in the Twin Cities, has our sincere support after losing Jessi Pierce, her close friend and colleague in sports journalism. Jessi and her three children, Hudson, Cayden and Avery Hinrichs, lost their lives in a house… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding Minnesotans that not pruning or cutting oaks from April through July is the simplest way to curb the spread of oak wilt disease. Oak wilt is a non-native disease that can kill any oak species in Minnesota. Sap beetles spread oak wilt via fungal spores as they move… Read More

The annual OTC COLA lake water monitoring program Kick Off will be on April 16 at the Ottertail Community Center in Ottertail MN from 4-6 p.m. The annual event has evolved over the years from an opportunity to take part in an educational seminar on how to properly obtain water samples to what might resemble the… Read More