The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting public comments through Oct. 21 on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the proposed Sehlstrom gravel pit dewatering project. The proposed project is located near Roseau in Spruce Township. The proposed project would dewater an existing 22 acre gravel pit at the Sehlstrom site. Once the pit is… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies reported that one person was injured in a traffic accident at South Clitherall Lake Road at 10:42 a.m. on Sept. 19. This was a two-vehicle accident when one driver failed to yield at an intersection. The driver of the other vehicle swerved to try and avoid the collision but… Read More

Frost graduates from RCTC Matthew Frost, of New York Mills, recently graduated from Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) at the end of Summer Semester 2021. Frost received an Associate of Arts for Liberal Arts and Sciences with Honors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College’s 105th Commencement Ceremony was replaced this year with three separate virtual… Read More

Connecticut is known for many things, including the highest median household income in the U.S. Bordered by Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York and the Long Island Sound, its most populous city is Bridgeport with about 146,000 residents. Its capital, Hartford, has about 123,000 residents. Connecticut is derived from Quononoquett, a Mohegan-Pequot word for long tidal river, as… Read More

Wednesday, Sept. 29  Breakfast- Breakfast Pizza, Hard Boiled Egg, Fruit or Juice Lunch- Chicken Sandwich, Assorted Potatoes, Vegetable, Fruit Thursday, Sept. 30 Breakfast- Cereal, Yogurt, Fruit or Juice Lunch- Spaghetti & Meat Sauce,Garlic Toast, Vegetable, Fruit  Friday, Oct. 1 Breakfast- Benefit Bar, Cheese Stick, Fruit or Juice Lunch- Pizza, Crackers, Vegetable, Fruit 

Wednesday, Sept. 29  Spaghetti N Meat Sauce, Lettuce Salad, Garlic Bread Sticks, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Bread/Butter/Milk Thursday, Sept. 30  Sliced Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Baby Carrots, Butterscotch Pudding/Topping, Bread/Butter/Milk Friday, Oct. 1  Chicken Kiev, Rice Pilaf, Mediterainan Blend, Carrot Cake, Bread/Butter/Milk Monday, Oct. 4  Baked Chicken, Twice Baked Potatoes, Cream Style Corn, Bistro Bars, Break/Butter/ Milk Tuesday, Oct. 5  Ribs/Sauerkraut, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Angel Food… Read More

Letter to the Editor, On a spectacularly lovely September 4 afternoon, 300 residents from across Central Minnesota gathered at City Park in Alexandria.  The event, a fundraiser for DFL candidates announcing their intention to run for MN state senate seat and MN state house seats, was overwhelmingly well attended.  We would like to acknowledge and thank… Read More

By Tucker Henderson Special to the Dispatch I recently received a copy of the new book ‘Lost Songs of the Suomi Synod’ by Jonathan Rundman. The 116 page book is a compilation of historic hymns from the Suomi Synod (now a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) which have been modernized to restore them back… Read More

Let’s talk about the weather, and all the ways that people over the years have figured out to predict it. Along the way, I’ve got a couple ways of my own which I’ve developed over the years. A lot of weather predictions are indirectly connected to  barometric pressure, BP, which is itself connected to the weight… Read More