By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Sheriff deputies said a motorcycle driver and his passenger were seriously injured at 5:56 p.m. on Aug. 21 near the intersection of Highway 35 and Downy Drive, near Star Lake and southwest of Dent. The driver, 48-year-old Jason Douglas Behlmer of Detroit Lakes, lost control of the cycle which left the… Read More

Shakopee artist Mark Thone won the Minnesota trout and salmon stamp contest with an acrylic painting of two pink salmon with one about to take an angler’s jig.  Owatonna artist Ronald Engebretson won the walleye stamp contest with a gouache and colored pencil painting of a walleye about to take an angler’s minnow. Both contests happened… Read More

Thursday, Sept. 2  Pot Roast, Whole Potatoes Baby Carrots, Tropical Fruit Blend, Bread / Butter / Milk  Friday, Sept. 3  Cheese Burger/Bun, Season Wedges, Green Beans, Cookies, Milk Monday, Sept. 6 Happy Labor Day Tuesday,  Sept. 7  Pork Chop, Scalloped Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Chocolate Pudding/Top, Dinner Roll / Butter / Milk

Question: I know I heard this before but just wanting clarification please: Isn’t it a school bus driver’s discretion when to use or not use the strobe light on a school bus? I work for a school bus company and am a master trainer and have had a few people question this. Thank you for… Read More

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