By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The Sauer Family Foundation of St. Paul, since 1996, has partnered with Otter Tail County and other areas of Minnesota to strengthen the well-being of children and their families. A new grant of close to $227,000 has been awarded to Otter Tail County for the development of Family Resource Centers throughout… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen and Tucker Henderson The annual Lund Mania fishing tournament featured over 70 boats and officially got underway at 7 a.m. on Friday morning near Beach Bums on Otter Tail Lake. Right: Randy Topper and Nate Leininger won the Lund Mania fishing tournament in their first year as a team in the large… Read More

Arvig Answering Solutions has won the Association of TeleServices International’s (ATSI) Award of Excellence, marking the 15th year the company has been recognized for outstanding service by the organization. As a 15-time winner, Arvig Answering Solutions’ award comes with a special designation this year, the Platinum Award. The Award of Excellence is presented by ATSI, the… Read More

After a quarter-century in storage, a collection of mural paintings has been unveiled at the Land and Resource Management department in the Government Services Center in Fergus Falls. Believed to be the work of artists enrolled in the Depression-era Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, these murals offer a glimpse into the county’s past. The… Read More

By Darren Newville District Manager, EOT SWCD With summer in Lakes Country comes a variety of community events that celebrate our towns and communities. One of those events is the EOT Breakfast on the Farm.  The local agriculture community and a host of volunteers are all geared up for this year’s EOT Breakfast on the Farm event.  This year’s… Read More

Otter Tail County announced its partnership with CredibleMind in May.  CredibleMind is an online platform that provides personalized mental health resources, enabling the local community to support and protect their well-being. This partnership has made CredibleMind accessible to approximately 60,000 Otter Tail County residents. CredibleMind focuses on early intervention and prevention around mental health issues. It contains… Read More

Jeff Forester joined the MLR Board in 1993 and has been the Executive Director of Minnesota Lakes and Rivers (MLR) since 2001. MLR seeks to protect Minnesota’s lake and river heritage for current and future generations by forging powerful links between lakes, lake advocates and policy makers.  Forester was Hubert Humphrey Public Policy Fellow and Shannon… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Over the past 16 years the Ottertail Community Auction has become much more than an event to simply pass time on a warm July evening. It has become a place where a person can go fishing on the bottom of a beer bottle, race a bike and play Deal or No Deal… Read More

A priest serving the Mary, Mother of the Church Area Catholic Community has been placed on administrative leave following an allegation of sexual misconduct involving an adult. According to a June 29 letter from Bishop Patrick M. Neary to church parishioners, Father Aaron Kuhn was placed on leave and will undergo a professional evaluation for personal… Read More

By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills Summer Festival and Lund Mania planning committee have been hard at work getting everything ready for their annual summer festivities. Everything from a Fish House Festival to a street dance and more will be taking place on Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13.  ¶  Latham Hetland, one… Read More