Contributed photos The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center hosted writer, Ivy Raff, as Artist in Residence who held a writer’s workshop last Wednesday, July 31. A group of people weathered the storm to attend.

Otter Tail County event has already raised over $172,000 this year alone By Tucker Henderson Reporter While the busy days of summer brought the summer sunshine and its heat to this area and the chaos of Lund Mania was upon the region, another important event was taking place in Perham as the Relay for Life of… Read More

City council to begin search for replacement By Chad Koenen Publisher The City of Deer Creek will once again be searching for a new city clerk/treasurer.  Just weeks after officially taking over for former city clerk/treasurer Tom Parish, who retired earlier this summer, Bill Connolly resigned his position as Deer Creek Clerk/Treasurer. Connolly’s last day will be… Read More

New football scoreboard could soon be on the horizon By Chad Koenen Publisher New York Mills School students and staff will once again utilize e-learning days in the place of making up days at the end of the school year. During its regularly scheduled meeting last Monday night, which lasted just under 30 minutes, the school board… Read More

History tour to feature six stops in Otter Tail County By Tucker Henderson Reporter A special History by the Highway bus trip will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 28 taking off from the New York Mills School parking lot. The tour will leave at 9:30 a.m. and will make its way around Otter Tail County with… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen A group of New York Mills area youth attempted to pour a five-gallon bucket of water over their head as part of the annual East Otter Tail County 4-H barnyard games on Saturday night. The games were part of a busy week at the Perham fair. 

Several area property owners raised concerns about single RV site rental By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County commissioners, on July 23, approved a conditional use permit application request to rent a single unit Recreational Vehicle (RV) site to the public on Rokmar Road near Molly Stark Lake and West Battle Lake. Approval came despite opposition from some… Read More

Photo by Tucker Henderson Missy Hermes from the OTC Historical Society gave a presentation on proper gravestone cleaning last week at the NYM Public Library. Takeaways from the program include never using bleach or a power washer to clean stones. The cleaning agent Hermes used keeps working as it sits on the stone, so the before… Read More

A pair of performances set for Aug. 16-17 in NYM The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center invites the public to join its 15th annual Kalevala Puppet Pageant community theater opportunity, beginning Aug. 5 in New York Mills and ending with culminating performances from Aug. 16-17. The Puppet Pageant is a large-scale street-theater-style performance. Community members from adults… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Two years after a fire destroyed a historic former school and town hall, residents of Compton Township will soon have a new place to call their own. Construction on a new town hall is underway at the same location a nearly 100-year-old historic building was burned down in a suspected arson in… Read More