Local churches, quilting clubs donate quilts to LIC Quilt Auction each year By Chad Koenen Publisher Doug Maser is not exactly sure how many years he has been the face of the Lutheran Island Camp Quilt Auction, but he knows this year may be his swan song for the popular quilt auction in rural Henning…. Read More

Culvert replacement option near Little Pine Lake wins county board approval By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County commissioners, on Tuesday, July 28, heard from Otter Tail County Community Development Director Amy Baldwin about a joint housing development effort between Otter Tail County and the city of Rothsay. Over the past several months county government… Read More

The Deer Creek Lions Club recently wrapped up a resurfacing project at the pickleball court in Deer Creek. The club is planning to redo the basketball court in the future as well. 

Otter Tail County is moving forward with plans to build a new highway garage in Parkers Prairie. The county has purchased land for the project between Highway 42 and Whispering Pines Street. The next step is choosing an architect to design the building. The county is getting closer to making that choice. An architect proposal… Read More

Local line connected Fargo to the Twin Cities By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Many significant events took place in 1882 when the east-west Northern Pacific Railroad tracks went through central Otter Tail County, part of the route from Wadena to Henning, Battle Lake, Underwood, Fergus Falls and points westward to Breckenridge-Wahpeton and all… Read More

Families and growers from across Minnesota will be represented as the University of Minnesota honors them in the 2026 Farm Family of the Year ceremony at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the annual Minnesota Farmfest near Redwood Falls.  The event will be held on the Gilfillan Estate in the Wick Buildings Farmfest Center. Becker… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent On Thursday evening, July 16, the Fergus Falls Heritage Preservation Commission along with the Otter Tail County Historical Society sponsored the rededication of the George B. Wright statue. This marked the 100-year anniversary of the statue’s unveiling which took place on July 16, 1926.   The Wright statue is located… Read More

City joins growing number of  communities to shun new state flag design By Chad Koenen Publisher The City of Ottertail will join a growing list of communities across the state who will fly the old state flag, as opposed to the new State of Minnesota flag. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, July 16,… Read More

By Greta Foss Summer Intern In 2024, the Minnesota state legislature passed a bill with the intent to help alleviate a few of the issues that plagued rural EMS. This included a restructuring of the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board to the Office of Emergency Services, $30 million in aid much of which went to… Read More

Few film adaptations require more ambition than Homer’s “The Odyssey,” the quintessential epic. And perhaps no filmmaker has been more ambitious this millennium than Christopher Nolan, the man who told an entire story backward with “Memento,” conquered the superhero genre with his “Dark Knight” trilogy, and dominated the Oscars three years ago with “Oppenheimer.” If… Read More