West Central Initiative welcomes Bianca Newell as Transportation and Sustainability Planner and Jack Butler as a Minnesota GreenCorps member serving with the organization’s energy and sustainability team. Together, they will strengthen efforts around clean energy, climate resilience, and active transportation across west central Minnesota.  Newell and Butler will work with communities to advance Safe Routes to… Read More

Otter Tail County will celebrate the completion of its new Perham highway garage with a public open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 829 NE Third St. Refreshments will be provided. “This new garage means our Perham area crew will have the space for equipment they need to complete efficient road… Read More

Contributed photo Audrey Weller and Elijah Geiser were recently named All Academic for the Park Region Conference Cross Country.

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies, on Nov. 13, reported fire damage to a shop near New York Mills, close to 370th Street in Newton Township. Firefighters were called to the scene at 10:06 p.m. “The fire stemmed from a spark caused by an angle grinder cutting tin earlier in the day,” said a sheriff… Read More

Brunswick partners with NYM School By Tucker Henderson Reporter LEGO League has returned for its second year at the New York Mills School and students are hard at work learning the ins and outs of computer coding, presentation and problem-solving skills.  ¶  The program began after Tony and Stephanie VonRuden brought their son to a LEGO… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Otter Tail County emergency personnel are hoping a new pilot program could provide advanced life saving care to rural communities across the state. Thanks to $6 million in funding from the State of Minnesota, three rural counties in the state are developing a new sprint medic program that organizers hope will provide… Read More

By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills Public Library will be the host of three presentations by Minnesota authors in the month of November. Each program is free and open to the public. Greg Gaut, author of The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War, 1914-1920, will be highlighting the history of Minnesotan life during… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners convened as the Otter Tail County Drainage Authority on Nov. 4 and agreed to partner with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and enter into a Joint Powers Agreement. This allows for funding the completion of engineering and design necessary to remove… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Approximately a dozen people attended a public notification meeting on Monday night at the Otter Tail County Operations Center in Ottertail after a Level 3 sex offender moved to rural Ottertail.  Gregory Michael Keppers, age 35, has moved to the vicinity of rural Ottertail city (Section 7 of Otter Tail Township). The community… Read More