DCFD to use house for training By Chad Koenen Publisher With a number of projects on the horizon and some aging infrastructure, the Deer Creek City Council approved a 10 percent increase in its preliminary tax levy last week. The approval came during the city’s regularly scheduled meeting last Monday night. The 2024 preliminary tax levy can… Read More

Fundraiser set for October 8 at St. Paul’s church in Perham The month of September has been a busy month for the Board of Directors for Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC) of Greater East Otter Tail.   The board has been working to recruit and interview candidates for the Executive Director and has… Read More

By Tucker Henderson Reporter The New York Mills Public Library has a variety of offerings for both young and old to participate in this October. Preregistration for most events is highly encouraged. Gangspil The Danish folk music band Gangspil will be playing at the Cultural Center on Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. for all ears. The band… Read More

NYM used as an example of sharing cultures By Robert Williams Editor Maggie Rousu, the executive director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) gave a presentation on the mission and diverse ways the project provides goods and services to White Earth Nation on a visit to the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League at Bethlehem Lutheran… Read More

Rimpila returns to area classrooms in a venture with PartnerShip 4 Health By Tucker Henderson Reporter Although he transferred from teaching elementary students to driving them to school each day, Jeff Rimpila hasn’t retired from teaching students about the importance of physical education.  ¶  Through bus driving, Rimpila has opened up his schedule so that he’s able… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident east of Dalton, close to 8:30 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 23. The accident took place on Highway 12 near Johnson Lake. Sheriff deputies said the vehicles involved were a car and pickup. One vehicle swerved into the oncoming lane, close to 298th Avenue… Read More

CO2 pipeline planned from Fergus Falls to Brekenridge By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Representatives of Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions addressed the five-person Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday morning, Sept. 26.  Plans call for transporting captured carbon dioxide (CO2) by pipeline from the Green Plains Ethanol Plant northwest of Fergus Falls to a location… Read More

IMT Insurance, a leading provider of personal and commercial insurance products in the Midwest, recently announced its list of 47 Community contest winners, distinguishing City of New York Mills, submitted by Farmers Union Agency/Preuss, as one of the $500 recipients. The IMT Community Contest awards monetary gifts to community projects and organizations within the states the… Read More

The Otter Tail County Relay For Life Committee, team captains and team members gathered Thursday, September 21, at Disgruntled Brewing for a celebration.  As the 2023 Relay For Life season ended in late August, the 2023 OTC Relay total climbed to over $181,170, an accomplishment that called for a celebration.  When the Relay Committee began planning… Read More

County to seek grants to enhance Otter Tail County Safe Communities Coalition By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County Commissioners, on Sept. 26, approved a grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for traffic safety projects during the period from Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024. Otter Tail County Public Health was authorized to… Read More