Hall of famer played for Minneapolis Millers for one year By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Carl Yastrzemski played for the Minneapolis Millers in 1960. This was one year before the Minnesota Twins started playing in the Twin Cities after the franchise move from Washington, D.C. Yastrzemski, now 82 and still active in retirement, played 23 years with the… Read More

Contributed photos The New York Mills high school fishing team kicked off their league season on Lake Lida recently. The team didn’t have anyone finish in the top 8 overall, but did find quite a bit of success on the lake. 

By Chad Koenen Publisher New York Mills freshman Jada Goeson finished in 14th place at the state track meet on June 9. The state track meet was held at St. Michael-Albertville High School.  Goeson qualified for state with a time of 2:26.83 at the Section 6A meet. At the state meet she beat her personal best with… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent There’s nothing like small town baseball during the summer months at towns throughout Otter Tail County. Such is the case at Jake Wolford Field in Dent, southwest of Perham. “Old-fashioned small-town team baseball is the glue that holds many communities, such as Dent, together,” says Tom Tomashek, co-author of “Minnesota Town Ball.” He… Read More

The New York Mills trap season continues to be challenged by the weather. Several members of the team haven’t been able to shoot at all until this week because of spring snow storms.    During NY Mills’ second “practice” week, Preston Gordhammer was the first one on the team for this season to get 25 straight… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Freshman Jada Goeson was just 3 seconds away from qualifying for the finals at the state track meet on Thursday afternoon.  Goeson finished in 15th place in the preliminaries after posting a time of 2:26.14. She finished in 15th place out of 17 competitors, but was just a few seconds off of ninth… Read More