By Abbey Mulcahy Report for Minnesota A statewide cellphone ban for K-12 schools may be on the horizon after a state Senate committee debated it during the second week of the legislative session. A bill authored by Sen. Alice Mann, DFL–Edina, would prohibit students from using cellphones and smartwatches in school from kindergarten through 12th grade and ban… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County Engineer Jodi Teich met with county board members on Feb. 24 to review bids for seasonal roadway supplies. Otter Tail County is larger in size than the state of Rhode Island and paved roads total 1,067 miles. “The backbone of the highway system in Otter Tail County requires lots of financial… Read More

For 45 years, March has been designated as Minnesota Food Share Month, a statewide campaign to help organizations like the Henning Community Food Shelf raise funds and collect food donations to help neighbors in need. The local food shelf will again join nearly 300 food shelves statewide in participating in the 45th annual Minnesota Food Share… Read More

By Eleanor Steffen Report for Minnesota An indication of how big a political issue fraud has become in Minnesota came the night of Tuesday, Feb. 24, when President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union Address. “When it comes to the corruption that is plundering America, there has been no more stunning example than Minnesota,” Trump said. The… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen Members of the Henning FFA celebrated national FFA Week at Henning School from Feb. 23-27. The week included dress up days, a paper, rock, scissors challenge, a cow hunt, agriculture trivia and a pepfest. The pepfest featured a number of games for students in grades K-12 including a “pig” round up with… Read More

The Henning Police Department will be hosting a Level 3 sex offender notification meeting on Monday, March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Henning Community Center. The meeting is open to the public and representatives from the Minnesota Department of Corrections will be on hand to answer questions about a Level 3 sex offender who… Read More

By Marsha Erickson West Central Initiative In the early care and education world, we often hear the phrase “It takes a village.” Nowhere is that more true than in the small lakeside community of Ottertail.  The City of Ottertail—population 721—sits on the east side of Otter Tail Lake, the largest lake in Otter Tail County and a major… Read More

Sen. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls), Republican lead of the Senate Human Services Committee, joined Senate Republicans to roll out a legislative action plan to stop fraud in Minnesota’s public support services and restore accountability in state government. The plan focuses on three key objectives: stricter legislative oversight, smarter use of technology to verify services, and… Read More

The Otter Tail County Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force and the Otter Tail County Coalition of Lake Associations (OTC COLA), www.otccola.org, are again sponsoring the second annual Lake Stewardship Symposium on May 16. The 2026 Symposium is in response to enthusiastic requests received from attendees of the first Lake Property Owner Stewardship Symposium held on May… Read More

By Kendra Mobilia Report for Minnesota When a speeding drunk driver crashed into the outside seating area of the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park and killed two people and injured a dozen others in 2024, Rep. Larry Kraft began looking for ways to prevent similar incidents in the future.  Now the St. Louis Park DFLer is sponsoring… Read More