Annual meeting set for April 18 By Chad Koenen Publisher Kevin Wallevand will be the featured speaker at next Tuesday’s Ottertail Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Thumper Pond in Ottertail and is open to the public.  A native of Vining, Wallevand is a reporter for WDAY in Fargo, N.D…. Read More

Grant to help local facility purchase state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $38,000 to Perham Health to purchase vascular ultrasound equipment as part of a $26.4 million ultrasound initiative in Minnesota. The initiative includes nearly $18.3 million to help Minnesota hospitals and health centers purchase ultrasound imaging… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School We are so happy to announce that we have received a $700 grant from the School Library Journal (SLJ) and the Simons Laufer  Mathmatical Institute (SLMI). This $700 grant is to purchase fiction and non fiction math books.  This is the third year of this grant program. The K-12 students with a… Read More

Dan Broten Landmark Center Space is still available for two workshops at the Landmark Center.  Mike Weatherly will host a two-day Linocut Printmaking workshop on Saturday, April 15 and 22, from 1-4 p.m. Participants will use carving tools on soft linoleum sheets to create and design individual works of art. Day one will be used for… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Kale Misegades, who is the son of Randy and Becky Misegades of rural Henning, will be making his second straight trip to the national hoop shoot contest after recently taking first place in the regional hoop shoot contest in Iowa. The 10-year-old finished in third place last year… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Hope Williams is aiming to put her expertise and experience in economic and housing development to good use in Wadena County. The 2018 graduate of Henning High School was recently hired as the new executive director of the Economic Alliance in Wadena County.  Williams, who is the daughter of Thomas and Tammy Williams… Read More

Remainder of old Henning Advocate building to be taken down By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning City Council will once again be at full strength with five members after Travis Nelson was appointed to fill an open city council position. During its meeting on Tuesday night, which was held one day later than normal last week, the… Read More

Horn crowned as EOT Dairy Little Princess Maggie Cronk and Megan Eckman were crowned as the 2023-24 East Otter Tail County Dairy Princesses. They were crowned during the annual East Otter Tail County Midwest Dairy Association banquet and coronation at Mills Lanes and Lucky Strike Grill on April 2. Cronk is the daughter of Barry and… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen Students in Kala Mills’ and Christina Wohlwend’s third grade classes at Henning School completed their chicken egg project last week. Over the past three weeks, students watched as over 20 chicken eggs were kept warm and eventually hatched in the classroom. With the help of the Extension office, the students learned about… Read More

Volunteers logged 10,610 inspection hours last year alone By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The year 2023 marks year 11 for Otter Tail County’s Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Prevention Program.  Among the 2022 achievements, as pointed out by County AIS Specialist Spencer McGrew, were 24 watercraft inspectors logging 10,610 inspection hours at 101 public water accesses throughout… Read More