Program is showing positive results with participants By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent One of the most rewarding experiences for Otter Tail County-based Productive Alternatives board members is seeing people develop their full potentials. P.A. has assisted special needs adults since 1959 in west central Minnesota. A new program, starting its fifth year, is one called Perham 180. The goal… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The skies over the Henning airport will be abuzz, literally, as dozens of planes will be coming to town on Saturday for the 38th annual Henning Fly-in breakfast.  The breakfast, which is a fundraiser for the Henning EAA Chapter 1065, will be serving from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. The breakfast will feature… Read More

Trinity Center to host Skip Hall on Sunday afternoon By Chad Koenen Publisher From the tiny streets of Henning to the roar of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Skip Hall has seen it all during his illustrious coaching career. The one-time Henning football and boys basketball coach will be making a return to Henning on… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher An expansive remodeling project at Henning School is one step closer to heading to the ballot box. During a special school board meeting on Wednsday, June 29, the Henning School Board met with representatives from Ehler’s Public Finance Advisors and ICS about several potential projects to enhance Henning School. Ultimately, whatever project comes… Read More

Local hospital ranked in top 10 hospitals in the state Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals” report for 2022 is out and Perham Health is listed in the Top Ten Hospitals in Minnesota and ranked 283rd in the top 500 hospitals in the U.S. Top 10 hospitals in Minnesota for 2022 include: 1. Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minn. (#1 in… Read More

Ottertail Community Auction set for Saturday at community center By Chad Koenen Publisher Over the past 14 years the Ottertail Community Auction has become much more than an event to simply pass time on a warm July evening. It has become a place where a person can go fishing on the bottom of a beer bottle,… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener House plants do more than clean our air, they can also boost our mood according to Mengmeng Gu, an associate professor of horticulture at Texas A&M University. In an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the professor says plants can quickly improve our mood.  It is not only the appearance of plants that… Read More

Question: How many classes of drivers’ licenses are there and what do they mean? Answer: Minnesota has four different classes of drivers’ licenses. Class D is valid for:   • Single vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less;  • Recreational vehicles;  • Certain farm vehicles; • Towing vehicles, regardless of weight, provided the GVW of the combination… Read More