Board passes one cannabis registration, cannot agree on a second By Robert Williams Editor The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners considered a pair of cannabis registration applications from Wildflower Cannabis and Elevated Dispensaries, both located in Pelican Rapids. Commissioners denied its first cannabis registration application in August for a future cannabis business to be located in… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning City Council met for the first of what could be a handful of special meetings on Monday, Sept. 22 as it looks to potentially lower the city’s 2026 preliminary tax levy. At its Monday, Sept. 8 regularly scheduled city council meeting, the Henning City Council approved a 15 percent increase in… Read More

Free trip featured first-class experience to Washington, DC Editor’s note: Two Henning area residents also attended the Honor Flight to Washington, DC. Their experience will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Citizen’s Advocate. Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN recently went on one of the five flights scheduled for 2025. Battle Lake was represented, honoring… Read More

One person killed on County Highway 67 south of NYM By Chad Koenen Publisher A 24-year-old man from New York Mills was struck and died as a result of injuries from an accident in the 37000 block of County Highway 67, just south of New York Mills on Wednesday evening.  According to a report from the Otter… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed an aerial seeding project via helicopter to disperse jack pine, white pine and black spruce seeds on DNR-managed forests across the state. The flights are part of the DNR’s typical fall reforestation work, which can also include activities like direct seeding and planting, bud capping, prescribed burns,… Read More

Citizenship Washington Focus group is a weeklong trip for teens By Mary Lewis Lakes Country Connection Teigan and Todd Bjerke of Lake Park had the opportunity to attend Citizenship Washington Focus in June. For more than 50 years, thousands of high school youth from all across the country have traveled to Washington, DC each summer to partake… Read More

Fire Prevention week is set for October 5-11 “We knew about it, but we just didn’t think that it would happen to us,” said Patty Freeman.   Nearly two years after her family lost everything in a Woodbury house fire, she wants others to know how dangerous lithium-ion batteries can be.   It was the Saturday after… Read More

MLB team advanced to World Series 60 years ago By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Sixty years ago, in 1965, several residents of Otter Tail County were among those seeing one or more World Series games near the Twins Cities. This series featured the American League champion Minnesota Twins and the National League champion Los Angeles… Read More

On Thursday, Sept. 25, the House Capital Investment Committee visited the Fergus Falls Veterans Home to review ongoing and future asset preservation projects. During the 2025 legislative session, Sen. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) authored a bipartisan $700 million bonding package with a strong emphasis on asset preservation. As part of that package, the Fergus Falls Veterans… Read More

Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC) of Greater East Otter Tail County is gearing up for an afternoon/evening of good food, good fellowship, and enticing “made with love” items on October 12. The Fall Fundraiser is a great time to connect with  community members and friends while helping to support the work of… Read More