Photos by Chad Koenen Members of the Deer Creek Fire Department and Trinity Lutheran Church in Deer Creek hosted a community trunk or treat on Sunday afternoon. The trunk or treat featured well over a dozen decorated trunks that served everything from candy to hot dogs, as well as cookies, hot chocolate and popcorn. This… Read More

Early release due to HVAC, school builing projects Henning School students and staff members have their fingers crossed for a nice summer in 2024. That’s because students and staff members will get at least one additional week of summer vacation that was originally scheduled due to an expansive HVAC and building project next summer. During… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Every morning at the school bus stop, parents hand their children off to a bus driver. Many times these bus drivers are family friends, family members or other members of the community they know well. The bus driver is responsible for not only being one of the first people a student… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Ottertail City Council is moving forward with upgrading one of its last remaining gravel roads in the city limits. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday night, the Ottertail City Council directed Bob Schlieman, of Apex Engineering, to complete the preliminary engineering work on Wallenberg Drive. What that final plan… Read More

Local group hopes to address water level variance By Chad Koenen Publisher With the recent success of a new rock rapids system on West Leaf Lake, members of the Leaf Lakes Association Board of Directors are hoping a similar system can help to regulate decreasing water levels on East and Middle Leaf Lakes. The rock… Read More

OTC road projects wrapping up for 2023 By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent A motion on Oct. 10 by County Commissioner Dan Bucholz of Perham and seconded by Commissioner Bob Lahman of Parkers Prairie passed unanimously to authorize county highway department employees to use county vehicles for commuting during the winter months for check-ing… Read More

Henning, Ottertail to host trunk or treat events By Chad Koenen Publisher Ghosts, superheroes, goblins and princesses—oh my! An eclectic collection of costumes and children will be converging on the area next Tuesday night. Decorative trunks will be filled to the brim on Halloween night for three trunks or treats, one at St. Paul’s Lutheran… Read More

Deer-vehicle accidents tick up in OTC By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  One person was injured in a one-vehicle accident on Oct. 14 east of Elizabeth on Highway 10. The injury was not serious. There were four people inside a pickup when the driver lost control of the vehicle  while driving along a curve… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent A grandparent in Vergas, north central Otter Tail County, lost several thousands of dollars after becoming a victim of what is known as “the grandchild in distress scam.” The scam was reported by sheriff deputies on Oct. 18. Minnesota grandparents often report a scam where a con artist… Read More

Family farmed northwest of Fergus Falls in OTC By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Henry Luther, a second-born son, met Karolina Haarstick who in 1911 lived about three miles east of the Luther farm northwest of Fergus Falls. They were married in May, 1912, one month before Henry’s older brother Christian married. As promised,… Read More