Pheasant hunting season is open through Jan. 1, 2023 Hunting pheasants, ruffed grouse, squirrels or rabbits offers opportunities to enjoy the Minnesota outdoors as temperatures fall and snow blankets the landscape. • Pheasants: Hunting season is open through Jan. 1, 2023. On Dec. 1, the daily bag limit increased to three roosters, with a possession limit… Read More

Minnesota State University Moorhead will award degrees to more than 400 students during its fall commencement program Thursday, Dec. 15, in the university’s Nemzek Fieldhouse. The 1 p.m. ceremony includes 310 undergraduates and 123 graduate students Amy Iler, host, producer and brand manager with KFGO Radio, will be the commencement speaker. She earned her degree in… Read More

Goal is to create around 200 new childcare slots Otter Tail County has won a $160,000 state grant to increase the availability of quality childcare in the region, an initiative Rep. Jordan Rasmusson, R-Fergus Falls, supported and worked with local officials to advance. The grant award will allow Otter Tail County to provide sub-grants and technical… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 The Henning City Council filled its vacant full-time police officer with a familiar face. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night, the council hired Tyler Schwartz to fill the vacancy left by Justin Lohse earlier this fall. Schwartz had been working as a part-time officer in Henning… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen The sixth through eighth grade bands and choirs performed the first Christmas concert of the season at Henning School on Monday night. The performance featured a mixture of classic Christmas songs with a new twist, as well as a few new Christmas songs. The elementary Christmas concert is set for Friday afternoon,… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Andrew Lynch was just 15-years-old when he started to feel the call to become a pastor. Since that time he has followed his heart and a pull to the ministry as he became a pastor in both California and now in the heart of Otter Tail County. “I just love being able… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen and Dan Broten The annual Santa Day celebration was held on Saturday in Henning. The day featured arts and crafts at the Trinity Center, as well as hot chocolate and treats at the Landmark Center in the afternoon. Children were also able to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Landmark Center… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher A rural Henning man was convicted by a jury on Nov. 29 of four counts of criminal sexual conduct. Erik Wenzel, age 56 of rural Henning, was convicted by a jury of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree-penetration or contact with a person under the age of 13, criminal sexual conduct in… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen Adrian Haspel shows Santa Claus a special gift during OtterDazzle in Ottertail on Saturday. Santa was just one part of a busy day at the community center, which concluded with a fireworks display at night. 

Grant to help transform former church into a creative center Art of the Lakes has received a $100,000 Blandin Foundation Leadership Boost Grant to develop a creative center in Battle Lake that uses the arts as an incubator for community involvement and regional economic development. Leadership Boost Grants were launched to encourage Minnesotans living in rural… Read More