Perham Health is offering a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to qualifying individuals. Those who have a weakened immune system from ongoing cancer treatment, immunosuppressive medications or a health condition, may be eligible.  Currently, the CDC is recommending that moderately to severely immunocompromised people receive an additional dose. This includes people who have: … Read More

Access to local emergency services and community resources is vital to all residents. Lifeline helps low-income consumers connect to the nation’s broadband networks, find jobs, access health care services, connect with family and call for help in an emergency. For some, being connected can be the difference between social connection and complete isolation.  Arvig wants residents… Read More

Open house set for Sept. 19 at LIC Lutheran Island Campwill be hosting an open house farewell for two of its long time employees.  Kenneth Erlandson has served as the Executive Director since 2001. He also served as a counselor and a summer program director in the 1980s. He and his wife Toni have moved to… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 Taxpayers in the City of Henning could see a slight increase in their taxes next year. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night, the Henning City Council approved a three percent increase in its preliminary tax levy for 2017. Last year the council approved a similar three… Read More

Otter Tail Central to host Underwood in BL on Friday Tanner Arndt scored a pair of touchdowns and threw for 116 yards as the Otter Tail Central Bulldogs defeated Breckenridge by a score of 22-8 on Sept. 3.  Calvin Stueve got the scoring going in the first quarter as the senior found the end zone from… Read More

The seventh ranked Henning Hornet volleyball team is off and rolling for the 2021 season.  As of right now everything is back to “normal” as far as playing without masks, having fans in the gym, pep bands playing and playing a full schedule.   Head coach Kristy Finck said the team hopes that continues and that the… Read More

The Otter Tail Central Bulldogs cross country team competed Friday evening at the Bluestem Center for the Arts in Moorhead along with 18 other schools. The event was put on by Minnesota State University Moorhead. The men’s team finished in seventh place with the girls placing eighth. The Bulldog men were led by senior Isaac Scherfenberg… Read More

ex By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent LIDAR, used by agencies in Otter Tail County, is a technology that creates high-resolution models of ground elevation with high levels of accuracy. Included is a Global Positioning System (GPS) mounted on a small aircraft. A laser scanner transmits brief pulses of light to the ground surface. The five-person Otter Tail… Read More

Open house set for Sept. 1 at Henning School By Chad Koenen Publisher our new teachers will be joining Henning School this fall. Missy Stevens will be joining the district as a student teacher in grades pre-k and kindergarten, Jennifer Haugdahl will be a new Title 1 Math/ECFE teacher, Katie Johnson will be a paraprofessional and Leah Roberts… Read More