By Lori Newman Correspondent The Deer Creek City Council held its regular monthly meeting on Aug. 23. New York Mills Police Officer Tyler Schwartz gave the police report for July, and told the council that the police department is still looking to hire more part-time officers. The council approved a contract with S and S Security Services for… Read More

Project to improve the connectivity of the OT River By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The county board of commissioners, on Aug. 24, agreed to an extension with the Minnesota DNR, into 2022, related to preliminary work on a fish passage at Phelps Mill Park in central Otter Tail County. The primary purpose of this project is to… Read More

Health care facility to transition into new name Tri-County Health Care is officially announcing its brand transition to Astera Health. Staff members were informed of the rebrand on Aug. 19 at an employee picnic in Wadena. Over the past year, Tri-County Health Care partnered with Legato Healthcare Marketing to reimagine their name, logo and marketing assets. “This… Read More

Rural mail carrier helped a man who fell off his lawn mower On June 19, at approximately 12:11 p.m., a 70-year-old rural Erhard man was mowing a ditch when his lawnmower overturned and trapped him under the mower. The lawnmower started the dry grass on fire and then the lawnmower also started on fire. The man’s… Read More

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that “economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and private nonprofit organizations in Minnesota due to drought that began on June 22, 2021.” Low-interest disaster loans are available in Otter Tail County. The US Secretary of Agriculture issued… Read More

What writers love more than anything else is illogic. Several years ago, it was no further away than the local exercise gym. (Maybe they’ve changed the policy by now.) “We have a new program here sponsored by your health insurance agency that will reimburse you in actual dollars if you come and exercise at least eight… Read More

One of my favorite parts of summer is attending town team baseball games. From the unique names like the Midway Snurdbirds and Nimrod Gnats, Watertown Red Devils and Bemdiji Blue Ox, the history of each of these teams and their hometown appeal is quite interesting.  A few years ago I also read an interesting article in… Read More

Question: I know I heard this before but just wanting clarification please: Isn’t it a school bus driver’s discretion when to use or not use the strobe light on a school bus? I work for a school bus company and am a master trainer and have had a few people question this. Thank you for… Read More

Corn maze to go through October 31 in rural Ottertail By Chad Koenen Publisher Have you ever wondered what a Lund boat looks like carved in corn? Well, the Otter Berry Farm in rural Ottertail has spent the better part of 2021 planning just how it will carve a giant Lund boat and a farmer and… Read More