OTC received almost $587,000 in payments This year, Minnesota’s 87 counties are the beneficiaries of $36.3 million in aid that helps support public lands and provide critical links within the state’s public recreation system. As we approach National Public Lands Day on Sept. 25, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is highlighting this important contribution of… Read More

Brian J. Allfrey  Executive Director, Utah Press Association am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be so fractured and so bogged down in hate. My oldest son was a year old on September 11, 2001. The wave of patriotism following that day gave… Read More

A world without babies is unimaginable To the Editor, There’s a TV ad and it shows elephants, someone says, “A world without elephants would be unimaginable. Thousands are being killed.” There should be a TV ad showing babies, someone needs to say, “Thousands of pre-born and born babies are being killed. A world without babies would be unimaginable.” Elaine… Read More

I had a bit of an uneasy feeling last week as I began preparing the pages for this week’s issue of the Citizen’s Advocate. September has quickly turned into October, and reality kicked in that we are closer to Christmas than we are to Memorial Day. Essentially, we are closer to -30 temperatures than we… Read More

Annual Pie and Pumpkin Oktoberfest at the Landmark Center this Saturday, Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring fresh baked pie, pumpkin painting, Scribblebooth activities with the Scribbletastic Fun-O-Matic Command Post, and Live Bluegrass music by The Skally Line.  This free event is funded in part by a Thrivent Action Team project, and by… Read More

Meeting set for Oct. 11 in Vining Tim Peterson is a traveler and a descendant of Norwegian emigrants settling in Battle Lake Area in 1884. His great grandfather traveled  from Vang i Valdes, Norway, at age 16.  Now, generations later, Peterson has traveled to Norway 13 times.  He will share his experiences of travel and contrast… Read More

Boys, girls teams take seventh, Bulldogs to travel to Perham for large meet on Thursday The Otter Tail Central cross country team traveled to the Fergus Falls Hermes Invite on Thursday. The meet was the lone action for the Bulldogs last week. In the boys varsity meet the Bulldogs finished in seventh place with 192 points,… Read More

Bulldogs to host Staples-Motley Friday in Henning   There was no shortage of action on Friday night as the Otter Tail Central Bulldogs and Pelican Rapids Vikings accounted for over 800 yards of total offense and 60 points at Tony Thiel Field in Battle Lake. Fortunately for the Bulldogs, they had 484 yards of total… Read More

Henning improves to 12-6 overall with win over Sebeka After games against Barnesville and Sebeka last week, the Henning Hornets overall record improved to 12-6 and their Park Region Conference record is now 4-0. On Tuesday, the Hornets fell to Barnesville 2-3 (25-23, 25-20, 16-25, 15-25 and 12-15) and then on Thursday, they defeated Sebeka… Read More