Ottertail Fire seeks to update grass truck By Jenna Baker Correspondent The Ottertail City Council met on July 15 for its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. At the meeting, Ottertail Fire Chief Stuart Fleischauer gave an update to the council, noting another busy year for the department including a number of grass fires. Fleischauer informed the council that the… Read More

City moves forward with 2nd St. project By Chad Koenen Publisher The City of Henning has received a gift in the form of over $1.1 million in grants to complete the 2nd St. reconstruction project. During its regularly scheduled meeting last Monday night, the Henning City Council heard it was approved for a $551,499 drinking water grant… Read More

Smokin’ Hot 5k, 10k to kick things off Saturday morning By Chad Koenen Publisher The city of Deer Creek will come alive on Saturday for the annual Deer Trails Day celebration.  After being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the day will get underway bright and early with the Smokin’ Hot 5k and 10k run… Read More

Read to share his expertise on grape industry with residents By Chad Koenen Publisher University of Nebraska professor Paul Read will be making his nearly annual trek up north to Grass Roots on the Farm in rural Ottertail this week.  Read, who has been a professor at the University of Nebraska for over 30 years, will be… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies reported that on July 9 a resident in the town of Ottertail reported being a scam victim, losing $180.  Con artists oftentimes lure people into buying gift cards in order to claim what in reality are false prizes. Once the gift card numbers are given out, the money is gone. … Read More

Sewer fund, Willow Creek lose money, water, sewer, electric, natural gas show a profit By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning City Council received its annual audit report last Monday night.  According to the audit, the water, electric, natural gas and other proprietary funds showed a profit in 2021, while the sewer fund and Willow Creek both lost… Read More

LID boundaries include North Lida, South Lida, Venstrom Lakes in OTC By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners, on July 13, approved the establishment of a Lake Improvement District (LID) for Lida Lakes east of Pelican Rapids. The approval came after one stipulation was aired, relating to LID taxing authority. Leaders of… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher All non-essential outdoor water use will be banned beginning on July 26 in Henning.  The City of Henning recently announced that the city will need to implement stricter water restriction plans due to the ongoing drought. The Minnesota DNR recently determined the state is in a drought warning phase. That means city residents… Read More

Drought means more water is needed, but don’t overdo it By Chad Koenen Publisher Drought—it’s a seven letter word that is almost forbidden to be spoken in farming and gardening circles. Yet, a dry winter with little snow and a spring and summer in which rain is as scarce as a Dodo bird, has more than… Read More