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

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