City council eyes ordinance to assist in cleaning up properties By Chad Koenen Publisher The alley behind the Deer Creek Community Center will receive a fresh coat of asphalt this summer or early fall.  During its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night, the Deer Creek City Council approved a low bid from Performance Paving and Sealcoating for… Read More

Contributed photo Five Henning School students drove their tractors to school on the final day of school on Thursday. The students who took a special ride to school included: Colton Reinbold, Noah Umland, Eli Reinbold, Colton Jacobs and Dawson Misegades. 

The Otter Tail County Highway Department hosted the annual Minnesota Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Demo Day.  Highlighted at the event was an in-house innovation, the Otter Claw, created by the highway maintenance team to clean out culverts. With a grant from the University of Minnesota Local Operational Research Assistance (OPERA) Program the team designed and… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen Students in Stephanie Jorgenson’s and Kristy Finck’s second grade classes presented their annual spring plays on Tuesday evening. The plays included “There was an old lady who ate a fly”, as well as “Beauty and the Beast.”

Fire destroys chicken coop near Underwood By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies, on May 22, reported the theft of about 65 catalytic converters and copper scrap cable, near New York Mills, with a combined value of close to $10,500. The exact location of the theft was in Newton Township, east of New York Mills. It is… Read More

Event to be held Saturday at operations center By Chad Koenen Publisher The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office in Ottertail will host an open house on Saturday, June 4. The open house will be held at the Ottertail Operations Center in Ottertail. The event will include representatives from a number of divisions who will present demonstrations, displays and… Read More

A pair of Memorial Day programs were held in Henning and Deer Creek on Monday morning. A variety of soloists and small groups performed during the Henning program.

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, May 30, 2017 What began as a one-time experiment to see how many people would attend a free concert in the park has evolved into one of the county’s largest summer concert series. Next week the first of seven free concerts in the community park in Ottertail will get underway, the… Read More

The Henning School Class of 2022 graduated from high school on Saturday afternoon. A total of 21 students graduated from Henning High School this year.

Eva Labart of Henning, was recently named among Falcon View Connections Academy’s (FVCA) Students of the Month in recognition of her achievements and leadership in the virtual classroom. Labart, a freshman at the statewide online school, was nominated by her teacher, Mr. Kilpatrick, because of her hard work and determination to succeed in class. As a… Read More