County solid waste fee hearing scheduled for OTC By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County board members, on March 29, approved a change order related to foundation repairs at Phelps will. Included in the change order are braces, anchors, jacks and other equipment. Most of the major work should be completed prior to the Phelps Mill arts festival… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Ottertail City Chamber of Commerce will hold its first annual meeting for businesses and community members. The event will be held on Monday, April 18 at 6 p.m. at the Woodshed Bar and Grill in Ottertail. A dinner will be provided. The featured speaker for the night will be Eric Osberg, who… Read More

New assessor joined county staff in 2011 No one really sets out to have a career in an assessor’s office but for Kevin Scheidecker the opportunity to be appointed Otter Tail County Assessor has presented itself.  On March 29, Scheidecker was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to lead the Assessor’s Office. He takes over… Read More

The following students have been named to the 2021 fall semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced today.   To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average. Among the students named to the list was Brian Seip,… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, April 4, 2017 The new visiting artist at the Landmark Center and Henning School won’t have to travel very far to share her artistic talent. Mary Jo Wentz, who currently resides in Battle Lake, will begin a two week visit with art students at Henning School this week. A native of… Read More

The Henning Lion’s Club is awarding (2) $300 scholarships for students who have completed one year of post secondary education.  Applications can be obtained either through the Henning School counselor or Josh Rud at First National Bank in Henning.  The deadline for this application is April 25. 

Photo by Chad Koenen Members of Kala Mills’ third grade class at Henning School have been having an egg-celent time with a new egg and chicken lesson in class. The students have been watching 30 eggs over the past few weeks and waiting for the chickens to hatch. Nearly all of the eggs hatched prior to… Read More

ICS identifies potential repairs, needs at school building By Chad Koenen Publisher Over two nights last week, the Henning School Board and several staff members received an up-close look at the school district and building as a whole. During a pair of special school board workshops on Monday and Tuesday night, representatives from ICS  went through results from… Read More

Many city neighborhood, rural grocery stores were located in Otter Tail County By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Our county, following World War II from the late 1940s to the 1970s, included many city neighborhood and rural grocery stores. One of those stores is fondly recalled by Diann Hennig, Fergus Falls High School class of 1960, whose parents… Read More

Gardeners sought for community project By Chad Koenen Publisher Do you want to have a garden, but lack the space, or a tiller to work up the land? Or do you enjoy gardening but don’t know what to do with the fruits of your labor? If so, the Henning School is hoping to provide you with the… Read More