Several accidents reported in Otter Tail County area during January 18 storm By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Bad road conditions and strong winds resulted in a traffic injury to a driver at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, near the intersection of Highways 75 and 8, north of Bluffton in  the extreme eastern section of Otter… Read More

Ingebrigtsen to not seek re-election State Rep. Jordan Rasmusson, R-Fergus Falls, today announced he is running for the Minnesota Senate, launching a campaign to fill the District 8 seat Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen is vacating. “My family has called Otter Tail County home for six generations, and it remains a great honor to represent friends and neighbors… Read More

State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen (R-Alexandria) announced today that he would not seek re-election in 2022. Ingebrigtsen, who is currently in his fifth term, was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2006 and has served as the Chair of the Senate’s Environment and Natural Resource Finance Committee since 2016.  He has always been committed to public… Read More

Schwantz honored as 500th joint replacement recipient at TCHC The orthopedics team at Tri-County Health Care recently completed their 500th joint replacement. The orthopedics team reached this milestone just three years after adding the full-scope service.  Carla Schwantz discovered she was the 500th joint recipient when she scheduled her bilateral knee replacement surgery. Previously, she had… Read More

Program continues to expand across OTC area The Film Plastic Recycling Program that serves Otter Tail, Todd and Wadena Counties is ready to bring more collection sites on board.  The program collects film plastic material from farms and boat storage facilities and delivers it to a regional collection hub in Sauk Centre, Minn. The collected film plastic… Read More

Caucus to be held Feb. 1 at various locations in OTC Otter Tail Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) members will gather on Feb. 1 at one of the seven sites around the County to learn about this year’s candidates, debate resolutions for the party platform, elect new precinct chairs, and select delegates for the upcoming conventions.  “Our precinct caucuses… Read More

Items stolen from storage lockers from three units near Perham By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Sheriff deputies, on Jan. 16, reported that a snowmobiler received minor injuries in an acci-dent on Highway 108 northwest of Henning and east of the town of Ottertail. “The snowmobile driver, eastbound in a south ditch, fell off after hitting a… Read More

Pursuant to provisions of Minnesota State Statute Otter Tail County Precinct Caucuses will be held throughout the County on Feb. 1, from 7-9 p.m. Below is a list of locations for each political party. For specific details contact the political party. To find the location for a township or city ward precinct, visit the “Caucus Finder”… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen The Henning School spelling bee was held on Thursday morning in the band/choir room at the school. Students in grades 5-8 competed in the spelling bee with Kale Misegades capturing first place, Ryan Despard placing second and Beck Thorson taking third place.

Landmark Center Dan Broten We are proud to announce that the Henning Landmark Center is now officially listed in the National Register for Historic Places.  After several years of research by historian Rolf Anderson, our nomination was submitted and approved by the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office of the MN Historical Society in November, and finally… Read More