One person injured in accident near Fergus Falls By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies, on March 12, reported a vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of 410th Street and 470th Avenue, east of Perham near Big Pine Lake. This was a one-vehicle accident. Deputies said the driver lost control of the vehicle on the soft… Read More

Group features a number of youth from Henning area The Just For Kix – Parkers Prairie Area Program recently made its way to Alexandria with seven teams. The teams performed well in their heats, crushing some team goals today on their first competition of the season.  Results from the competition include: • Mini Kix (Tuesday 7:15 p.m.) received… Read More

Contributed photo Members of the sixth grade Henning Math Masters team competed in Staples on Thursday, March 7. Beckam Koep placed sixth in the PEMDAS portion of the competition. Team members included: Meghan Sparks, Jacobi Saari, Beckam Koep, Joseph Godding and Shadley Bunkowski. 

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, March 19, 2019 For the first time since 1966 the Henning Hornets’ boys basketball team has advanced to the state basketball tournament. The Hornets, who are 28-1 on the season, used a late comeback to erase a double-digit Parkers Prairie lead to come away with a 60-58 win. With the win… Read More

Local students named to U of MN Dean’s List The following students have been named to the 2023 fall semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.   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. Local students named to the Dean’s… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The 4th of July in 1907 was very special for residents of Otter Tail County. That’s when Charles Fairbanks, who was United States vice president in service to President Theodore Roosevelt, spoke to county residents in Fergus Falls. In 1901, a trading post in Alaska was named in honor of Fairbanks… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The downtown Henning area will receive a small makeover thanks to a partnership between the City of Henning and Otter Tail County. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week, which was held in the Henning Community Center, the city council heard from Farmstand co-owner Brittany Springer and Amy Baldwin from Otter Tail County… Read More

New York Mills county garage reroofing approved By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County commissioners, on Feb. 27, awarded the 2024 County Highway Department brush, weed and tree clearing low quotes to Carr’s Tree Service, Inc., of Otter Tail city in eastern Otter Tail County. Brush control amounts to $50,365, weed control will total $38,412 and tree maintenance… Read More

Annual celebration coincides with James Madison’s birthday By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent March 10-16 is Sunshine Week when newspapers in Minnesota and all across the nation celebrate access to public information. Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups of journalists, such as the Minnesota Newspaper Association, along with civic groups, educators, governmental officials and people in… Read More

Enrollment is open for Minnesota’s 2024 Walk-In Access program, which pays landowners to allow public hunting on private lands. Since 2011, the Walk-In Access program has enrolled parcels of 40 acres or larger with high-quality natural cover. Land enrolled in conservation programs like the Conservation Reserve Program or Reinvest in Minnesota is preferred, but is not… Read More