The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has up to $1,060,000 available to local entities such as lake associations, watershed districts, cities, and counties, as well as Tribal governments, for the management of curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian watermilfoil, flowering rush and/or starry stonewort. Funding comes from Minnesota’s invasive species account, which is largely funded by the invasive species… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Approximately a dozen people attended a public notification meeting on Monday night at the Otter Tail County Operations Center in Ottertail after a Level 3 sex offender moved to rural Ottertail.  Gregory Michael Keppers, age 35, has moved to the vicinity of rural Ottertail city (Section 7 of Otter Tail Township). The community… Read More

City accepts grant to design local airport enhancements By Chad Koenen Publisher With nearly two dozen people in attendance, the Henning City Council heard from a number of residents about a potential double-digit tax levy increase for the third consecutive year last week. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night, several community members spoke against the city’s… Read More

Pedestrian bridge to be removed near Dead Lake By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners convened as the Otter Tail County Drainage Authority on Nov. 4 and agreed to partner with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and enter into a Joint Powers Agreement. This allows for funding the… Read More

New program providing Advanced Life Services is being stationed in Vining thanks to a grant from the state By Chad Koenen Publisher Otter Tail County emergency personnel are hoping a new pilot program could provide advanced life saving care to rural communities across the state. Thanks to $6 million in funding from the State of Minnesota, three… Read More

Lake Region Healthcare has announced the organization has combined its hospitals in Fergus Falls and Elbow Lake and the 10 regional clinics it operates in the west central Minnesota region to create one unified organization. This is part of a larger strategic plan aimed at accelerating growth, investments in facilities and leading-edge technologies, strengthening the… Read More

Contributed photo Pat Dilly and Glen Nyhus spread some Halloween cheer at the Country Corner Cafe on Friday, Oct. 31. They were decked out in black and orange and greeted people who came to the cafe with a warm welcome. 

Dunvilla area fire destroys garage on Nov. 4 By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Sheriff deputies, on Nov. 5, reported a vehicle crash with injuries in Dane Prairie Township, southwest of Wall Lake, between Fergus Falls and Underwood. The accident took place at the intersection of Highways 33 and 120. The time of the accident was 7:29 a.m…. Read More

Contributed photo Leaf Mountain Lutheran Church recently donated care bags for hospitals in Fergus Falls, Alexandria and Wadena for their cancer and dialysis units. This has been a local mission project for Leaf Mountain Lutheran Church for three years. The church has received funding from Thrivent to help put and distribute the bags throughout the… Read More

Contributed photos Right: Carson Courneya, 11, of Frazee shot his first deer this fall. Middle right: Rachel Courneya, age 13, harvested her first deer during the opening weekend of deer hunting. Bottom right: Brandt Becker age 10 first deer 8 point buck near New York Mills. Middle bottom: Shelby Loock harvested this buck near Henning… Read More