EDA to hear proposal from real estate agent about potential sale By Chad Koenen Publisher Less than one year after selling Willow Creek Assisted Living, the Henning EDA is taking a hard look at selling another city-owned asset. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the Henning EDA discussed the potential of selling Country View Apartments. The… Read More

Sales tax has raised nearly $5 million in OT County By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Since 2016 Otter Tail County has benefitted from a half-cent sales tax devoted to road and bridge maintenance. In recent years close to $5 million annually has come to county government to help residents stay safe. Otter Tail County is… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning School Board received a mixed bag of results from its annual audit report last week.  On the one hand the school district had an extremely positive year financially, especially with an expansive building construction project. Enrollment continues to hold steady and even slightly increasing over recent years. On the other hand,… Read More

In the early 1990s, Allen Arvig heard rumblings about a relatively obscure, largely untested, and somewhat clunky new technology. In the telecommunications industry at the time, it was common to hear of promising innovations, even if they didn’t all live up to the hype. This particular technology, in its own right, was still unproven—and from a… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host a public input meeting on Monday, Feb. 3, from 5-7 p.m., for the public to learn more about the Highway 78 corridor study and potential design solutions to address safety and accessibility. The meeting will be held at the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Operation Center, located at 469… Read More

The 2023-2024 mild winter conditions helped deer populations begin to recover Hunters harvested more than 170,000 deer during the 2024 hunting season, up 7 percent statewide from the 2023 hunting season, according to a report by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wednesday, Jan. 22.  The statewide harvest was 3 percent lower than the five-year average. “We… Read More

Contributed photo Henning School took some time to honor the contributions of the school district paraprofessional staff last week during the statewide paraprofessional recognition week. Paraprofessionals complete a wide range of job duties at the school including everything from one-on-one work with students to assisting teachers.

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent One year from this coming July 4 will mark the grand opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum near Medora in western North Dakota. Medora has, for many years, been a popular tourist destination for many residents of Otter Tail County. It was there, from 1883 to 1885, when… Read More

Photos by Dani Koenen Beckham Koep, above and right, took first place at the annual Henning School spelling bee on Tuesday afternoon. The spelling bee was open to students in grades 5-8 who competed for the right to go to the regional spelling bee. Placing second was Sheila Tierney and taking third place was Easton Misegades… Read More

NDSU announces Dean’s List North Dakota State University has announced its fall 2024 Dean’s List. Students must earn a 3.50 grade point average or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 class credits to qualify. For the semester, 4,322 students made the list. Local students named to the list include: Tanner Arndt, Henning, Finance; Megan Weber, Henning, Accounting;… Read More