Come join us at the 41st annual Phelps Mill Festival. The 41st annual Phelps Mill Festival is set for July 12-13 at Phelps Mill Park in rural Underwood. The festival is held each year during the second weekend of July. Phelps Mill Festivl provides two full days of art, food, entertainment and kids’ activities, plus craft… Read More

With summer in full swing and families heading to the lakes, Otter Tail County Public Health is reminding swimmers to be aware of swimmers itch, a common skin irritation caused by microscopic parasites in freshwater. Swimmer’s itch is an allergic reaction triggered when parasites released by infected snails burrow into human skin. Although uncomfortable, the condition… Read More

Contributed photo Allen Whitrock of Alexandria, Minn., was the winner of the 2025 Harley-Davidson motorcyle raffle during the annual Ronald McDonald House RIDE in New York Mills.

In June, 795 graduating seniors from communities across Minnesota were awarded their high school diplomas as members of Minnesota Connections Academy’s Class of 2025. The tuition-free, public online school recently recognized graduates during a traditional, in-person commencement ceremony at the Minneapolis Convention Center on June 7. “The faculty and staff at Minnesota Connections Academy are so… Read More

Clay Target National Championship July 9-13 Athletes and teams representing 460 high schools from across the nation are scheduled to participate at the 2025 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship this week! The USAHSCTL National Championship will be held at the Michigan Trapshooting Association in Mason, Mich. July 9-13. The Championship features 3,000 athletes… Read More

The Relay For Life of Otter Tail County is this Friday, July 11, at the East  Otter Tail Fairgrounds.  Organizers are excited to be celebrating 30 years of Relaying in Otter Tail County. They have some exciting things planned to celebrate people who have had an active part in this thirty year history and to… Read More

Local students graduate from UND More than 1,700 students graduated from the University of North Dakota (UND) this spring, in ceremonies whose speakers included the governor of North Dakota and a former Minnesota Vikings tight end — both of whom are UND alumni. Ceremonies were held across successive weekends, culminating with the Spring General Commencement on… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher   The Deer Creek Shockers erupted for 19 runs on their way to a 19-1 win over Dent on Wednesday night. Deer Creek was led offensively by Chase Nordlund who went 3-4 with six RBI’s, while Lane Dilly reached base four times and scored four runs in the win. The Shockers were led on… Read More

Henning to host Dent, Vergas, Perham, Urbank in action this week By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning North Stars have hit a bit of a hot streak of late having won for the third time in their last four games to improve to 3-9 overall.  Last week the North Stars fell to Clarissa by a score of 6-1… Read More

The Trinity Center in Henning will be holding its annual meeting on Wednesday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Trinity Center.