Community event will be a time for remembrance Nidaros Lutheran Church will offer a community All Saints Sunday service on Sunday, Nov. 5.  At 5 p.m. individuals and families will arrive for a time of remembrance and fellowship. Grave lanterns will be placed as remembrances of those who have passed to their heavenly home.   A service… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent The snowfall stayed to the northwest on Oct. 27, allowing some residents of Otter Tail County to travel to the annual fall lutefisk feed at Richland Lutheran Church north of Wahpeton and near Walcott, North Dakota. The lutefisk season, in most areas of Otter Tail County at churches and restaurants, doesn’t… Read More

Higher percentage of cold-water incidents are fatal in the fall/winter Some people in Minnesota have put away their boats for the year, but plenty of others will squeeze out every bit they can of the open-water season, whether they’re chasing game, targeting fish or paddling lakes and rivers. To anyone on or around the water this fall,… Read More

Jess Steinbrenner has been hired by Otter Tail County to serve as Assistant Human Services Director. Deb Sjostrom, long-time Director of Human Services, introduced Steinbrenner to county commissioners as she was welcomed at a recent board meeting. “The role of the Assistant Human Services Director focuses on business operations, integrated service delivery, and provides for capacity… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 Sara Christiansen knows there is much more to chiropractic care than simply cracking a few bones and getting them in line. Finding that healthy balance is what Christiansen is hoping to give her clients as she opens Healthy Balance Chiropractic in the former Henning Chiropractic building in town. As… Read More

Photos by Dan Broten A total of 1,187 tickets were sold to the annual Henning Haunted House over the past two weekends. The haunted house was held in the former city hall and food shelf building each of the past Friday and Saturday nights. Proceeds from the haunted house benefit the Henning community. 

Photos by Chad Koenen Members of the Deer Creek Fire Department and Trinity Lutheran Church in Deer Creek hosted a community trunk or treat on Sunday afternoon. The trunk or treat featured well over a dozen decorated trunks that served everything from candy to hot dogs, as well as cookies, hot chocolate and popcorn. This is… Read More

Early release due to HVAC, school builing projects Henning School students and staff members have their fingers crossed for a nice summer in 2024. That’s because students and staff members will get at least one additional week of summer vacation that was originally scheduled due to an expansive HVAC and building project next summer. During its… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Every morning at the school bus stop, parents hand their children off to a bus driver. Many times these bus drivers are family friends, family members or other members of the community they know well. The bus driver is responsible for not only being one of the first people a student sees… Read More