The Sons of Norway – Leif Erikson Lodge of Vining will be hosting a Scandinavian Hymn Sing at First Lutheran Church in Battle Lake. The hymn sing will be held on Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m.  Join the Sons of Norway for an opportunity to hear and sing familiar songs.  Hymns include Children of the… Read More

First workshop set for April 29 in Fergus Falls With chronic pain and opioid misuse on the rise, Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) is one of several rural sites awarded a grant to improve provider skills and community access to holistic chronic pain interventions aimed at reducing the risk for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).   “Opioids have… Read More

An error was noted in the April 8 issue of the Citizen’s Advocate in a story entitled “New recycling program comes to Henning area in 2026.” The story stated that the free recycling program would be for all residents in the southeast quadrant of Otter Tail County. However, the grant Otter Tail County received will… Read More

With hearts full of joy and gratitude, Mary, Mother of the Church Area Catholic Community (Mary’s ACC) warmly welcomes Rev. JC Duncan as its new pastor. Beginning his ministry on April 1, 2025, Fr. JC immediately stepped into his role, celebrating Mass across the ACC and embracing his calling to serve with compassion, humility, and… Read More

Otter Tail County and the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Task Force in partnership with the Otter Tail County Coalition of Lake Associations (OTC COLA) are pleased to invite all area lake property owners to attend the upcoming Lake Stewardship Symposium on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Thumper Pond Resort… Read More

For more information or questions contact the Henning Public School District Office at 583-2927, option 1. Henning Summer Recreation starts June 2 for all groups except T-ball and Toss ball. T-ball and Toss ball will start Monday, June 9.  Registration forms with information are available on the Henning Community Education webpage and at the Henning Public… Read More

5 years ago Monday, April 21, 2020 Citizen’s Advocate Henning is getting closer to completing its own field of dreams. For much of the past four years, a group of volunteers have transformed a baseball field that was deemed as being unsafe for games into one of the nicer complexes in the Park Region Conference. Last week… Read More

Evavold takes second in 100-meters, Antoni fourth in high jump By Chad Koenen Publisher Annabelle Evavold took second place in the 100-meter dash and Myiesha Antoni took fourth place in the high jump as the Otter Tail Central Bulldogs competed at the Anderson-Cole Invite in Perham on April 11.  Evavold took second place with a time of… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Otter Tail Central softball team has opened its season with a record of 2-3 overall, after sweeping Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale in a pair of games on April 10. Following the opening season sweep of the Raiders, the Bulldogs dropped a pair to New York Mills and fell to Sebeka on Thursday night to fall… Read More

Samantha Siedow  Report for Minnesota In a push to expand protections against child exploitation as technology advances, the Minnesota Legislature is considering passing a bill to tackle the rise of artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material and child-like sex dolls.  Currently, it is not illegal in Minnesota to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create images of child… Read More