Henning alum to be honored at state conference By Chad Koenen Publisher A Henning native is being recognized for her excellence in rural healthcare. Mattie Ellenson, who is a 2009 graduate from Henning High School, was recently honored as the 2023-24 Minnesota Rural Health Association Emerging Rural Health Leader Award recipient. The award recognizes an individual who has… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher A new state and federal regulation is requiring local municipalities to take an inventory of its water service lines in the community.  During its regularly scheduled meeting last Monday night, the Deer Creek City Council once again discussed a new state and federal mandate that will require cities to eliminate lead pipe water lines. … Read More

Otter Tail County receives opioid  settlement money By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County commissioners, on Tuesday morning, Dec. 19, held their final meeting for 2023. The five commissioners will meet again in January 2024. Several topics were on the agenda for this year’s final gathering. County Engineer Krysten Foster reviewed with county board members the detours that will… Read More

E-learning days will be used when no more snow days remain By Chad Koenen Publisher Making up snow days may be a thing of the past at the Henning School District. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the Henning School Board approved the implementation of e-learning days in place of making up snow days. The change… Read More

Contributed photo The Grinch surprised students in Mrs. Haugdahl’s first grade class on Wednesday by taking away one of their Christmas trees. Later, he returned the stolen item, and he turned out to be Mr. Aeling, the fifth grade teacher.

Waste audit finds reduced percentage of food waste The Otter Tail County Solid Waste Department held its 5th waste audit of residential garbage last week. Past waste audits were held in 2015 prior to single-sort recycling being implemented in Fergus Falls and Perham, and following that in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. More than 20 people participated… Read More

Every winter, hundreds of thousands of anglers head for the frozen water to fish. Most ice anglers clean up after themselves, but some don’t — and it’s their behavior that was the impetus for a new litter-on-ice law the Minnesota Legislature passed earlier this year. Ice conditions so far this season have been highly variable and… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen Henning High School alum Ava Eckhoff hosted a gnome making class at Henning School for a number of local youth on Monday, Dec. 18. The class was open to all Henning School students as they created a custom gnome for the holidays. Eckhoff hosted the class last year as part of her… Read More

Commissioners adopt a 5.18 percent tax levy increase By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent On Dec. 19 the five-person Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners approved a final net county property tax levy of $51.2 million for 2024. This represents a 5.18 percent net tax levy increase compared to the 2023 net tax levy.  The county board… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 One month after Henning School Athletic Director and boys basketball coach Randy Misegades talked about a drastic decrease in participants in boys basketball, the Henning School Board formed an athletic exploratory committee. The committee will explore the possibility of combining with another school district for the remaining Henning-… Read More