By Dee Goerge Special to the Dispatch Two quilts will be traveling between Catholic churches in the Wadena area over the next couple of months. With special fabric based on photos of earth taken from space, the quilts won’t travel as far as the photographer did. But members of Mary’s ACC Quilters hope that astronaut Karen Nyberg’s… Read More

By Robert Williams Editor, Frazee-Vergas Forum Twin Spruce Farm North owner Arnold Gruenes spoke to the Otter Tail Board of County Commissioners Tuesday, May 14, stating his farm meets the requirements to house additional livestock and is hopeful a permit allowing the expansion will be approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The proposal was discussed during a… Read More

Voters from across the region went to the polls on Tuesday, March 14 for the annual township elections.  Local Otter Tail County results from the township elections are as follows: Deer Creek Township A total of voters turned out to reelect Cheri Kopveiler (11 votes) as treasurer and Mike Harder (11 votes) as supervisor. Leaf Lake Township A total of… Read More

Roadway, bridge funding approved in OTC By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent County commissioners approved an agreement of services between Otter Tail County and the East Otter Tail Soil and Water Conservation District for sewage treatment funding. This is in conjunction with the Otter Tail River Watershed for Watershed Based Implementation Funding in the amount of $112,000…. Read More

 Otter Cove Children’s Museum provides learning opportunities By Benjamin Velani West Central Initiative Otter Cove Children’s Museum, in the heart of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a wondrously whimsical space adorned with vibrantly colored installations from several local artists, depicting local scenery and wildlife.   Katie Ganoe is the Executive Director of Otter Cove. “Implicit and explicit, throughout… Read More

New $72 million facility is located on Hwy. 10 in Wadena On March 18, Astera Health, formerly Tri-County Health Care, celebrated a much-anticipated grand opening. The new $72 million facility is the culmination of over two years of construction on the western edge of Wadena, along HWY-10. Astera Health hosted a groundbreaking event in May… Read More

The longtime home to the Henning Advocate was burned down as part of a controlled burn by the Henning Fire Department on Saturday morning. The Douglas Ave. building was the home to the Henning Advocate until 2003 when the newspaper was merged with another newspaper in Henning to form the Citizen’s Advocate. More recently the… Read More

The Henning speech team competed in Detroit Lakes on Saturday.  Breanna Bunkowski led the way for the Henning team as she took second place in Humorous Interpretation.  Monica Hansen placed third in a pair of categories including Prose Interpretation and Dramatic Interpretation.  Destinie Sweno earned Superior in Poetry Interpretation.  Gretchen Mimbach earned Superior in Prose Interpretation.  Mimbach and Jazmine Saari… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Many male baby boomers who attended schools throughout Otter Tail County in the 1950s and 1960s recall rope climbs as part of physical education, especially during their middle school days. Today, girls also take part in rope climbing. Physical education teachers taught the reach, lift and clamp technique in order to… Read More

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent  Minor injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident March 17, along Highway 10 northwest of Perham. The accident took place at 12:19 p.m. Sheriff deputies said one person was temporarily trapped in the vehicle, but later taken safely from the vehicle. Other accidents took place due to icy conditions but no other… Read More