Elbow Lake News

Elbow Lake Library Director Gail Hedstrom will receive two years of back pay after not being offered health insurancewhile employed by the library.

The Elbow Lake-based West Central Minnesota Communities Action , a resource agency dedicated to improving the quality of rural life, is sponsoring next week's Group WorkCamp in Traverse County.

Like most of his fellow mayors in small towns around west central Minnesota, Elbow Lake Mayor Edward Williams loves his community.

Jennifer Johnson of Bemidji and Kataryna Cookman of Elbow Lake, are members of the 2008 Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir, which will perform at the 10:45 a.m. worship service at Bethlehem Lutheran Church ...

An Elbow Lake man who led police on a multi-county chase in March is facing attempted murder charges.

Just before 6 PM that night, the Grant County Sheriff's office received a call about an accident on Grant County Road 20 in Pomme de Terre township.

I would like to thank Hillcrest Lutheran Academy and the Fergus Falls Middle School and Staffs for working with us to make the Young Eagles program a success.

“It means a lot to them to be able to ride and give back to something that mattered so much to them.”

Joyce Hanstad knows firsthand what it's like to care for someone with a terminal illness. via Daily Journal

“Even though we'll have fewer corn acres here in Otter Tail County, you have to keep in mind that this year might be pretty close to the average in our county in recent years”

Preparing the field - Jeff Paulson of Elbow Lake Co-op Grain drives a Terra-Gator to fertilize Barry Fabien's soon-to-be corn field Wednesday afternoon. via Daily Journal

“We need to join the 46 other states that are protecting their teens and other drivers on the streets.”

Novice teenage drivers in Minnesota could soon face new restrictions on the hours they can spend behind the wheel and the number of passengers they can ferry, measures aimed at curbing the state's high rate of ... via Wcco.com

“We had 292 adults and 158 children.”

Photo by C. A. Ray, Grant County Herald Grant County fire departments sponsored a smoke and safety house to teach kids how to escape a house fire during Saturday's Expo in Ashby. via Daily Journal

A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from this evening through Friday evening for Otter Tail County and the surrounding area. via Daily Journal

“We look forward to having lots of county residents attend”

Promoting the upcoming Grant County Traveling F.U.N. Festival & Expo are, front, Elbow Lake Librarian Gail Hedstrom, and back from left, Deb Hengel, Grant County Child and Youth Council, and Tina Lindquist, ... via Daily Journal

“This has been a long, ongoing project.”

Dalton's application for a $500,000 Small Cities Development grant, for water projects, has been approved by the Small Cities Development Program office. via Daily Journal

“A drive up and ATM are two new services at Star Bank to better serve our loyal customers”

Kevin Richter, vice president of Star Bank, Elbow Lake, is proud of the new bank building on the south side of downtown. via Daily Journal

WCA art students produced this ballerina figurine. High school art classes have changed a lot over the years, and West Central Area School at Barrett is no exception. via Daily Journal

“Iraqis achieve democracy and freedom”

On the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, American workers are mourning more dead and injured and seeing more of their hard-earned dollars spent on the conflict while Iraqi workers are still waiting for one ... via Workday Minnesota

“I just can't get it heard in (the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Dist. 67 Sen. Mee Moua, DFL-St.Paul). I don't know why. It's in that committee and there it sits. I'm not going to give up.”

State representatives Bud Nornes, and Torrey Westrom sit at a testifying table with Travis and Lynn Johnson of Fergus Falls during a legislative hearing Thursday on Emily's Law, at the State Office Building in ... via Daily Journal

Dalton Fire Chief Eric Mounts inspects ruins in the garage, including a charred vehicle, following a fire early this morning at the Joe and Kimberly Borgos residence. via Daily Journal

A State Trooper is recovering after being injured after a high speed chase in Grant and Otter Tail counties in western Minnesota. via Wcco.com