Ottertail News

Otter Tail County DFLers say they are glad the legal dispute surrounding Minnesotaa s Senate race is over.

Codington County authorities have charged a 52-year-old Pierz, Minn., man with aggravated grand theft after 188 head of cattle allegedly were stolen from a Watertown auction barn March 3. Sheriff Toby Wishard says Joey "Joe" Varner was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Fergus Falls, Minn.

The Smokin' Iron Tractor Pull has been considered a hidden treasure the last seven years, an event which is tucked away in the small and quaint village of Ottertail - an unlikely destination for one of the best pulls in the nation.

I'll set the scene. Two ladies, sitting with their coffee, on a wooden bench set just inside a Main Street Ottertail establishment.

The ongoing fight against invasive species is one of the concerns of the Otter Tail Lakes Property Owners Association that represents close to 870 members on Otter Tail, Deer, Walker, Blanche, Long, and Round lakes, as well as Otter Tail River North.

The infamous Ottertail otter statue may soon be on the move. After 10 years at its "temporary" location just west of the Ottertail Home Center, a permanent home is being sought for the landmark critter.

At a public hearing May 19, the city of Ottertail took a preliminary step in working toward developing a comprehensive zoning ordinance for the city.

As vice president of the Otter Tail Coalition of Lake Associations , Shawn Olson wants to do her part in helping to preserve area lakes.

At 26 years old, Carri Ann Pollard is a new mother with a second baby on the way, but that's just the beginning.

Published Monday, May 18, 2009 ST. PAUL - " Sen. Rod Skoe sat at his desk in the Senate chamber Sunday evening, watching a Minnesota House debate on his laptop computer.

The Ottertail city offices will now close at noon on Fridays. Citing little activity during Friday afternoons, and increased early morning visitors, city staff proposed the idea of altering the city hall schedule at a May 7 city council meeting.

Emergency Medical Services Week has become an annual tradition in Perham, and this year the obervance will be May 20 from 11-3 p.m. Free lunch and tours will be given at the Perham EMS facility.

Doubleheaders have not been good for the Menahga Lady Braves who fell to 4-9 after losing to Parkers Prairie at home on April 28 and at New York Mills on April 30.

Gazing upon the surrounding fields it seems that the snowy frozen fingers of winter are still a recent memory.

A Perham man was airlifted to a Fargo hospital after a pickup went off the road and rolled near Ottertail late Sunday, the Minnesota State Patrol said.

Pete Thiel, who with his wife, Pam, are the founders of Firestarters Ministry, remains undaunted as he and his assistants work to complete renovation of the Ottertail creamery building in the east-central section of the county, near Otter Tail Lake.

It's that time of year when members of the Otter Tail Coalition of Lakes Association , in coordination with RMB Environmental Laboratories of Detroit Lakes, step up to the plate and volunteer for water testing.

ST. PAUL a ' Transit programs would receive less money under a House-passed bill, part of an effort to balance the state budget.

With a new city hall just off of Highway 78, the city of Ottertail is undergoing several organizational changes.

The Otter Tail County Historical Society's annual Township Historian meeting will be held on Thursday, April 23, at the Ottertail Community Center in Ottertail.