Otter Tail News

Jenna Seidel provides her heifer, Grace, with some water after Grace's big win in the breeding beef heifer category Thursday at the Otter Tail West County Fair.

James Altucher has written about two potential wind power plays in a recent Financial Times article.

When a Texas oil billionaire tells you that wind power is the next growth industry , it may pay to listen.

Electricity customers of Otter Tail Corp. may have a lot at stake today, when state utilities regulators consider its rate hike request, but shareholders, not so much.

A sign on Patc'e kennel at the humane society states that the dog is a biter. A Fergus Falls man is putting together a case to save his dog.

A tornado warning has been issued for Grant County, and parts of Otter Tail and Wilkin counties, the National Weather Service said today.

Authorities in Otter Tail County are beginning a foot search for a rural Fergus Falls man.

Gary Boldenow and several others from Otter Tail Power Company took early retirement in 1998.

In response to lake property owner concerns about the length of weekend fishing tournaments, and the number of participating boats allowed, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be placing more ...

Former football star O.J. Simpson is spending the week vacationing in Minnesota, getting in some golf and taking a break from the Florida heat ahead of his trial set for September in Las Vegas.

Simpson is spending the week on Otter Tail Lake in western Minnesota, visiting friends and family of his girlfriend Christine Prody, who's a former Fergus Falls resident, The Daily Journal reported Thursday.

Simpson is friends with her brother, Barrett Prody, who has a home in Fergus Falls, a cabin on nearby Otter Tail Lake and owns a Fargo, N.D.-based consulting business for the automotive industry.

B ack in the salad days of ethanol production, Otter Tail Ag Enterprises raised $42.2 million in just 10 days to build a plant near Fergus Falls.

The U.S. Department of Energy laid out a scenario in a recent report where wind could contribute up to 20% of required energy for the U.S. by 2030.

A 114-page report, which is supposed to help Minnesota energy regulators wrap up allegations of impropriety against Otter Tail Power Co., looks like it's not going to wrap up anything.

That the Minnesota Department of Human Services made a $9.7 million error was bad enough.

When Archie Millard left Fergus Falls in early 1977 to assume duties as Jamestown Division Manager for Otter Tail Power Company, people knew he would fit right in.

Otter Tail Ag Enterprises needs more cash to purchase additional corn to put into storage.

An error made by the Minnesota Department of Human Services four years ago is costing Otter Tail County $74,982. The DHS inaccurately calculated Medicaid pay-out requirements and awarded counties throughout the ...

DMI Industries, an Otter Tail company, announced Tuesday it will be expanding their Catoosa facility.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Otter Tail County West is being acknowledged for its extraordinary efforts and dedication to the fight against cancer.

Two state agencies are calling for an investigation into how Otter Tail Power Co. sets its billing rates.

The state attorney general's office and the state Commerce Department made their recommendations in recent filings with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, which is considering the utility's rates.

Those recommendations came in response to an anonymous letter claiming the Fergus Falls utility provided misleading information to state and federal regulators.

As a result, Otter Tail allegedly may be improperly charging its customers for costs associated with wholesale power sales or not sharing profits from those sales with them.