Minnesota’s largest member of the squirrel family is the woodchuck! Called by many names, including groundhog, whistlepig, or marmot, woodchucks...

An Otter Tail County workforce development program is changing lives. The Empowered Worker Program, an initiative supported by funding from the...

It’s the time of the year again when summer is here, and people are hitting the road to get away for the weekends. You’re driving and you notice more dead deer on the side...

A smiling face at Vergas State Bank bid farewell at a retirement party June 27 at the bank. Donna Colosky has a 48-year banking career, starting in...

County commissioners were informed on June 24 that construction of the Maplewood Park section of the 31-mile recreational trail, extending from Pelican Rapids to Perham, is...

Changes in lake habitat, ecology, and conditions coupled with technological advances in fishing gear and methods are prompting the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...

A communications tower has been proposed for a location near Highway 34, in Scambler Township.  Proposed by the company “The Towers, LLC,” the  265-foot Self-Support...

Apocalypse now—in the ‘hometown’ of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.  “It was like a war zone,” said Pelican Rapids Volunteer firefighter Brady...

A new grant program from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), created to help new farmers with the cost of purchasing needed equipment and infrastructure, has...

The county board of commissioners, on June 24, received a petition from Long Lake property owners, southeast of Erhard and east of Elizabeth, to establish a Lake...

Otter Tail County officials and partners celebrated the groundbreaking of a new solid waste transfer station near Henning. The $6.4 million...

A warning sign indicates a potential hazard, obstacle, or condition requiring special attention by those in the potential danger area.We see...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added eight counties to a deer feeding and attractant ban to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease spread, after CWD...

Check out these wildlife and hunting-related webinars included in the summer series of the Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship Series:June 25 – Living with wildlife,...

Another photographic gem from the Tom Albright collection—a postcard showing Stony Bar Haven, Pelican Rapids. An avid collector of Pelican Rapids...