Minnesota Department of Health and employers partner to increase price transparency As part of an ongoing effort to bring greater transparency to the hidden world of health care costs, a new Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) report finds large swings in prices between hospitals, and also large price differences within a single hospital. A patient undergoing… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now taking applications for the Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation (AGRI) Farm to School and Farm to Early Care and Education Grants. The MDA will award up to $377,500 to eligible institutions to increase the use of Minnesota grown and raised foods through planning and feasibility studies, or… Read More

Join the celebration as Otter Tail County commemorates the first board of commissioners meeting held 150 years ago in historic Old Town Clitherall. On Wednesday, September 12 the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners will hold a public meeting near the site of the first county board meeting. The official board meeting will be held at Justice Two, 20740 Old Town… Read More

The detour to Becker County Road 17 (Detour A) on Highway 59 south of Detroit Lakes is being removed and that portion of the roadway will be reopened to traffic. The detour was part of a resurfacing project on Highway 59 from Willow Street in Detroit Lakes to just south of the Otter Tail County Line. Motorists will continue to encounter… Read More

County board members were told on Sept. 4 to brace for possible health and human services cuts at the state level. The end result, if this takes hold, would be the need to raise taxes for county residents through the annual property tax levy. “Many people who have mental health and drug issues and should reside elsewhere are ending up in county… Read More