East Otter Tail dairy operation earns certification Farming practices that help protect water quality were in the spotlight on the east side of Otter Tail County last week. An Ag Water Quality Certification Event was hosted at Bob and Tiffany Dombeck’s farm operations: Sandhill Dairy and Toad River Farms near Perham. Bob and Tiffany Dombeck were recognized… Read More

Reports from credible outdoorsmen have persisted through the decades– from Big and Little Pelican to Fish Lake to Lida and backwaters Who knows what lurks in the waters of Otter Tail County’s 1,000 lakes? That’s a question posed by Bob Bowers, one of the instigators of the campaign to create a replica of the famous Lake… Read More

Lake activist awards to be presented August 17 Lake activists will be presented honors–and U.S. Congressman Collin Peterson will attend– at the August 17 Otter Tail County Coalition of Lake Associations meeting. Highlights of the meeting will be the awarding OTC COLA’s Volunteer of the Year and Lake Association of the Year honors. The awards recognize… Read More

Some may be diverted from jail to alternative pyschiatric, chemical dependency programs The addition of five new holding cells at the county jail, adjacent to the courthouse south of downtown Fergus Falls, is reflective of more people being admitted to the jail. With this in mind, county officials are studying ways to screen people before… Read More

County Board members heard from consultants regarding long-range planning. Included were Craig Vaughn and Lance Bernard from Twin Cities-based SRF Consulting Group. They presented a Long-Range Planning powerpoint. Specifically, they briefed the five-person county board of commissioners on the types of land use planning tools, comprehensive plans and corresponding state statutes. The planning tools that Otter Tail County… Read More