Mail in voting has been in the news in recent days and, for that reason, County Auditor-Treasurer Wayne Stein was asked to provide some information on this subject to residents of Otter Tail County. “The deadline for preregistration is 21 days before election day,” Stein said. “For the state primary election the deadline for preregistration is… Read More

Sheriff deputies reported on May 15 that a resident who lives near Highway 32, between Otter Tail Lake and Dead Lake, reported fraudulent transactions on a bank account. A line of credit worth $1,500 was fraudulently taken from one account and placed into a savings account. The bank contacted the county resident about the illegal… Read More

County board members, in coordination with County Public Health Director Jody Lien, on May 19 urged county residents to continue wearing their non-medical mask/cloth coverings and practice social distancing. “Employees of county public health, me included, feel discouraged when we see people not following the public safety recommendations in response to COVID-19,” Lien said. “We all… Read More

Long-time residents of rural Henning and Ottertail city still recall the days in the summer of 1970 when former New York Yankee and former Minnesota Twins manager Billy Martin stayed with his wife and son at Leaders Resort at Leaf Lakes. “I loved baseball. Billy loved baseball. And for that reason we came to know… Read More

The Otter Tail County Public Health Department’s Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC) wants families to know that we are here for them. The WIC program is open for current participants and new participants. WIC is a health and nutrition program and provides a variety of healthy foods. WIC staff can answer nutrition and breastfeeding… Read More