EDA/HRA annual contract with MMCDC renewed By Robert Williams Editor The Becker County Board of Commissioners approved a preliminary increase in next year’s property tax levy of 7.5 percent, according to County Administrator Carrie Smith. “The majority of the increases are with regards to increase and implementation of our salary grid and getting a lot of our… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen Eight fire departments responded to a fire in the heart of lakes country last Monday night. A large fire struck Stub’s Dining & Gunpowder Bar on Monday, Sept. 16 shortly after 9:30 p.m. The cause of the fire is still unknown and it has to yet-to-be-determined if the building was a total… Read More

Otter Tail County has announced the launch of a new, user-friendly webpage dedicated to ditches and drainage systems. This online resource gives the public easy access to important information, documents and services related to the county’s extensive drainage infrastructure. The new webpage is part of the county’s ongoing efforts to provide residents, visitors, contractors, and local… Read More

City council takes no action on municipal liquor store By Matthew Johnson Reporter At its Tuesday, Sept. 10, regular monthly meeting the Wolf Lake City Council agreed to keep its annual property tax levy the same as last year with no increases. The Wolf Lake 2024 preliminary property tax levy, as it was for the final 2023… Read More

Lake Agassiz Regional Library will host a tour of author visits featuring Minnesota author Douglas Wood. Attendees will hear all about his new memoir, A Wild Path, as well as his experience as an author, artist, musician, naturalist and wilderness guide. Wood is the creator of classic children’s books including Old Turtle and A Quiet… Read More

The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center’s Fall 2024 Concert Series continues with Curtis and Loretta on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m.  Curtis and Loretta are a folk singer-songwriter duo, guided by their love of good songs and inspired by the stories of people they have met in their over 40 years of touring. Loretta grew… Read More

By Jesse Grabow Ask a Trooper Question: Can you talk about U-turns and how and when a person can do them?   Answer: A U-turn is a 180-degree turn that reverses your direction of travel. Do not make a U-turn unless you can do so without disrupting other traffic. “No U-Turn” signs indicate where U-turns are not allowed…. Read More

On September 15 at approximately 2:15 p.m., the Becker County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a motorcycle crash on Co. Rd. 135, near the intersection of 285th Street, south of the village of Two Inlets, Minn. Preliminary investigation indicates the 2019 Harley Davidson, driven by Curtis Duane Hermanson, age 58, of New York Mills, Minn.,… Read More

Contact DNR if signs of invasive species, zebra mussels are found on docks The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds lake property owners to carefully check boats and trailers, docks and lifts, and all other water-related equipment for invasive species when removing equipment for seasonal storage. Several zebra mussel confirmations in recent years were initially reported by property… Read More

Contributed photo Jessica Sonnenberg and Krissy Barten, center, present the check of total donations from the 15th Ole’s Ride in the amount of $33,177 to benefit Hospice of the Red River Valley.