Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen The Koenen family got in touch with our inner Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold from the movie National Lampoons Vacation) and recently made a cross country trek to the great southwest. We put close to 4,000 miles on our van as we traveled to Salt Lake City, several national parks like Zion… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda There’s a dryer downstairs that has suddenly decided it doesn’t have to start. The refrigerator, I just noticed, has started to hum with a song by Dwight Yokum that is playing on the radio. And The Kelvinator, as he likes to refer to himself, is even more alarmingly in key. It’s one thing… Read More

To the Editor, Governor Walz’s lockdown orders have hurt our local communities. Schools, small businesses and many others suffered financial losses, struggled with mental health and tried to recover from the damaging decisions made by Governor Walz. When Jordan Rasmusson started in the Minnesota House in 2021, he immediately went to work and opposed Governor Walz’s lockdown… Read More

To the Editor, The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA) is the largest association representing public safety professionals in the State of Minnesota. We’re writing to urge your support and vote for Senator Paul Utke for district 5, current representative Jordan Rasmusson for MN State Senate district 9, and Dan Bohmer for MN State Senate district… Read More

To the Editor, I am a lifelong resident of Otter Tail County and I support Jordan Rasmusson for Minnesota Senate District 9. Jordan understands the challenges that area small businesses and hard-working taxpayers face and he has been an effective legislator representing our region and its rural values.  Jordan strongly supports tax relief for all Minnesotans including… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen Filing is underway for a number of local school board and city council positions in the area. With that, we are also beginning to field a number of questions from candidates about our policy regarding letters to the editor and a voters guide leading up to the election.  Though I haven’t seen… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I just got a short video from one of my twice removed cousins. This cousin is special because he ended up with Uncle Wilbur’s—that would be my dad’s Uncle Wilbur—1936 Plymouth Business Coupe, with less than 40,000 miles on it. In the video, he has apparently unburied it from way back… Read More

as temperatures increase Chill Fishing Report Cody Hill The area has recently been the recipient of some extremely warm days and warm nights.  As visitors to our area a lot of people have been extremely happy to have their “Summer” arrive but for us fishermen it has brought a lot of struggles as water temperatures have been… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Humbug. Charlatan. Quack. Con artist. Trickster. Snake oil salesman. Such are the terms we still use to describe people selling ocean front property in Iowa, and sure fire cancer treatment using weasel nut extract. Or the cure for Covid being drain cleaner. That’s one that deserves mention in this category. Actually, the cure… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I see so many vehicles driving too fast on the highways. Are you guys doing anything about it? Answer: You are correct and yes we are. As we’ve reached the halfway point of July – and summer – it’s important to remember that extra speed enforcement is ongoing across the state… Read More