Story archive for May 2007

Thursday, May 31

• Wenstrom Summons

• OTC Notice Of Public Hearing

• City of Fergus Falls Ordinance No. 68 Sixth Series

• Chance often defines our lives

• Pawlenty should sign 2007 tax bill

• Cartoon left out one of Carter’s biggest failures

• Red Horse rider royalty announced

• New publication aids in selecting conservation

• ‘Leave it at the Stream’ — practicing Feed Forward

• Treatment is available for urinary incontinence

• UCare informational meetings in Fergus Falls, Ottertail

• A kite-flying delight

• Guard officer to speak at Kiwanis breakfast

• Bus trip to World War II memorial leaves FF June 9

• Nathe joins Coldwell Banker Realty office in Fergus Falls

• New residents impressed with local tourist attractions

• Big Al’s Barbecue Team comes to Fergus

• 61-year-old pleads guilty to making threats

• Medical instruments taken

• Increased corn acreage is good news

• Opponents of transfer station insist county has other site options

• RTC loses development incentives with veto

• Southside landmark used as practice burn

• A final hurrah: Thacker’s last day is today

• Sudden death hole decides 4-man gross title

• Babe Ruth tryouts set

• Alumni to run Otter cage camps

• Lady Knights ousted in 6A

• Bulldogs bow to Dragons in 10th, defeat Crusaders

• Fergus tennis duo fall in 8AA quarterfinals

• Smaller courses would benefit golfers and operators

• Johnson, VanWechel receive top track and field honors

• Booster club taking on new role

Wednesday, May 30

• Lake Region Hospital announces scholarship winners

• Slow down, buy locally, have faith

• Soldiers sacrifice

• Welgraven a semifinalist in film competition

• Drivers, it’s time to get on the ball!

• Justice is served

• Kolle, Billings win VFW scholarships

• Gaustad deserves credit for helping Rothsay student

• Burglary reported at hair salon

• Injuries minor in motorcycle accident

• Class of 1987 seeks classmates

• Sievert: City can weather state cuts

• Priest, engineer among Think-off finalists

• School officials hope to sell building bonds at a premium

• State Bank buys former electric co-op building

• Students honored for seatbelt campaign

• Businesses, students rebuild Adams garden

• Back for the walleyes

• City of Elizabeth request for proposals

• ‘Promise’ the right direction

• Special Ed funding inadequate

• OTC Call for Proposals

• Deer spotted within Fergus Falls city limits

• Velde, Adelsman receive top track and field honors

• Otter girls place fourth at Thumper Pond

• Two Perham golfers qualify for girls' state golf meet

• Early Bird makes state

• Tuel, Gervais advancing to Class AA state golf meet

Tuesday, May 29

• Local veterans honored

• Hillcrest grads encouraged to live for ‘dash’

• Summer draws visitors to family research

• Fergus gas prices decrease

• Seven arrested for DUI in city over weekend

• Fireworks say Fourth of July

• Three generations of firefighters

• Loss of beloved dog has left a huge hole for Fergus family

• Can anyone spare an extra bicycle?

• Make state leaders pay fines

• Olson honored for years of service

• Cabin has new owner

• Cranston Nathe joins Coldwell Banker staff

• Greisen completes week of training

• Grothe receives architectural prize

• Wallace certified as kitchen designer

• Realty firm going strong after 30 years

• Inn is a family venture

• Changes are in the wind for Otter Tail residents

• DNR uses cameras to detect illegal ATV activity in state wildlife area

• DNR awards more than $1.7 million in grants for trail projects

• Online survey collecting ideas about future of farmland deer populations

• Agnes Bimberg Probate

• Raymond lenarz Probate

• Steven Whitcom Probate

• Richville man dies in truck accident

• Vikings upset Yellowjackets at Metrodome

• Otters bow to Thief River Falls

• Otters suffer 3-1 loss to Bemidji

• Barsness, Sanderson claim second place in sub-section

• Fergus golfers fall in hunt for section title

• Kowalski records no-hitter

Saturday, May 26

• Fireworks fundraising effort underway

• Special education money will help, but it’s not enough

• Office on the move

• Beware: Some offices closed Monday in observance of holiday

• Memorial Day services planned in Fergus Falls and area to honor veterans

• Public hearing planned May 31 on transfer station

• MS TRAM riders coming to Fergus Falls July 26

• School district’s plans help bridge future

• College open different hours for summertime

• Should deer hunters pay for a state resource?

• Make patriotism part of weekend

• Lakes Area Baseball camp

• Portable video has arrived

• Preserving Memories

• Don’t panic — there’s still time to create a scrapbook for your graduate

• Summerfest includes lots of arts performances

• Washington School fire was 40 years ago

• Jackie Wenstrom to speak in June on stroke awareness

• Some bugs harmful to trees can be easily killed

• Arndt Military Graduation

• Camp Sertoma looking for campers

• Take a kid fly fishing at Glendalough

• Village Cooperative plans rummage sale

• PWLC accepting registration for biology camp

• Tour planned of Oak Grove Cemetery

• Big Al's BBQ Workshop at County museum

• Dog and cat were the best and only pets for one Otter Tail county couple

• LR arts council announces newest board member

• Adult regional art show opens at NYM

• Brush & Palette Club sponsors Children's Workshop

• Williams plans sculpting workshop at Art of the Lakes

• Pat Donohue headlines Tuesday

• Ask a Trooper

• Falk selected for all-star series

• Perham girls, Agassiz Valley boys advancing

• Knights, Panthers advancing in Section 6A

• Bulldogs headed for Section 6AA tournament

Friday, May 25

• Personal security a priority

• What's Happening?

• 5-year-old who nearly drowned going home

• Man guilty of stealing mail

• Lakes Area Bike Club to ride Thursday in Dent

• Thacker retirement open house is May 30

• Becks donate pressed botanicals

• Local students perform in Alex piano festival

• Hospital sponsoring prescription drug bus

• Lake Olaf water keeps rising

• NYM Cultural Center looking for an executive director

• After the storm

• Key Ministries plans summer mission trip

• Trinity ladies plan rummage sale

• Zion in Amor plans pancake breakfast

• City officials: Veto can’t be tied to specific road projects

• Most businesses, offices will be closed Memorial Day

• Firefighters recall Junior High blaze

• Ceremony honors RTC’s history, employees

• Popular technology is rising to flood levels for old-fashioned

• Let state leaders give up half their per diem

• City of Fergus Falls Notice of Public Hearing

• City of Fergus Falls Notice of Public Hearing

• Notice of Lien Sale Unit # D006

• Notice of Lien Sale Unit # F012

• Notice of Lien Sale Unit # B008

• Arrows post 5-2 win

• Pelican hurlers combine for 14 strikeouts

• Hagge aces No. 8 at Pebble Lake

• Dose of perspective in order on Pebble Lake golf course

• Fergus golfers fall in dual meet

• Lumberjacks hold FF nine hitless

• Two Comets qualify for Section 6A track meet

• Two Otters post track wins

Thursday, May 24

• Peterson supports farm bill

• Alliance for rural America endorses Railroad Competition Act of 2007

• Community Assistance program seeks applicants for grants

• Application timing is key in optimizing returns

• The Building of a House

• History repeats itself in St. Paul; transportation funding stalls again

• Too bad column, story ran the same day

• Thanks!!

• Satisfied? No!

• They died for their country

• Log thrown through window

• Counterfeit checks investigated

• CD unit will remain at RTC for now

• Light rail plans continue despite funding challenges

• Wahpeton soldier 16th to die in Iraq

• Newspaper’s fast pace makes years fly by

• Cemetery worker respectful of graves

• DNR reminds lake property owners when permits required for improvements

• Hagen Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure

• OTC Applications for Variences

Wednesday, May 23

• Knights triumph in nine innings

• Lady Vikings run into tough DGF pitcher

• Hillcrest girls’ basketball camp set June 4-6

• Thom is RedHawks' 'General'

• Promise with the pen

• Caracas trip highlighted first year at U of M

• AAUW announces scholarship recipients

• It’s time to look in the mirror

• Why do Katrina, Kansas victims still need help?

• Let’s raise our educational system

• Mayor grills Nornes on road funding

• FF resident first local winner of Mega Bingo

• Local officials say state bill will help develop RTC property

• Celebrate better speech and hearing month

• Vandalism, theft reported at Mabel Murphy’s

• DNR removes burning restrictions in county

• County to maintain Central Lakes Trail

• Elks Point open for summer business

• Bikes stolen

• Items stolen from vehicle at Wal-Mart

• Mail box blown up near Perham

• Customer sprays clerk with gas

• Fergus Falls street, utility improvements among city council approvals

• Broen plans macular degeneration workshop

• High water relief at high cost

• Ortonville nine trounces Ashby

• Lady Comets ousted from playoffs

• Rittenour, Nelson lead Lady Bulldogs over Melrose

• Comets suffer 9-6 loss to Chargers

• Otters' Morstad earns all-conference honors

• Errors prove costly as Otters fall to Prowlers

• Arrows notch playoff win over Wheaton

Tuesday, May 22

• Police urge teens to drive carefully as school ends

• Burglary reported at West Battle cabin

• Vandalism reported

• Council bids city assistant farewell

• Choirs set to perform Wednesday

• Hospice tournament deadline set

• Exchange program looking for host families in area

• Wagner/McPherson Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

• West Central growing

• Volunteer loon counters needed in Becker, Otter Tail

• Wanek to lead Pelican Rapids schools

• Minnesota, Wisconsin among nation’s leaders in bald eagle populations

• MnDOT decision a good one

• Many tricks to fostering trees

• How progressive is Fergus Falls?

• Mail from home great for morale

• Let’s stop wasting money

• It’s too soon to give up on Iraq

• Some help for RTC in final bill

• 5-year-old recovering from near drowning

• Environment bill clears path for Big Stone II project

• City to add handicapped parking space downtown

• Topsoil moisture good in area

• Brekke leads Lady Knights past Eagle Valley

• Litsey places 40th in Fargo Marathon

• Gervais and Otters both finish second

• Otters edge Bemidji; fall to Moorhead

Monday, May 21

• Repair streets, not club house

• Larson named to Bethany post

• Historical Society given two original flour sacks

• Officials, business both acted responsibly

• Cemeteries are sacred ground

• Bus drivers are truly valiant

• Schurmann joins staff at Security State Bank

• Alano Club board makes appointment

• Backman attends Midwest Unicel sales conference

• Imation workers ponder future

• Men arrested on drug charges

• State says it won’t back rail change plan

• Boy hits car with bicycle

• Bank plans grand opening this week

• City prepares to take part in update of census data

• 210 West to get a four-way stop

• Charges filed over over food program

• 5-year-old pulled from pool

• Fergus Falls Public Improvement 5208

• Thanks for support on school bond referendum

• Self-check gains in Fergus Falls

• Hurricanes whip Lakers

Sunday, May 20

• Brause returning to Fergus; Van Sickle, Pearson, Conrad resign

Saturday, May 19

• 5 incumbents return to Senior Citizens board

• Add flowering shrubs to give color to yard in the spring

• Chamber event planned

• University honors Henning native

• Simplifying life is more than cleaning out ‘stuff’

• Host organizations help bring events to the Fergus area

• Fergus Falls graduate earns teaching honor

• Foundation announces scholarships

• Parents warned of new meth

• Gas reaches $3.31 in area

• Keeping a promise

• Tale of murder set in Fergus Falls and area

• Lake Region to supply electricity for plant

• Occupational therapy program helps family cope with daughter’s disorder

• Venison would help the needy

• Hold the scrambles!

• Roger Burris Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

• Young women take up the needle to help single moms

• 91-year-old takes up quilting to benefit others

• Students perform in recital

• Hundreds of students participate in art festival Monday

• Auditions for ‘Beauty and Beast’ May 22-23

• Delay in transportation funding unacceptable

• Monroe Crossing returns to dazzle Fergus audience with bluegrass and gospel

• Evansville Arts Center hosts speaker Myrna Stahman

• Council awards Vining lodge grant for festival

• Auditions planned

• Schneeberger Summons

• Friends of the History Museum to hold telethon Sunday

• Little Grover escapes death once but not a second time

• Law office was former OTP office

• Big Al’s Barbecue Team comes to Fergus

• Older Americans are making choices for a healthier future

• Spuds defeat Otters 14-7

• Rittenour spins four-hitter

• Otters edge Lumberjacks 4-3

Friday, May 18

• Rothsay Fire Department responds to grass fire

• Best Bet

• Solution to high water considered

• Operation Bootstrap Africa Walk is June 7

• Flowers at cemeteries should be placed in special holders

• Items taken from boat

• Vehicles egged and floured

• Juveniles burglarize Heislers Bar

• Trailer home lived in, robbed

• Sexual assault details sketchy

• Family overwhelmed with benefit

• City to blame for poor financial outlook, taxes

• Is slowing up really that bad?

• Stadium looks too expensive

• Technology volunteer needed

• High school students to display, perform artist work Monday

• Anderson settles into new role with Lakeland Hospice

• United Way continues search for executive director

• Norwegian students celebrate their Constitution Day in Fergus

• City to look at regulating portable message boards

• What's Happening?

• Flags to fly Saturday

• School District funding hinges on legislature

• Risbrudt, Hammer shoot top six scores

Thursday, May 17

• Otter Tail Central wins Park Region Conference crown

• Otters strand nine in fastpitch defeat

• Sabres hand Otters 11-1 loss

• Hometown tourist ride planned in FF

• ‘Swing into Spring’ raises funds for student exchange program

• Lakescaping workshop June 2 in Battle Lake

• Fergus Falls teen starts costume store

• FF area native receives teaching excellence award

• Don't veto basic human needs

• Dr. Jerry Falwell was a champion for Christ

• Fence may force Mexican leaders to be responsible

• Public should be notified

• Students celebrate diversity program May 18

• June bugs begin destructive defoliating

• Sister City planning continues

• Gun theft results in jail time

• City motion to assist county in finding new transfer station site fails

• Benson just one who guides tours at museum

• Family gets some measure of peace with return of one son from Iraq

• Day of Caring involves hundreds of area kids

• Students plan spiritual program Sunday for graduates

• With needs aplenty, gas tax veto hurts

• FF girls place eighth at Alexandria

• Golf world hoping King Tiger has a challenger

Wednesday, May 16

• Anne Schoder Probate

• College Corner

• Hillcrest Honor students announced

• SIFE team 2nd runner up at nationals

• McDougall awarded Georgia Dieseth Scholarship

• LRH receives ‘Bronze Otter for donation

• Vote 'Yes'

• Impeach Cheney for total contempt

• ‘A Million Thanks’ to our troops

• A great first year!

• Fire risk still high in area

• Lake association meeting May 26 in Ottertail

• Lake Lida resort owners treat visitors like family

• County OKs snowmobile grants

• Seatbelt enforcement campaign starts May 31

• Less spent on ‘vote yes’ ads this time

• Veterans say trip to D.C. memorable

• Fishing in Iraq

• District: Bid price highest priority on school project

• Top MSCTC provost candidate withdraws

• Brekke handcuffs Wheaton hitters

• Springer leads Panthers

• Comets end regular season on a winning note

• Nelson throws no-hitter

• Arrows lock up conference championship

• Bears score in every inning

• Vikings post second straight shutout

• Morstad, Boe lead Fergus

• Personal bests lead Otters to 363 round

• Vikings lose 6-3 decision to Hornets

• Otters lack timely hits in 10-4 defeat

• Victory slips away from FF netmen

• Otters suffer 9-4 loss to Rocori

Tuesday, May 15

• Skogen: Bill would have given nursing homes needed funding

• Man steals money for homeless children

• Crash causes power outage

• Boy's injuries minor in crash

• World is a rapidly changing place

• Please vote for Option 2 to correct an injustice

• Don't make businesses the goat

• Wendell resident, musician performed with Presley

• Guided by a heart

• Stueve, alumni honored at recognition banquet

• Vetoed bonding bill included funds to rebuild bridge near Wall Lake

• Aquatic center task force to survey residents

• Time now to recycle hazardous materials

• 25 teaching positions eliminated

• Noxious Weeds

• City of Fergus Falls Ordinance No. 67

• McKnight foreclosure

• Fergus duo earns clean sweep in CLC tournament

• Tuel shoots 74 in Rocori Invitational

• Warriors overwhelm Arrows

• Bulldogs defeat Silverstreaks

• Johnson, Vikings hammer Rebels 13-0

• Trojans shade Comets 3-2

• Late Storm surge beats Otters 6-4

• Arrows take two from Vikings

• Otters slip past Sauk Rapids 10-9 in slugfest

Monday, May 14

• Riding lawnmower collides with pickup

• Bicyclist suffers shoulder injury

• Two-vehicle accident

• Pedestrian struck by turning motorist

• Weiss and company are special

• Business support astonishing for travel mugs, free coffee

• Many local people rate kudos

• Flush finds luxury niche

• April brings roof repair season in the city

• Nice day for the opener

• Brian Welle Probate

• DNR Notice of Proposed Classification of State Forest Lands.

• Health advocates happy with new smoking rule

• Sunday’s 91 sets a record

• Elizabeth M. Cowles Probate

• Three Otter golfers shoot in seventies

• Morstad cards 82

• Prowlers blank Otters 2-0

• Fergus execution falls short in two defeats

• Spartans fall twice in Region 13 play

• Hurricanes sweep Flames

Saturday, May 12

• Lifestyle Events

• People were satisfied with simple life after World War II

• Mothers and Daughters

• Daughters are mothers, too

• Lifestyle Area Art Events

• Director’s razzle frazzled with busy spring season

• Stras, Kranick getting ready for the Relay

• Time to call it a victory

• Opener is emptier without friend who made fishing fun

• Ask a Trooper

• Veto cuts into nursing homes

• State plans to recognize RTC’s works

• Razzle Dazzle Prevue showcases local talent

• Learning to get a boost

• Temperature must be right for plants to survive

• Actions Show Mom You Care

• Mother’s Day can provide springboard for expressing appreciation

• School kids give to favorite charities with help from Noon Kiwanis

• Change is inevitable, even for the Y’s Folks

• Books continue to be library’s bread and butter

• Pirates commit six errors in loss to OTC

• Johansen fires 84 at Osakis

• Iverson's triple propels Panthers past Chargers

• Bulldogs crush Cardinals

• Arrows stop Hillcrest's win streak at three

• Deacons top Otters 5-4 in eight innings

• Arrows post 5-3 victory over Mills

Friday, May 11

• Safety comes with a price tag

• Reading with a purpose

• Nelson Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

• Ruling favors State Bank

• Gasoline prices above $3

• Frazee man sentenced for theft

• Man gets ten days for DVD theft

• Hillcrest students 4th in engineering challenge

• Perham church sponsors concert series

• Agriculture, veterans bill signed

• Local WWII veterans honored

• Boat launching may be a problem this opener

• Mill Street completes dining room expansion

• Red Cross needs help with Aberdeen flooding response

• Trinity youth plan helping event

• Compromise on gas tax increase would be a benefit

• Man sentenced for drug crime

• Efforts on behalf of RTC continue

• FF business leads charge to send letters to troops

• Student reaction mixed to bond OK

• City of Fergus Falls Public Hearing

• Arvig Statement of Nondiscrimination

• What's Happening?

• Commission rules in favor of State Bank and Trust

• Gramm fans 10 as Owls top Arrows

• Walks rule in Pelican's 12-5 win

• Falk tosses five-hitter

• Lady Vikings topple Cowgirls 8-2

• Comets win third straight

• Cards rock Otters

• Otremba, Bergland sink Otters

• Tuel, Sellner give Otters 1-2 punch

• Otters thrash Flyers

• Comets rally for 12-11 victory

Thursday, May 10

• Unexpected duty

• Aunes Bingo mainstays for Pioneer Home residents

• Honor Flight was great experience

• Excellent news for Fergus

• People were drinking on roof

• Otter Tail Corporation report a mixed bag

• National Tourism Week a good time to learn the importance of vistiors

• High-tech spreading

• Retiring psychologist honored for work on mental health issues

• OLV students find Mother’s Day gifts at annual shopping day

• Macular degeneration seminar May 24

• Larson returns home to work at Chamber

• Entry gained to Thresherman’s building

• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

• Yellowjackets gain sweep

• Hammer shoots 78 at Tipsinah Mounds

• Lady Knights settle for split

• Fergus Falls girls earn fourth

• Bulldogs gain doubleheader sweep

• Otters suffer 4-2 loss to Alexandria

• USGA taking away some spin

Wednesday, May 9

• Bomb squad called to school football field

• Local resort owners, guides anticipate big fishing opener

• Thanks for help and support

• Burris Notice of Foreclosure Sale

• City of Fergus Falls Lift Station # 3 Improvements

• Closing affects region

• Nevala Notice of Foreclosure Sale

• Commissioners to address drainage system project on South Turtle Lake

• Man charged with criminal sexual conduct

• Coins stolen from pickup

• Voter opinions echo positive referendum results

• Underwood student visits Secretary of State’s office

• This time, it’s a go

• Opposition to previous plan satisfied this time

• Child care provider day May 11

• State Special Olympics was awesome experience

• Welde teacher of year

• Project will take 3 years

• Man clocked at 126 mph on I-94

• OLV students to present ‘Robin Hood’

• Education News Briefs

• Pelican Rapids nine suffers 4-2 defeat

• Lady Vikings bow to Hawley

• Comets defeat Wheaton 10-7

• Bulldogs sweep Huskies

• Otter fastpitch club falls 10-4

• Comets stage big comeback in 6th to upset Hancock

• Falk fires no-hitter

• Fergus boys place fifth; Perham takes top honors

• Warriors hand Otter netmen 4-3 setback

• Johnson's record jump paces Otters

Tuesday, May 8

• Fergus Falls School Bond passes by wide margin

• Parenthood a challenge that must be faced

• Government has to be involved

• Satellites studying scaup decline

• More students buckle up

• Consider leaving a legacy

• City Hall hosts advisors for the community

• Odegaard still computing

• DNR starts countdown to 2007 fishing opener

• Recreational trail meeting set May 17

• Horses were the way to go

• Ryan Kantrud Foreclosure

• 200 ready to graduate at MSCTC Fergus Falls

• Planning for Relay begins

• Drug sweep finds nothing

• Wahpeton plant closing to have impact in Fergus Falls

• Students are in charge as ‘My Fair Lady’ debuts at HLA

• Water pump stolen

• Boys break window

• Dalton Outdoors hosting handgun class

• Couple celebrates 70 years together

• City ready to provide money to build more restrooms at Pebble Lake course

• School renovation vote begins

• Golf course restrooms planned

• Spartans gain golf sweep

• Risbrudt capture second place at Long Prairie

• Warriors bump Chargers

• Falk hits strikeout mark in Ashby's 2-0 victory

• Bulldogs suffer first setback

• Fertile-Beltrami guard signs national letter of intent with MSCTC

• FF netmen earn split at Detroit Lakes

• Otters achieve 310 on new course

• Spuds trim Otters 2-0

Monday, May 7

• Vandals strike the River Inn

• Under-age sales target of instruction

• High winds bluster through

• Walkers raise $23,000 for Multiple Sclerosis

• Andersens put their enthusiasm into growing curbing business

• Wrigley Field ivy turns 70

• Community urged to contact Skogen, Nornes over marijuana bill

• OTC Drainage #21

• City Public Improvement 5184

• Make time to vote Tuesday

• Clean-up work was appreciated

• Making a safer place

• Former students, staff mark OLV’s 50th year

• Polls open at 7 Tuesday for decision on buildings

• Interstate hires parts dept. employee

• Shoremaster hires Sparby as sales VP

• Injuries minor in jet ski pinning

• Quality Circuits gets Deere award

• Spartans qualify for Region 13 baseball tournament

• Otters place second, fourth in Fredrickson Memorial Invitational

Saturday, May 5

• Hillcrest team offers community helping hand

• Everyone’s priority

• Where does th buck really stop?

• Police urge attendance at Monday meeting

• Bloodmobile visit drew more than 400 donors

• Since 1939, people have been flocking to watch the birds

• Senior center annual meeting scheduled May 11

• Lifestyle briefs and area events

• New rose varieties are tough enough to withstand the Minnesota climate

• Fergus Falls woman has watched the world change — for 103 years

• Four-legged friend remembered with love, tears

• Coping with life in the world of extremes

• Plant sale scheduled May 17

• Driving demands some priorities

• Vote ‘yes’ May 8

• Tours of historic Fergus set

• Summer chock full of cultural activities

• Offender returned to prison

• Chamber secretary ready to retire

• What's Happening?

• Adams School first-graders get their turn on the stage

• Otters place seventh

• Lumberjacks hand Otters 8-5 defeat

• FF golfers shoot 377 in Otter Invite

Friday, May 4

• District’s plan is the best choice for schools

• Scouting banquet scheduled Monday

• What's Happening?

• City golf course club house gets a new roof, sewer work

• Sen. Skogen unhappy about governor’s veto of bonding bill

• Rumble strips will remind drivers to stop

• Best towns offer best education

• City Assessment Notice

• Robert McKnight foreclosure

• Car lands on garage roof

• Superintendent answers questions posed by voter

• Stand up and vote yes on referendum

• Deterding set to return home following transplant

• Missionaries to speak at Eagle Lake church

• Church Briefs

• Bethlehem students perform biblical parable

• A different perspective offers clarity

• Maplewood sign erected alerting motorists of state park exit

• School bonds should be financed differently

• Now is time to listen to candidates

• Tungseth apologizes to family during sentencing

• Hauge ends reign as BPW state president

• Heimlich saves life

• RIS honored by Grinnell Mutual

• FF Special School Meeting

• Kathryn Johnson Foreclosure

• Bus service a great asset when it was most needed

• Charles Andel Foreclosure

• Envirothon competition draws area schools to Prairie Wetlands Center

• Tradition has long association with game of golf

• Bulldogs sweep doubleheader with Menahga

• Vikings foil Knights

• Smith, Leitch lift Cardinals past Fergus nine

• Otters load up doubles against Tech

• Smith, Tuel shine as Otters fire 305 round

• Justin Arneson back with Hurricanes for 2007 season

• Stedjan's gem helps Comets triumph

• Otters chalk up 6-3 win

Thursday, May 3

• Bond referendum puts control in board’s hands

• Referendum designed to balance

• Jennens finish planting first of corn, nearly 500 acres remain

• Lawmakers need to work together better

• Non-profits receive ‘red carpet’ treatment

• Loyalty Day has a rich history

• Some arguments don’t hold water

• Consumer protection point of insurance bill

• Nurses association to celebrate the profession Monday

• Sister City celebration set for June 7

• Fergus Shriners pay tribute to soldiers in Iraq

• Adams fourth-graders tidy up the school grounds

• Driver did not hit bus

• Reservations needed for hall of fame events

• State should realize special RTC zone resolves its problem

• Letter carriers to collect food for hungry

• Cheryl Jacoby foreclosure

• Hibbing man charged with meth crime

• Poker enthusiast competes record-setting run with wins in 3 leagues

Wednesday, May 2

• Rebels defeat Vikings

• Yellowjackets claim Hawley Booster

• Morstad, Otters capture fourth

• Ashby students to present ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’

• Underwood native painting mural for historical museum in Michigan

• High school band concerts planned

• Local woman suffers severe MS attack in 2000

• Car vandalized with graffiti

• OLV students visit the Minnesota State Capitol

• Protection needed for buyers of all vehicles

• OLV School to hold 50th reunion Sunday

• Middle school concert begins after polls close Tuesday

• End-of-year band concerts scheduled next week at schools

• Sale signs shouldn’t mar street corners

• Referendum is a vision for future

• 2007 Distinguished Alumni to be honored

• Brothers heading to national History Day contest

• Bible reading should begin with New Testament

• Van nearly collides with bus

• Tax bill veto affects 2 development tools

• Auditor’s office will be open Saturday for absentee voting

• Emily’s Law removed from House bill

• Walks hurt Knights in 15-5 defeat

• Wolverines shade Comets twice

• Hornets take two from Lady Knights

• Olson propels OTC past Parkers Prairie

• Lady Vikings split with DGF

• Arrows pull into first place tie

• Errors sting Otters in 12-2 loss

• Fergus teams place second at Alexandria Quadrangular

• Shaikoski to play two sports for MSCTC

• Warriors hand Otters 3-1 loss

• Comets earn split with Wolverines

• Tigers jump Fergus netmen

Tuesday, May 1

• Men of Note to perform at fundraiser for maternity home

• Centenarian Marion Gust says she cherishes many blessings

• Rittenour paces OTC in 13-2 win

• Several charged with drug crimes

• CRP means 2.4 million new ducks each year

• RTC tax tool must be a priority

• Ag land credit would apply to referendum

• Children, like snowmen, change fast

• ALC move to provide more space

• Loken wins local Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest

• John West Probate

• Moose season application deadline set Friday

• Tourist program designed to give locals information needed to guide visitors

• River Inn vandalized

• Spangler blends insurance and real estate needs Battle Lake, Fergus Falls

• Stella’s prepares for Wednesday opening

• Bear hunting deadline approaching

• Referendum positives outweigh all the negatives

• Time to take out spear, bow

• Stanley Arlton Probate

• Panthers suffer 7-4 loss to Tigers

• Morstad cards 83 at Willmar Invitational

• Tuel, Gervais lead Otter boys to sixth place round

• Fergus girls triumph 14-3

• Chargers park three homers in beating Arrows

• Flyers erupt for 14-1 win over Otters