Story archive for November 2007

Friday, Nov. 30

• Winter storm warning now in effect

• OTC Notice Of Public Hearing

• Owner of cat shares own story

• Unitarian Church dates back to late 1880s

• Record Nov, 30

• Tree lighting Saturday

• Tip Off brings class hoops to area

• No more whacking the snooze alarm

• Coleman visit provides local input on health care

• Battle Lake’s Larson earns career teaching award

• What's Happening?

• Imagination Library delivers last book

• City of Fergus Falls Call for Bids

• School District No. 544 School Board Minutes

• Pastor’s column

• Church Briefs

• Winter storm heading towards Otter Tail County

• Noga's triple-double sparks Panthers

• Bulldogs capture WC/A Triangular

• Otters bow to Brainerd

Thursday, Nov. 29

• Summary of Minutes OTC Board of Commissioners Sept. 18

• December project day scheduled for 4-H clubs

• ‘Tis the season

• Hosch lived her faith

• Roadsides for Wildlife kick-off Dec. 11

• Battle Lake craft fair is Saturday

• Pelican EDA approves bid for fire station boiler

• Picture this!

• MSCTC feasting on return of Madrigal production

• City earns award for work on MS TRAM

• Summary of Minutes OTC Board of Commissioners Sept. 11

• Record Nov, 29

• Humane Society a valuable asset

• Capital voting got overreaction

• Summary of Minutes OTC Board of Commissioners Sept. 4

• Summary of Minutes OTC Board of Commissioners Sept. 25

• Family escapes house fire

Wednesday, Nov. 28

• Bantam B skaters place second in Ice Fest

• United Way at halfway mark

• State plants SEED in FF

• State Patrol reports no holiday fatal crashes

• “Christmas on the Prairie” at Prairie Wetlands

• Floersch right at home under the hood

• Bobwhite finds way to Fergus Falls

• Lunchtime learning enhancing education

• Record Nov, 28

• U.S. is in the worst shape of its history

• Clean Water Act will adversely affect agriculture

• Holidays difficult for some students

• Light tree, patronize downtown

• Peterson Probate

• Spartans suffer two road setbacks

• Lady Knights top Chargers

Tuesday, Nov. 27

• Spring turkey hunting applications available

• Legislature is protecting residents from harmful lead

• Learning about old-age phenomenon

• Online records aid county

• Elusive dog rescued after stand-off

• Winter camping now part

• Battle Lake meeting

• Record Nov, 27

• Gas prices fall in Fergus Falls

• Woman knew winnings too good to be true

• Fergus Falls hopes to be a state capital

• Making the grade

• School Board Briefs

• PR fire hall needs $30,000 boiler

• Stem and Em Drug Store was anchor in downtown Fergus Falls

• Operate snowmobiles safely this winter

• Real estate values up

• Tax won’t pay for RTC

• Outreach center aided

• Honor flight is online

• Tax bills are shocking

• Coleman seeks healthcare reforms

• VFW Bantams turn tables

• Draxten, Otters ranked

Monday, Nov. 26

• Scrapbook Station has a new home downtown

• Holiday concerts set for Tuesday

• Changing amendment is wrong

• Business Briefs

• Frazee’s Schaefer awarded MFU’s Torchbearer Award

• 170 miles of trails ready for Saturday opener

• Postmaster: Mail early for the holidays

• Record Nov, 26

• Independent School District #544 Budget 07/08

• Girls stars are coming to Fergus

• The survey says... Kohls

Sunday, Nov. 25

• Warriors skate past Otters 3-0

Saturday, Nov. 24

• Holiday parade lights up Pelican Rapids

• Planning key to Dance and Dessert concert

• High school bands perform Tuesday

• Ottertail woodworker finds life in caskets

• Festival of Trees runs next two weekends

• Strand wishes new board well in Pelican Rapids

• Ask the Trooper

• Peterson retiring his clippers

• kids turn entrepreneurs

• Dream hoops in Fergus

• Sledding axed at Cleveland

• Rebuilding starts with Hunter loss

• Extreme Ice

• Coleman to hold town meeting

• WOTC 4-H recognizes members with awards

• WOTC 4-H recognizes members with awards

• NASA exhibit on display at ITOW Museum in Perham

• GPS leads to bigger life questions

• Fergus Falls High School bands to perform holiday concert Tuesday

• Independent film festival announces call for entries

• Peterson Family performs holiday concert in FF

• Dog may help lead the blind

• Holiday concert sure to set the season’s tone

• Cultural Center events lined up

• History of smoking goes way back in OTC

• Tales from the Bark Side

• Five generations

• Bloodmobile in Wadena, Fergus Falls next week

• Local organization works to keep OTC residents safe

• Wright credited with getting Fergus Falls off and running

• Lions Clubs are champions for diabetes education, as it can affect sight

• FF Daybreaker Lions contribute

• Birthday

• Christmas gifts for your gardener

• Dance club features Velvet Brass Dec. 2

• Eight-hour driver improvement class being offered

Friday, Nov. 23

• Glesne named to All-America team

• School District #544 Board Meeting

• Sandahl Foreclosure

• Robb Foreclosure

• City of Fergus Falls Public Hearing

• City of Elizabeth Hearing

• City gets thanks for taking on unruly rental properties

• Holiday ‘Shop Hop’ set in Battle Lake

• God is not a turkey

• Wow, there’s a lot in the paper

• Business Briefs

• St. James Episcopal hosts chili supper

• Henning/BL CWC to meet

• Christian YouTube makes businessman out of seminary student

• Atheists protest Indian plan for Nativity scene

• Pastor’s column

• Teens ‘Discover the Way’ at Youth Conference

• Bookmobile turns page with new look

• What's Happening?

• Fergus again chosen for Blandin program

• FF, Perham third in capital voting

• 175 enjoy Thanksgiving feast

• Record Nov, 23

• OTC court records now online

• JO volleyball registration, signup meeting set Dec. 3

• Brekke, Rude share MVP honors at West Central

• Gullickson, Arrows collect volleyball honors

• Knights receive gridiron awards for 2007

Wednesday, Nov. 21

• Dahlman returns to alma mater MSCTC-FF

• Taxpayers can’t carry RTC burden

• Demand up, donations down at the Fergus Falls food shelf

• Dollars for Scholars

• Teacher philosophy shines through

• Community ed to offer lifeguard training

• Recruitment starts on MSCTC campuses

• Coleman deserves thanks for support of sugarbeets

• Students find new traditions

• Pizza Heaven to close after 25 years

• Education Briefs

• Pelican Board of Education to have new look

• Computer careers hot in Minnesota

• Thousands of turkeys die in Frazee fire

• Johnson ices six goals for Bantam B skaters

• Arrows place five on Pheasant North team

• Otters bow to Stormin' Sabres

• Spartans split with Vikings

Tuesday, Nov. 20

• Minnesota PUC approves OTP interim rate request

• Itasca State Park unveils Forests for the Future display

• Those critters can be cagey!

• Feed is still king at Ashby Coop

• Murphy’s Pub has something for all ages

• Battle Lake man wins $29,000 in lottery

• Memory Wall

• City places unpaid bills on tax rolls

• Cost of Thankgiving dinner less locally than the national average

• Record Nov, 20

• Counting our blessings with sore feet

• We invaded Afganistan why?

• Girl Scouts thank area’s generous contributors

• Shop in area this season

• Chinese show interest in RTC

• Pee Wee B skaters drop two games

• Mithaugen chosen Fergus Falls MVP

Monday, Nov. 19

• School District No. 544 Board Meeting

• Swenson relishes role as creative writer

• Skate with Santa Dec. 2 in Fergus Falls

• Wind Song Energy turbines generating electricity

• Erickson upheld sport traditions

• Otters on swimming road map

• Leifson Foreclosure

• Record Nov, 19

• Variety show to take to middle school stage

• A brand new life

• Fergus Falls man killed in accident

• Draxten, Lewis lift Otters over DGF

• Spartan men defeat Northland

• Shaikoski sparks MSCTC women to 72-58 win

• Otters make some history

Saturday, Nov. 17

• Girls take fourth at state

• Goals for next 25 years laid out

• Concert series continues

• Lifestyle Arts Briefs

• Ex-Viking recalls past RB

• Competition fierce for ‘capital’ honor

• Plant a ‘safe’ tree to avoid trouble down the road

• Family gets dream

• Tales from the Bark Side

• Hermes returns to Otter Tail County Historical Society

• Orpheum Theater was early example of Theater Art Deco

• Legacy Five performs Dec. 6

• Wellnitz turns in his badge for retirement

• Construction work at Cleveland means some adjustments

• Defense requests removal of judge from abuse case

• Be patient when plows are working

• Groundbreaking planned for new addiction unit

• Senior Center has plenty of gifts of the homemade kind

• Sometimes airlines just don’t get it

• Ask the Trooper

• Five Generations

• Maiden voyager leaves imprint on heart of her caregiver and niece

• Otters to host Tip-Off Classic

• HOL gridders honored

• Late goal lifts Cards over Otters

• Otters shine in Class A prelims

Friday, Nov. 16

• Battle Lake church to open in fall of 2008

• Signs of God found in His name

• CHURCH BRIEFS

• Notice of Public Hearing

• Notice of Public Hearing

• Notice of Public Hearing

• What's Happening?

• Math: Live from a classroom near you

• Fergus native Olson analyzes Greenspan book

• Vikings delegation woos BL kids

• Changes eyes for JOBZ program

• OTP first to have M-RETS certificates

• Don’t abandon rail line

• Record Nov, 16

• Sign me up for a stadium tax

• Garbage cans will sit idle

• Islanders oust Yellowjackets 49-14 in state semifinals

Thursday, Nov. 15

• Wildcats rough up Spartans 87-59

• Kovar Foreclosure

• City of Fergus Falls Ordinance No. 77

• Poverty meeting provided insight

• Former teacher recalls days with his best friend

• Thanks for listening to our rant

• Legion lauds role of schools’ staff

• Salvation Army sets goal

• ‘Pelican Bucks’ program in need of overhaul

• Record Nov, 15

• Little women, little play

• LCSC offering test for toy lead levels

• 4-H’ers learn about flag

• Harrington named teacher

• Metcalf Foreclosure

• Wind damages tank at FF ethanol plant

• Wind lowers corn yields

• Perham, Mills end sharing of police chief

• Otters rolling right into state meet

Wednesday, Nov. 14

• Rehm Foreclosure

• Chinese response to RTC plan encouraging

• FF’s Hannah Draxten becomes a Hawkeye

• Schools near budget crisis

• Dan Bergem Foreclosure

• Bantam B skaters falls by identical 4-2 scores

• ’Jackets to face high-scoring Islanders

• School Board Briefs

• Beaver dam won’t change lake level

• Record Nov, 14

• A salute to veterans, educators

• Smokeout something we can celebrate

• The first Thanksgiving set important example

• PWLC’s value has exceeded center’s costs

• Annie gets gun out in Barrett

• Big Stone II partners present revised plan

• Fergus nominated as ‘Capitol’

• Spuds whip Otters 5-1

Tuesday, Nov. 13

• Wind advisory

• Wagner/McPherson Foreclosure

• Hof Probate

• Wadena CO spares life of trophy buck

• New fire hall to enhance service

• Art displays big part of PR library

• Church women meet Wednesday

• Dalton craft show

• Record Nov, 13

• Salvation Army opens Toy Shop applications

• Vets enjoy fellowship, share stories

• Otter Tail Chapter holding second annual Longtail contest

• It’s sometimes hard to win a land war

• Good luck at State, swimmers

• Pioneer choir to release CD

• Christmas in the air at Lundeen's

• ‘Old Glory deserves respect’

• Pee Wee A skaters dominate

• VanWechel receives three college athletic awards

• Underwood earns All-MIAC honors

• Erickson named Volleyball MVP

Monday, Nov. 12

• Young Americans remain patriotic

• Travelers can opt for rail service in 2009

• Gust, Rupp loved world of sports

• Veterans deserve thanks

• Ashby convenience store meets deer hunters’ needs

• Record Nov, 12

• Ellig becomes lawyer

• Siegle never slows up, even in retirement

• Hundreds pay tribute to veterans

• Community cleans yard

• Three Perham volleyers named all-conference

• Otters breeze to section title

Saturday, Nov. 10

• Birthdays

• Retirement smells sweet for Armstrong

• Math night highlights education week

• DFL to host listening sessions

• A draft reject salutes the veterans

• The best $10 spent in a long time

• Celebrate hospice month in the Red River Valley

• Lawmakers must fund education

• War protests not uncommon

• Plenty of trees to add interest to your yard

• Birthdays

• Y’s Folks helped 323 people in ‘06

• Birthdays

• Tales from the Bark Side

• Lifestyle Community Briefs

• Agencies working together to offer drug help

• Soldiers served their country in foreign wars

• Lifestyle Arts Briefs

• Williams and Ree headline show at Shooting Star Casino

• Dick Kimmel, Adam Granger in Concert

• Best Bet

• Get to know your wine basics before the tasting

• Organizing the wines for a wine tasting

• Grape Escape

• A behind-the-scenes look at upcoming programs

• Ask the Trooper

Friday, Nov. 9

• FF swimmers reaching for team first

• Veterans celebrated all week long

• Bethel plans vets service

• Record Nov, 9

• Event all it’s stacked up to be

• CHURCH BRIEFS

• Scholarships honors Barnum, Blondeau

• What's Happening?

• Tree lighting set for Dec. 1

• A day in a prairie classroom

• Sizzling Spartans tie 3-point mark

Thursday, Nov. 8

• Yellowjackets moving on to Metrodome

• It’s year-end planning time for farmers

• Lake Alice a special place all four seasons

• Snowball: A treasured family member

• City orders house cleaned

• Record Nov, 8

• Dependency unit contracts signed

• Landlord/Tenant Law education provided

• Scholarship recipients thankful for their educational opportunities

• Back on the hunt

• Kneisl, Strom earn honors

• Otters taking on new challenge

• Belmont is having blast with Bison

Wednesday, Nov. 7

• Love of drawing, color becomes a career

• Education Briefs

• City Council Notes

• Clitherall work put on hold

• Diversity found in trunks

• Referendum fails in Parkers Prairie

• Math + science = student interest

• Firearms theft, chase end in arrest

• Veterans Day is a day we should never forget

• Historical society has successful Halloween carnival

• ISD 544 is in statuatory operating debt

• A reminder to shop locally

• Dead bank robber tied to hold-up

Tuesday, Nov. 6

• Yellowjackets to face Wing-T Rockets

• Record Nov, 6

• City to address Bancroft property

• Digital nature photographer

• Museum gets Sons of Norway records

• RTC buildings eyed for college

• Some gas prices up 30 cents

• Leaders China bound

• Christmas time at Knot ‘N Vane

• Owczynsky Foreclosure

• Taking care of people the theme for Ellis Insurance

• Economic development forum this week

• Fultz, Carlson join sales team at Nelson Ford

• DEER HUNTING FACTS AND FIGURES

• Timberwolves still on protected list

• Marsden beats the odds

• Congressman criticizes WRDA veto

• Where are the good inspectors?

• New arena at schools way to go

• Hinsverk Foreclosure

• Foreclosure

• Students tackle issues of ailing mall

• Underwood earns high academic honor

Monday, Nov. 5

• New kind of hunt

• Exhaust Pros, Pebble Lake Auto merge

• OTC Notice Of Public Hearing Drain 25

• A state-issued photo ID also accepted for voting

• Johnson new 20/20 Optical office coordinator

• Brause deer hunting a family tradition

• Daycare center closes

• Record Nov, 5

• Road represents journey to recovery

• Spartan buddies

• Elbow Lake man killed while hunting

• Grant County Diggers to meet Thursday

• Lady Spartans bounce back in Region 13 play

• Perham girls finish third in state meet

• Yellowjackets repeat at state

Saturday, Nov. 3

• Rebels oust Otters in Section 8AA showdown

• Hunting accident claims county commissioner

• Lifestyle Arts Briefs

• Erickson leaves it all out on the court

• Operation identification

• Wooden library pins were lures to keep kids reading

• Ask the Trooper

• Microchips can keep dogs home

• Star athlete Gust was warrior to very end

• School races, levy on ballots

• Camera club thankful

• Ruination of library is unforgivable

• Higher education vital to success of Minnesota

• New blog a cure for what ails you

• Native Prairie: A disappearing treasure

• Military News

• Early planning will make for a vibrant, colorful spring

• SHIP counselor helps seniors sort through health care options

• EOTC recognizes outstanding 4-H participants

• Emergency medical technician training scheduled Nov. 7 in Perham

• Tales from the Bark Side

• Moscow history was better experienced live, rather than read from a book

• Old Clitherall recognized as first white settlement in OTC

• Long term care insurance can offer financial independence

• Health Resources Center offers many educational resources to its clients

• 55+ Driver Improvement program offered

• Twilight

• Lifestyle Community Briefs

• Final fall film opens today

• Final weekend for ‘Miss Firecracker Contest’

• Word choice needs clarification

• Need a lift?

• Lady Spartans suffer 3-2 loss in Region 13 tourney

Friday, Nov. 2

• Morstad named tennis MVP

• Yellowjackets earn trip to state

• Little Spartan now mentoring others

• OTC earnings good news for investors

• City to address hazardous house

• Bethlehem pipes to sing again

• No plans for further smoking restrictions

• What's Happening?

• County deer hunters to take to fields

• Record Nov, 2

• Peterson receives award

• Benefit for Boehm boy

• CHURCH BRIEFS

• Kids will sometimes act like kids

• Can poverty realistically be wiped out in 13 years?

• Support a new hockey arena as community asset

• Election ID law a ‘poll tax’

• Sisters survive night on river island

• Otter Tail County Deer Stations

• Liz Glesne selected MVP

• Five Fergus gridders make all-conference team

• Vikings ousted by Nuggets 33-7

• Moenkedick's big game sinks Ashby

• Otters to test 29-0 Rebels

Thursday, Nov. 1

• Foundation presents scholarships

• Internet opt-out favorable

• MnDOT shifts irresponsibility into overdrive

• Permanent Family Resource Center receives donation of stuffed animals and books for kids

• Shelterbelts, living snow fences benefit producers

• Record Nov, 1

• LRH Cardiac Rehab awarded certification

• Waste fees increasing in 2008

• Wooton Foreclosure

• OTC Notice Of Public Hearing

• Bergem Foreclosure

• Students find more than treats at Riverview

• Simpson on docks: don’t push common sense out the window

• Schafer nomination good news

• Official: Vets home in good shape

• Stranded on an Island

• Stier earns MVP award