The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

Two new bins, each of 300,000 bushels, will be erected this summer at the Rothsay Farmers Cooperative complex. Cooperative members, through the board of directors, say the expansion is being made to meet the needs of area farmers. Older seed buildings will be cleared out in order to build the new steel storage bins. The [...]bearing

Rothsay High School National Honor Society members, part of a small school system, maintain the same standards as students in larger schools not only in Minnesota but across the nation. NHS members, whether they attend classes in small, medium or large schools, exemplify characteristics of scholarship, service, leadership and character. “NHS members make every effort [...]

It was a busy weekend for both the Minnesota State Patrol and county sheriff’s department, as nasty weather on Friday and Saturday led to a number of crashes in the west central area of the state. Two of the most serious were on Interstate Highway 94 on Saturday. A semi-truck jackknifed on the highway near [...]

A Barnesville man was sentenced today in Otter Tail County court for killing a man in Rothsay last year when he hit him with his car. Austin Phillip Cossette, 18, pled guilty in January to one count of criminal vehicular homicide while under the influence of a hazardous substance. He also pled guilty to an [...]

A Fergus Falls woman sustained minor injuries Sunday after she lost control of her Dodge Stratus near Fjestad Lake. Rebecca Wulf, 23, was driving north on County Highway 21 when her car slid off the icy road and rolled into a ditch, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department reported. Wulf was unable to get out [...]

Sheriff’s deputies are on the lookout for Michael Harold Wiese, 34, a Rothsay man who allegedly stole and crashed a pickup truck on Friday morning. A call came in about 6:30 a.m. that a truck had crashed on the side of County Highway 3 near Pelican Rapids, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office. [...]

Residents of Rothsay will be without a local bank by February of next year. Wells Fargo alerted local customers on Nov. 1 that, due to cost concerns, it will be closing its Rothsay branch on Feb. 15. Staci Schiller, area spokesperson for Wells Fargo, said the decision was made after analysis of the branch determined [...]

A two-vehicle crash backed up traffic on Interstate Highway 94 between Fergus Falls and Rothsay for more than 90 minutes on Tuesday, and a woman from Big Lake received minor injuries. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Jerome Boucher, 68, of Big Lake, was driving a 2006 GMC Sierra pickup truck west on I-94 at [...]

I didn’t see this coming at the beginning of the football season: Rothsay got a win before the Otters did. When I looked over football results Wednesday night and say the letters R-O-T-H-S-A-Y  I had had to look twice. Rothsay was reported as winning 34-24 against Norman County West. Yes, it was a win 20 [...]

HALSTAD — The Rothsay Tigers waited 20 years for this but they finally picked up their first win since bringing back the varsity football program as a ground attack produced 434 rushing yards in a 34-24 victory over Norman County West Tuesday evening. The Tigers wanted to play in a big way tonight for their [...]