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Secondhand Smoking Jacks (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
From the county's website about the origin of the name: Before there were roads in the wilderness area, the best method of transportation was by water; and as the Leaf Lakes drain towards the Gulf of Mexico and Otter Tail Lake toward Hudson Bay by way of the Red River of the North. The early explorer would portage from Leaf Lake to Portage Lake to Donald Lake to Pelican Bay on Otter Tail...
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DL-Online : Detroit Lakes (Free subscription) | yesterday
An emergency project to relieve flooding around Grove Lake will begin this month and is expected be finished by the end of the year.At its Nov. 24 meeting held in Barnesville, the Board of Managers of the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District discussed the project for Grove Lake, located in northwestern Otter Tail County. A preconstruction meeting was held with Steven Johnson Excavation on Nov....
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DL-Online : Detroit Lakes (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... they were awarded $42,550, she added.One of the most notable grants was for a joint project with Otter Tail and Wadena counties, to help veterans attending area colleges or universities pay for the cost of books and tools needed for their courses. As of this fall, a total of 67 veterans were enrolled at Minnesota State Community & Technical College in Detroit Lakes, Brooke added.When the...
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Lake Minnetonka Liberty (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey issued the following statement. "The news that a Franken volunteer who was challenging ballots last week in Otter Tail County then drove over to Wilkin County to be responsible for counting ballots is clearly of concern to all Minnesotans. It demands answers from the Franken campaign about what they knew about this particular volunteer, and whether...
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The Saloon dot net (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
A woman who volunteered to help count ballots in the U.S. Senate recount in Wilkin County probably would not have been allowed to do so if the county auditor had known that she had also worked for a Senate candidate in Otter Tail County. ''Had I known that, she probably wouldn't have been part of the team,'' Wilkin County Auditor Wayne Bezenek, told The Forum of Fargo, N.D. ''That would have...
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Minnesota Democrats Exposed © (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement. “The news that a Franken volunteer who was challenging ballots last week in Otter Tail County then drove over to Wilkin County to be responsible for counting ballots is clearly of concern to all Minnesotans. It demands answers from the Franken campaign [...]
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
For two days last week, Maggie Vertin watched Otter Tail County's recount in Fergus Falls, volunteering for Al Franken's campaign. On Saturday, she worked as a Wilkin County election judge in her hometown.
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Enger, of Perham, is the Otter Tail County director of the Farm Service Agency. He is a recent past president of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, and former member of Minnesota Bow Hunters Inc., Ducks Unlimited, and Future Farmers of America. He served as a governor's appointee on the Environment and Natural Resource Trust Fund Advisory Task Force and has a number of years of experience...
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Minnesota Democrats Exposed © (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
“At the tables where the U.S. Senate recount is being conducted across the state, workers wear one of two hats: Either they’re a nonpartisan election judge doing the counting, or they’re a volunteer for the candidates, keeping an eye on the counting. But a woman from Breckenridge wore both hats, on different days in neighboring counties. For two days last week, Maggie Vertin watched Otter Tail...
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Minnesota Democrats Exposed © (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Below are excerpts from the article highlighted on the Drudge Report . “BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — A woman who worked for Al Franken earlier this week during the Senate recount in one county ended up counting ballots as a nonpartisan volunteer here Saturday in a recount that grew heated at times. Maggie Vertin, who spent two days in Fergus Falls for Otter Tail County’s recount as an observer for...
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kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. -- A local woman who volunteered to help count ballots in the U.S. Senate recount in Wilkin County probably would not have been allowed to do so if the county auditor had known that she had also worked for a Senate candidate in Otter Tail County.
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ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
... in a recount that grew heated at times. Maggie Vertin, who spent two days in Fergus Falls for Otter Tail County’s recount as an observer for Franken, was one of eight volunteers who assisted with the Wilkin County effort in Breckenridge. Bob Westfall, who was in Breckenridge on Saturday as an observer for Norm Coleman, said he had concerns when members of his team learned a ballot counter...
