New York Mills Dispatch

19/06/2025

Make sure to pick up a copy of this week's issue of the New York Mills Dispatch to see all the participants in this year's Fourth of July basket giveaway. A free grill out basket will be given away at each participating business.

13/06/2025

The annual New York Mills City-Wide Garage Sales are set for Saturday. Make sure to check out all of the sales on the map below

28/05/2025

A vehicle passenger was killed in a one-car accident near the Otter Tail and Wadena County line Tuesday, May 27.

https://nymdispatch.com/2025/05/28/nym-teen-killed-in-car-accident-one-arrested/

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07/05/2025

The annual city-wide garage sales are right around the corner. Make sure to sign up for this year's garage sale day, which will be Saturday, June 14.

03/04/2025

Don't forget to pick up a copy of this week's issue of the New York Mills Dispatch for your entry forms in our annual Great Ham Giveaway. A free ham will be given away at each participating business. The deadline to register is Monday, April 14.

30/11/2024

Make sure to pick up this week's issue of the Dispatch for a copy of our annual color contest entry. Additional copies are available at our office. The grand prize will be chosen by random drawing and receive a $50 gift card.

10/11/2024

Don't forget to share your trophy buck and doe pictures with the Dispatch this weekend. You can either message us on Facebook, reply to this message or email your picture to [email protected] All pictures that are sent to us will be featured in an upcoming issue.

06/11/2024

Latham Hetland was overwhelmingly elected as the new mayor for the City of New York Mills. Hetland, who was currently serving as a member of the city council, received 609 of the 617 votes cast for the position. He will take over for Marsha Maki, who did not file for re-election as mayor but was elected to a four-year term on the city council.
Maki received 364 votes for one of two positions on the city council, while fellow incumbent Jerry Nesland received 403 votes to also win a seat on the NY Mills City Council. Challenger Sommer Dow received 267 votes to finish in third place.
In the city of Ottertail, Ron Grobeck was overwhelmingly re-elected to another two year term as Ottertail Mayor. Grobeck received 258 votes, which was 54.9 percent of the vote. William Layman received 112 votes for mayor and current city councilwoman Janet Hill received 100 votes for the position. Michael Windey received 358 votes, or 88.4 percent of the vote for one of two open city council positions. A second city council position will be elected by write-in candidate.
In Bluffton, incumbent Tim Pavek received 103 votes to be re-elected as the city’s mayor. He received all-but 10 write-in votes for the position. Ryan Kerkaert and Brian Nesland were elected to two four-year terms on the Bluffton City Council with 98 and 89 votes respectively, while Mary Lou Carlson won a special election on the city council with all 115 votes cast for the seat.
One of the closest elections of the night locally was for a seat on the NY Mills School Board. Eight people filed for four open positions on the school board. Incumbent Derek Braukmann was the top vote getter with 1,261 votes, while Jodi Seelhammer with 1,130, Ethan Kern with 1,107 and Kristina Ehnert with 899 votes were all elected to the school board. Also receiving votes for the school board were Teresa Pederson with 826 votes, Amber Rastedt with 546, Jayne Whiteford with 392 votes and Adam Tervola Hultberg with 367 votes.

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27/09/2024

The New York Mills Public Utilities department, along with the fire department, investigated a reported smell of gas along Highway 10 in New York Mills on Friday morning.
The city crews received reports of an odor of gas from along Highway 10 that included Casey’s General Store, NY Mills School and the NY Mills VFW. The staff spent the better-part of Friday morning investigating the reports.
According to Public Works Director Kyle Mattson the belief is the odor was from a mobile truck that was potentially leaking and traveling along Highway 10. By 9 a.m. much of the gas odor had dissipated along Highway 10. Mattson said he also spoke with representatives from Perham and Wadena who did not report the smell of gas in their communities.
If anyone continues to smell gas at their residence they should contact the NY Mills Public Works Department at (218) 385-2213.

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03/07/2024

Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to all of the sponsors in the annual Fourth of July giveaway. Your baskets can be picked up at the New York Mills office. Please note we will be closed on July 4 and July 5 for the Fourth of July weekend.

26/06/2024

Don't forget to stop by one of the participating businesses to register for our annual Fourth of July grill out giveaway. Each business will be giving away a Fourth of July package featuring brats, buns, chips, pop and baked beans. Deadline to register is Monday morning.