Anglers began casting lines for the start of the 2021 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener at 12:01 a.m., on May 15, 2021. Check out our best photos from the day's fishing.
After more than two years of planning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, anglers set out on Otter Tail Lake to fish the 2021 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener on May 15, 2021. Though some of the public events operated at a reduced capacity, dozens of volunteers were still excited to donate their time and be a part of an annual tradition, one event organizer said.
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. — Every time Mary Therese Alberg opens up her "hobbit house" themed Little Free Library on Otter Tail Lake she thinks of who spent months building it.
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A boater accused of causing the death of his neighbor this weekend on Otter Tail Lake had several beers before he crashed into a parked boat at a high rate of speed, criminal charges allege.
Nobody has fun quite like Minnesotans, and that goes for a music festival on a frozen lake. Otter Tail County on Ice is coming back to Otter Tail Lake for the second year on Feb. 8-9. The unique music festival has expanded to feature more bands a...
A swimmer found a single zebra mussel in the huge Otter Tail Lake in west-central Minnesota, but a search of 3,000 other objects in the lake didn't find anymore, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.