Otter Tail County Public Health encourages a safe return to school perhamfocus.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from perhamfocus.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More are getting COVID-19 in Otter Tail County as well as in Minnesota. 7:00 pm, Jul. 27, 2021 ×
It was a message nobody wants to hear. The pandemic is not over, Public Health Director Jody Lien told Otter Tail County commissioners at their July 27 meeting. “We’re starting to hear some cause for concern.
Otter Tail County s cases have more than doubled from about six cases a week, to about 15 or 16 cases a week, and the county is seeing clusters of cases, particularly among those who are unvaccinated, Lien said. The percentage of Otter Tail County residents ages 16 and up who are vaccinated hovers at about 56% to 57%
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The bridge near Star Lake was burned by arson last fall. Written By: Karen Tolkkinen | ×
The wooden part of the bridge on County Road 41 over a narrow part of Star Lake has been burnt to the point where the bridge is unsafe to be driven or walked across. (RosaLin Alcoser/Focus)
Otter Tail County may be close to getting another $100,000 toward the County Road 41 bridge at Star Lake near Dent destroyed by arson last September.
County Attorney Michelle Eldien told county commissioners at their Tuesday, Feb. 9, meeting that a judge had agreed to secure $100,000 belonging to the defendant in the case, pending the results of a criminal trial.
Otter Tail County Public Health, Perham Health outline vaccination eligibility
With the recent changes that broadened those eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine to include those age 65 and older and the limited amount of vaccine available. Written By: RosaLin Alcoser | ×
A vile of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Submitted photo)
With the recent changes that broadened those eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine to include those age 65 and older
and the limited amount of vaccine available,
Otter Tail County Public Health continues to prioritize all eligible groups in phase 1A to be offered the vaccine at this time.
Coordination is occurring with local health care partners to administer the COVID-19 vaccine as quickly as possible to prioritized groups, said a news release from Otter Tail County.