The Turtle Lake Fire Department responded to a call to Puris Proteins in downtown Turtle Lake around 9:00 p.m.Friday night, April 9 regarding two chemicals that were accidently mixed together that had the potential of creating a deadly gas. The building was evacuated while the gas was vented to the outside. The was no smoke…

     The Turtle Lake Library hosted a Meet the Author event at the Village Hall on Thursday April 8th for local writer Victoria Brenna. Library director Allison Lutz moderated the 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. event which was well attended and socially distanced by participants and live streamed to many others on the internet and is available…

     It began as a Turtle Lake High School class project in 2002-2003. A little more than 18 years later a goal that was set by the students and their teacher back then has now been reached. The first time class offering was Holocaust Literature and the challenge was to collect 6-million pop tabs to represent…

The Ray (Butch) Helling Jr. family recently observed a special moment when five generations were able to get together. Pictured above, front row, left to right, are Olivia Zimmerman (mother) holding Oaklynn Zimmerman, and great-great grandmother Mary Ann Helling. Back row: Grandmother Dana (Helling) Zimmerman and great grandfather Ray Helling.