Our main jobs are maintaining township roads and running elections.

Contact the Otter Tail County Auditor Treasurer's Office for all township related property tax matters.

We typically meet the first Wednesday of the month starting at 7 pm at the Pine Lake Town Hall. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

The annual township meeting is typically held at the town hall following the township election (8:10 PM usually the second Tuesday in March). It is vital that residents of the township attend the annual meeting to set the township portion of the tax levy. It also gives township residents an opportunity to share any concerns they may have with the Board and other township residents.

The township election is the 2nd Tuesday in March. Polls are usually open from 5-8 p.m. One Supervisor is elected every year. The Clerk is elected in even years and the Treasurer is elected in odd numbered years.

Filing for town board positions can be done at the home of the Clerk. The filing periods begin on December 31st and end January 18th. The filing fee is $2.00.

For Township-only elections contact the Clerk. For all other elections, please visit the Minnesota Secretary of State Elections and Voting website for more information on how to obtain your absentee ballot.

This website contains contact info, hours and other helpful information.

Organized January 5, 1883, was named for its large Pine Lake, through which the Ottertail river flows, originally bordered by valuable white pine timber. The three pine species of this state, each common or frequent through northeastern Minnesota, reach the southwestern limit of their geographic range in the east part of this county. source: the book “Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance” Volume 17 – 1920 by Warren Upham

Source from our township page on the Otter Tail County Website: https://ottertailcounty.gov/township/pine-lake/

If you have historical stories, photos, or information from Pine Lake Township, we'd love to hear from you!