O-Score proof
Otter Tail County Board creates Subordinate Service District for Ringdahl Ambulance's Pelican Rapids PSA (not countywide) after Nov. 3 vote; Ringdahl expected through end of March 2027 (KFGO; county)
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked[object Object] · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 5, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (1 event, ET)
- Published
The math
- Outlets checked: 2 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
- 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked ← this story | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Provisional: Outlets unchecked this run (AP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, USA Today, Bloomberg) due to Google News timeouts/503; 2/13 returned. Also method limit: RSS-only scan cannot exhaustively prove absence. Rejected off-topic candidates are receipts, not the provisional trigger.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 5:26 PM ET · search window: 7 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Otter Tail Pelican Rapids EMS Subordinate Service District site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:usatoday.com" |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Pelican Rapids" ambulance OR EMS "Otter Tail" site:bloomberg.com" |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invalid Date ET | 10 | NaN | No change |
Search terms
“Otter Tail Pelican Rapids EMS SSD”, “Pelican Rapids ambulance Subordinate Service District”, “Ringdahl License 0192”
Method
- google-news-rss-site
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.