Education
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John"s University. Saint Cloud State University.
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John"s University. Saint Cloud State University.
A Democrat, she was also a substitute teacher and farmer. On May 19, 2010, she announced that she would not seek an eighth term. She also served on the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee for the Veterans Affairs Division, and on the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division and the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division.
She was an assistant minority leader from 2001-2004.
Otremba graduated from Long Prairie High School in Long Prairie, then went on to the College of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Home and Community Service. She later attended Saint Cloud State University in Saint Cloud, earning her Master of Arts in Child and Family Studies.
Prior to and during her first term in the Legislature, she taught Family and Consumer Science at Swanville High School in Swanville and was a substitute teacher. She was also active in various organizations and clubs in her local community.
Otremba died on July 16, 2014 in Long Prairie, Minnesota.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
She chaired the House Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee, and was a member of the Ways and Means Committee. Otremba was a member of the Minnesota Agriculture Education Advisory Board and the Rural Health Advisory Board since 2002.