Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Join in the fun tonight at the *VIP Business Battle of the Bras*, an event to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, hosted by Essentia Health. The event will take place at Bucks Mill Brewing from 5 t...

As we wrap up today's news, here's a sunny note to brighten your day! September 2024 was one of the record books here in Minnesota. With more sunny days than we've seen in decades, it was officially t...

Minnesota saw an encouraging 8% drop in drug overdose deaths from 2022 to 2023, with significant reductions in both the metro and Greater Minnesota. Notably, opioid-involved deaths fell by 8%, and ove...

24-year-old Zachary Seaburg attempted to flee from the Otter Tail County Probation Office the day before a scheduled court appearance. Seaburg, still handcuffed, ran north on Mill Street but was quick...

Crystal Lynette Fulford, a 63-year-old woman from Perham, has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing over $62,000 from pull-tab and electronic tab (E-tab) games. F...

At around 10:27 Tuesday morning (October 8th), the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Department responded to a crash between a passenger vehicle and a Farmers Feed Mill truck. According to officials, a 77-y...

A 56-year-old pilot from Texas is safe after his plane, a Minnesota DNR-contracted fire suppression aircraft, crashed into Inguadona Lake near Remer, MN, on Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred durin...

There has been an update on the three-vehicle crash on Tuesday near Detroit Lakes. Two people tragically lost their lives: 33-year-old Cole Carlson from Detroit Lakes and 60-year-old Stacey Nelson fro...

It's a quintessentially Minnesotan sign of the continued march of the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels. The Minnesota Wild is following the lead of most local rinks.

On Friday, October 4th, at approximately 6:20 p.m., Otter Tail County Dispatch responded to a report of a potential collision involving a train and a motor vehicle near County Highway 17 and Candor Ha...