Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Community Design Event at Battle Lake Schools in December
Battle Lake water tower. (Otter Tail Lakes Country Association) Battle Lake, MN – Battle Lake community members are invited to participate in a community design project to build a shared future ...
Nov 18, 2025
Officer-Involved Shooting in Cass County Under Investigation
WALKER, Minn. - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead and a Cass County deputy injured Sunday afternoon in Turtle Lake Town...
Nov 17, 2025
Otter Tail County Celebrating Completion of New Perham Highway Garage
Perham, MN - Otter Tail County will celebrate the completion of its new Perham highway garage with a public open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, December 3, at 829 NE Third St. "This new gara...
Nov 17, 2025 The Highway Garage in Perham. (OTC)
Volunteers Give Out Hundreds of Meal Kits to Those Affected During the Government Shutdown
Volunteers assembling meal kits on Tuesday, November 11. (Jeney Christensen, Be a Villager Facebook Page) Fergus Falls, MN – Be a Villager Feed-A-Thon organizer Jeney Christensen says over the c...
Nov 17, 2025
WATCH: DWI with Little Charge, Train Crash Survivor, and Gunshots in Signs – Weekly News Recap November 14
Derek Sidian recaps this week's biggest local news stories. The Weekly News Recap is brought to you by Fergus Falls Monument, online at foreverstonememorials.com, Memorials That Matter. FOLLOW US FOR ...
Nov 14, 2025
Tractor Driver in Otter Tail County Survives Collision with Train
Henning, MN - A Henning man was hospitalized following a train and tractor collision Thursday afternoon (November 13). The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says the 67-year-old was driving a tractor...
Nov 14, 2025
New Program Offers First-Time DWI Offenders Substance Use Screening
Otter Tail County, MN - First-time DWI offenders now have access to a new intervention program that provides substance use screening and treatment resources while offering up to $200 in fine reduction...
Nov 14, 2025 (left to right) Mariah Ellis, Otter Tail County LADC social worker; Tria Mann, Treatment Court Program Coordinator; Shannon Highland, Otter Tail County community re-entry social worker, LADC. (OTC)
New York Mills Shop Fire Leaves No Injuries
New York Mills, MN - The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office is reporting no injuries from a shop fire in rural New York Mills Thursday night (November 13). The Sheriff's Office received a report of a ...
Nov 14, 2025
MnDOT Wrapping Up Two-Year Reconstruction in Pelican Rapids
Pelican Rapids, MN - The complete streets reconstruction project on Highway 59 and Highway 108 in Pelican Rapids is wrapping up. All lanes, entrances and sidewalks are now open, but drivers should wat...
Nov 14, 2025 Aerial view of the new alignment at County Road 9 and Highway 59. (MnDOT)
New Otter Tail County Program Offers First-Time DWI Offenders Substance Use Screening
(left to right) Mariah Ellis, Otter Tail County LADC social worker; Tria Mann, Treatment Court Program Coordinator; Shannon Highland, Otter Tail County community re-entry social worker, LADC. (OTC) Ot...
Nov 14, 2025