Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Otter Tail County Emergency Manager Patrick Waletzko. (OTC) Otter Tail County, MN – Otter Tail County Emergency Management is joining Minnesota's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Mana...

FOREST TWP, Minn. - Two women were injured Saturday afternoon after their motorcycles collided head-on along Highway 113 in Becker County. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the crash happened a...

New York Mills, MN - A man was arrested in New York Mills for assaulting a woman, who had to be hospitalized. 38-year-old Justin Lemon of New York Mills was arrested for 3rd degree assault and domesti...

Battle Lake, MN - A Shakopee man was arrested this weekend for strangling and attempting to drown his sister. Otter Tail County deputies say that around 4 p.m. Saturday (August 30th), the Sheriff's Of...

Dunvilla, MN - Two people were hospitalized following a head-on collision near Pelican Rapids this weekend. Troopers say that at around 1:30 Sunday afternoon (August 31st), a minivan was heading south...

(Hawley, MN) - Two people were injured when a motorcycle crashed into a road sign along Highway 10 in Hawley. The Minnesota State Patrol reports that the incident occurred just before 5 p.m. on Sunday...

The tragedy at Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis has touched many lives across the state, including those in Detroit Lakes. 12-year-old Sophia Forchas who was shot during the incident,...

Detroit Lakes, MN - Two people were injured in a crash on Highway 34 east of Detroit Lakes Wednesday afternoon (August 27). State Troopers say 62-year-old Craig Blonigan of Frazee was transported to E...

Minneapolis police have identified the suspect in today's shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis. Police say 23-year-old Robin Westman, formerly Robert Westman, from suburban Mi...

Governor Tim Walz has ordered all U.S. and Minnesota flags to fly at half-staff at all state buildings, immediately, in honor of the lives lost today at Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapol...