Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

A 63-year-old man has died after being pulled unresponsive from the Red River in south Moorhead on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Moorhead Police Department, officers responded to a missing per...

Residents and local officials in Vergas say ongoing delays at rail crossings are becoming a public safety issue, and they're calling for action. On Wednesday, Otter Tail County, the City of Vergas, to...

The Minnesota DNR is sharing two springtime updates: one about a returning pair of peregrine falcons on their live FalconCam, and the other about a statewide call for private woodland owners to help g...

A crash involving a Verndale school bus Thursday morning sent three people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is now under investigation by the Wadena County Sheriff's Office and t...

Jason Rogers (Underwood School Directory) Underwood, MN – A sixth grade teacher in Underwood is charged with malicious punishment of a student. According to court documents, 47-year-old Jason Ro...

Area residents are reporting a new scam text message falsely claiming to be from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The message threatens legal action over an unpaid toll and urges re...

Emergency crews responded to a water rescue on Wednesday afternoon, March 26, near the 4300 block of South River Haven Road in Moorhead. Moorhead Police were dispatched just before 5 p.m. following a ...

Drones are offering new eyes in the sky for Minnesota farmers-and new tools for precision agriculture. The topic took center stage during the latest session of the University of Minnesota Extension's ...

Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, who recently announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, held a 'Kitchen Table Conversation' at Concordia College in Moorhead on March 26, 2025. The even...

Otter Tail County's Spencer McGrew, who also chairs the Statewide Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Committee (SAISAC), is urging lawmakers to restore full funding for Minnesota's Local Aquatic Invasi...