Category Archives: (KBRF & Fergus Now) KBRF Local-News

19-Year-Old Suffers Serious Injuries in Douglas County Dirt Bike Crash
Unsplash Garfield, MN – Authorities in Douglas County say a 19-year-old rider is hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries suffered in a dirt bike crash near Garfield. Sheriff&...
Derek Sidian Nov 17, 2025

Otter Tail County Celebrating Completion of Perham Highway Garage
The Highway Garage in Perham. (OTC) 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, Dece...
Derek Sidian Nov 17, 2025

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...
Derek Sidian 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 ...
Derek Sidian Nov 14, 2025

Tractor Driver in Henning Hurt After 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 t...
Derek Sidian Nov 14, 2025

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...
Derek Sidian Nov 14, 2025

Gunshots Found in Street Signs and Streetlights in Grant County
Gunshots found in street signs and streetlights in Grant County. (Grant County Facebook page) Grant County, MN – Grant County officials are asking residents to keep an eye out for suspicious act...
Derek Sidian Nov 14, 2025

MnDOT Wrapping Up on Two-Year Reconstruction in Pelican Rapids
Aerial view of the new alignment at County Road 9 and Highway 59. (MnDOT) Pelican Rapids, MN – The complete streets reconstruction project on Highway 59 and Highway 108 in Pelican Rapids is wrap...
Derek Sidian Nov 14, 2025

No Injuries in Devastating New York Mills Shop Fire
vero_ro39 / Depositphotos.com 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 Sher...
Derek Sidian Nov 14, 2025

State Representative for Moorhead Running for Congress
State Representative Heather Keeler. (keelerforcongress.com) Moorhead, MN (KFGO) – State Representative Heather Keeler is running for Congress in Minnesota's 7th District. Keeler has represented...
Derek Sidian Nov 13, 2025