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

St. Paul, MN – On Wednesday, June 18th, the Minnesota State Board of Trustees approved the largest tuition increase in nearly two decades, with increases ranging from 4% to 8% across the 33 scho...

Jeffery Kampsula. (OTCDF) New York Mills, MN – A New York Mills man is in custody for selling drugs to a confidential informant in a controlled buy. Otter Tail County prosecutors say that on Aug...

Fergus Falls, MN – A couple hundred people from around the area gathered for the “NO KINGS” rally in Fergus Falls on Saturday, an event described by organizers as "a national day of ...

House fire at the corner or Sheridan and Vernon. (FFFD) Fergus Falls, MN – Two firefighters were hurt while putting out a house fire in Fergus Falls on Tuesday afternoon (June 17th). The Fergus ...

Reis Tueffel. (OTCDF) Fergus Falls, MN – A man was arrested at the Fergus Falls Walmart Sunday morning (June 15th) for threatening to “shoot the place up.” According to court documen...

Dalton, MN – Two people are hurt following a rollover crash on I-94 west of Dalton. State troopers say that around 3:45 Monday afternoon (June 16th), an SUV driven by 37-year-old Willie Jones of...

New LREC CEO Joel Janorschke. (LREC) Pelican Rapids, MN – As of today (June 16th), Lake Region Electric Cooperative has a new CEO. The LREC Board of Directors announced in May that Joel Janorsch...

Senator Nicole Mitchell (Minnesota Senate) Detroit Lakes, MN – The burglary trial of state Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury is being delayed for a second time. Jury selection was scheduled to...

Representative Jeff Backer and Senator Jordan Rasmusson St. Paul, MN – On Saturday, local legislators spoke out following the shootings of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Mellissa Hortman, Senat...

Vance Boelter was arrested near his farm in Green Isle, Minnesota. (Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office) Green Isle, MN – An intense manhunt for the man accused of shooting two state lawmakers ...