Fergus Falls, N.D. (KVRR)- A local surgeon Dr. Jeff Horak has been relieved of duty by The Lake Region Medical Group after comments made at a Fergus Falls school board emergency meeting about a mask mandate for students in elementary school, who haven’t been added to the age group for vaccinations. The board voted on a two-week mandate for elementary…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) – Starting Monday, students in preschool through sixth grades in Fergus Falls Public Schools will no longer be required to wear masks. The district will strongly recommend them. The mandate was scheduled to end on Sunday and the School Board voted 4-2 Thursday morning to not extend it. The district says updated information was presented on…
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KVRR) – Dozens of parents from the Fergus Falls school district gathered today at Kennedy Secondary school to express their feelings one way or another on the new mask mandate for kids in Pre-K through 6th grade. Parents wanted to know why this age group, medical officials and superintendent Jeff Drake explained it was due to the…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) – Beginning next Monday, Oct. 11, Fergus Falls Public Schools students in pre-K through 6th grade will be required to wear a mask unless the student meets one of the mask exemption criteria. District employees must wear masks beginning Wednesday, Oct. 6. Superintendent Jeff Drake says in a letter to parents that COVID-19 continues to be…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota State Patrol says a semi pulling a tanker went off the freeway and got wedged between a guardrail and bridge pillars Thursday morning near Fergus Falls. Sgt. Jesse Grabow says the crash happened around 7:30 a.m. near exit 62 on I-94. Injuries to the driver were not considered life-threatening. The cause of the…
FERGUS FALLS, MN (KVRR) — Fergus Falls police say a 56 year old resident is under arrest in connection with injuries to an 11 year old child. Police along with EMT’s were called to the 1100 block of Mill Street at 8:52 am Friday morning. It was reported that an 11 year old slipped, fell and suffered a head injury….
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A former Otter Tail County deputy who was under the influence of fentanyl during a chase that ended in a deadly crash plans to plead guilty to misconduct of a public employee. Court documents show that Kelly Backman was in pursuit of a minivan driven by a man who was the subject of a drug…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Governor Tim Walz will be at Otter Tail Lake for Saturday’s fishing opener. The event will take place outside of Beach Bums Bar and Eatery at 8:00 AM. Otter Tail is the state’s tenth largest lake. Due to the pandemic, the event was canceled last year. An area Fisheries Supervisor says the governor’s visit will…
Discover Minnesota takes you to a city that prides itself on its vibrant art scene. Fergus Falls is of course known for the famed Kirkbride building, the 130-year-old former state hospital for people with developmental disabilities. The city also boasts three breweries, a stretch of the four-thousand mile North Country Trail, and Otto, the world’s biggest Otter. But you…
ST. LOUIS CO., Minn. — A Fergus Falls woman is among the latest group of Line 3 pipeline protesters to be arrested. 30-year-old Brittney Jo Kakac was taken into custody along with 6 other people from across the country near Floodwood, Minnesota. St. Louis County Sheriff’s deputies say four protesters locked themselves to heavy machinery used by pipeline workers. The…
