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…
Do you want to explore, do something epic, and run into practically no one while you’re doing it? Lakes County has a ridiculous number of crazy roadside statues towering over highways, lakes, and other random places. And it’s about the perfect social distancing activity because no one is around these works of art. So I went and saw as many…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota State Patrol says a woman was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 94 near Fergus Falls. Sgt. Jesse Grabow says troopers were investigating a crash when another vehicle struck the woman involved in the original crash, and a tow truck. Two occupants of the vehicle that struck…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A man and 2-year-old boy are in a burn unit in St. Paul after a house fire in Fergus Falls Sunday afternoon. The man has been identified as 26-year-old William Anderson. Smoke was coming from the upper floor windows of the house when police and fire crews arrived. Authorities say the cause of the fire was…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — More than 9,000 Minnesotans got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. That brings the week’s total to more than 24,000 shots given at the nine vaccine pilot clinics across the state on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The clinics are initially serving adults 65 and older, and prekindergarten through grade 12 educators, staff, and…
FARGO, N.D.- 2021 is already off to a good start for a Fergus Falls couple who welcomed a son at Sanford Family Birth Center in Fargo on New Year’s Day. “I’m John Walvatne, this is my wife Ahna and this is our new little man Asher John.” As the world celebrated the new year, a Fergus Falls couple welcomed an…
Sgt. Jesse Grabow @MSPPIO_NW FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — (UPDATE 7:45 PM 12/13/20) All lanes of I-94 near Fergus Falls are now open after a jackknifed semi was cleared from the scene. **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW** A jackknifed semi has closed the right lane on eastbound Interstate 94 near Fergus Falls. It is near milepost 51. Authorities say it will be closed…
Derek SweereFERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Police in Fergus Falls say a man charged in the killing of his roommate, committed suicide in the Otter Tail County Jail. 41-year-old Derek Sweere of Perham was found in his cell late Friday night. Sweere was charged with second-degree murder in the March 30th death of his roommate, Brandon Snyder, in Perham. He was…
