OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fergus Falls man died after he was pinned underneath a vehicle north of Fergus Falls. It happened early this morning. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says 64-year-old Vaughn Ebbighausen was working in a garage near Jewett Lake when he became pinned under the vehicle. He was discovered by family, who managed to…
Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,500-mile network of CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to capture carbon produced by ethanol plants and then sequester it underground in North Dakota. (Courtesy of Summit Carbon Solutions)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) An administrative law judge report recommends that Minnesota approve a small segment of the massive Summit Carbon…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – The former CEO of two real estate organizations in Fergus Falls has been sentenced to probation in a plea deal. 70-year-old Katherine Junge was accused of using the group’s credit cards to make $144,000 in personal purchases over several years. Police began to investigate Junge in March 2022 after her retirement. She agreed to plead guilty…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO Daily Journal) – A Fergus Falls man was arrested and faces multiple charges after a Nov. 4 fire call escalated on the 300 block of Cecil Avenue near Lake Alice. Allen Charles Sheppard, age 48, has been charged with felony obstructing the legal process, fourth-degree assault, fourth-degree assault involving a peace officer, criminal damage to property,…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A spooky situation in Otter Tail County turned out to be very innocent. Last night, the sheriff’s office got a call about possible human remains in the Otter Tail River near Fergus Falls. But after a thorough investigation, it was determined that the remains were just Halloween decorations that had been dumped in the…
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KVRR) – This small home in Fergus Falls may seem unassuming, but it holds a lot of history as the home of Prince Albert Honeycutt, the first black resident of Fergus Falls, and it’s history that was almost lost. “He was able to build this house in 1885, and the fact that it’s associated with such a…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO) – A Fergus Falls woman has been charged with child endangerment after her arrest Tuesday afternoon near Swan Lake south of Fergus Falls. A complaint filed in Otter Tail County District Court says deputies responded for a child welfare check at about 4:30 p.m. A driver reported that he saw a woman carrying an infant. The…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two brothers from Fergus Falls face assault charges for an alleged attack. The victims told police that 46-year-old Eric Jacobson and 47-year-old Olaf Jacobson came at them Saturday with a knife. The brothers reportedly grabbed a metal bat and Eric lunged at one of the victims and continued to advance at another victim. Officers used…
Kaitlyn Carroll (Otter Tail County Detention Center)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A woman has been charged with 3rd degree murder in the drug overdose death of a man in rural Fergus Falls in early August. Kaitlyn Carroll, 26, of Elizabeth, is accused in of supplying a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl to a 28-year-old man, who was found unresponsive in…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and 5 years probation for burglarizing a Fergus Falls laundromat in July 2023. The sentencing took place on Monday, October 14, in Otter Tail County Court. Court documents show 46-year-old Jacob Alley of Fergus Falls was identified as the suspect who broke into Syn Laundry and…
