highway 78

Lakes Country Business Owner Killed in Head-On Crash on Friday Afternoon

GoFundMe started for victim's 5 kids

OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Fergus Falls business owner is dead after a head-on crash near Ottertail on Friday afternoon. The state patrol has identified the woman as 27-year-old McKayla Schicker. They say she crashed into a boom truck on Highway 78 being driven by 23-year-old Henry Gibbs of Battle Lake. He has non-life threatening injuries. The patrol…

Update: All Lanes Open on I-94 Eastbound

UPDATE: The semi crash has been cleared and all lanes are open. DETROIT LAKES, Minn.–A semi crash on Interstate 94 eastbound has caused a lane closure. The right lane on I-94 near the Highway 78 interchange to Ashby will be closed until the crash can be cleared. The Minnesota Department of Transportation expects the clean-up to take a few hours….

Two 13-Year-Olds Lead Police On 100 MPH Speed Chase

Perham and New York Mills Police assisted the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office

  PERHAM, Minn. — Two 13-year-old Deer Creek boys face charges after they led multiple law enforcement agencies on a 100 mile-an-hour chase early Friday morning. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy tried to pull over their car north of Ottertail City on Highway 78. Authorities used tire deflation devices before the car crashed south of Perham. The…