OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MN (KVRR) – An 8-year-old has been life-flighted to a Fargo hospital after sustaining injuries in a UTV crash. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, along with other agencies, responded to the report of a UTV rollover crash at 24041 County Highway 1 at about 2:45 P.M. on August 1. Witness accounts say the driver, 8, and…
Todd BurrisOTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Bemidji man involved in an officer-involved shooting at a Frazee rest area last week is charged with seven felony counts. Todd Burris, 36, was released from the hospital before being booked into the Otter Tail County Jail. Burris is charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder of a peace officer, two…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is dead after suffering a medical emergency on Pelican Lake over the weekend. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Saturday before 4 p.m. in Northwestern Otter Tail County. The 61-year-old man was pulling an anchor from a boat when he went into the water unresponsive. He was pulled from…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR) – Authorities say that on July 9, at about 5:30 in the evening, they responded to a domestic assault call in the 20000 block of Becker County Highway 21. The person who placed the emergency call said an adult male had entered a residence, physically assaulted someone, and stole a firearm. Deputies from the Becker County Sheriff’s…
FRAZEE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – An officer-involved shooting at the Frazee Truck Stop in Otter Tail County is under investigation. The shooting happened after a domestic call in Becker County north of Detroit Lakes Wednesday. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says around 5:30 p.m., Becker County deputies responded to a home where the caller said a man entered, physically assaulted…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) – One person was transported by ambulance to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries following a crash involving two semis on I-94, northwest of Fergus Falls. Minnesota State Patrol Sergeant Jesse Grabow says the crash happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the westbound lane, near mile marker 47. According to Grabow, the crash was…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually coercing a minor in Otter Tail County. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jose Ramires of Freeport, Minnesota was temporarily living with a family in Otter Tail County last May. That is when he coerced their 13-year-old daughter into acts of a sexual nature. The victim…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Authorities in Otter Tail County are investigating a fire that destroyed three vehicles near New York Mills. Deputies and firefighters responded to Butler Township where two UTVs and a pickup were fully engulfed in flames Wednesday night. Officials say the vehicles appear to be a total loss and there was minor damage to a…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An Underwood, Minnesota man is sentenced to five years in prison for having hundreds of grams in illegal drugs. 24-year-old Zachary Seaburg was arrested last September after state troopers found 264 grams of meth, 24 grams of cocaine and suspected fentanyl in his vehicle. Court documents show there were needles and a baggie of M30…
UNDERWOOD, Minn. (FOX 9) – A sixth-grade teacher in the Underwood School District in Otter Tail County has been charged with malicious punishment after police say he stepped on a student’s back during a lock-down drill. Jason Rogers, 48, of Underwood, is charged with malicious punishment of a child after a student alleges he “stepped on his back with both feet” for around 10…
