OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Two men have been charged in a check forging scheme in Otter Tail County. Keith King, 62, of St. Cloud and Daryl Jungroth, 51, of Elk River were arrested for attempting to cash fraudulent checks at banks in Fergus Falls and Pelican Rapids. Court documents say both men told law enforcement they received the…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MN (KVRR) – A 67-year-old man from Henning, Minnesota, has luckily only suffered minor injuries after his tractor was struck by a train northwest of the city. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says that just before 2 A.M. on November 13, the man was driving his tractor, headed east on 290th Street. As he approached the…
DALTON, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Otter Tail County deputies along with firefighters from Dalton, Elbow Lake, Wendell, and Fergus Falls responded to a grain dryer fire southwest of Dalton Friday morning. The Sheriff’s Office says the dryer was fully engulfed in flames when first responders arrived around 4:30 a.m. No other structures or grain storage were damaged and no one was…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two Pelican Rapids men have been charged with kidnapping, burglary, and robbery. Otter Tail County prosecutors say 28-year-old Alberto Ramirez and 22-year-old Jose Blandon-Rivera were arrested for kidnapping a man and assaulting his roommate. Pelican Rapids Police were called to a break-in at an apartment and found one victim had been assaulted. He said…
WILLMAR, Minn. (KVRR) — The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has confirmed a second commercial operation in Otter Tail County to have contracted bird flu. The bird flu was confirmed in a flock with more than 29,000 turkeys. The first one was reported back in mid-September, with more than 16,000, and another flock of more than 20,000 in Becker County….
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — At least one person is dead after a crash between two vehicles and a motorcycle in Otter Tail County, Minnesota just before noon. State patrol says the motorcycle was northbound on Highway 29 when it crashed with a minivan pulling into a driveway just south of Parkers Prairie. The motorcycle then also hit a…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a man who was killed when he was hit by a pickup in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The victim was 24-year-old Andrew Bixby of New York Mills. Bixby was walking along County Highway 67 when he was struck by a pickup…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash that left a pedestrian dead Wednesday night. Around 8:10 p.m., deputies responded to a report that an adult walking along the road in the 37000 block of County Highway 67 south of New York Mills was hit by a passing vehicle. The person was…
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…
