OTTER TAIL COUNTY DISPATCH Archives

OTTER TAIL COUNTY DISPATCH

Trailer and log cabin lost to fire in rural Wadena, MN

May 13, 2026

TJ Nelson,

OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A residential trailer and attached log cabin are a complete loss after a fire in rural Wadena, Minnesota. Otter Tail County Dispatch received a call about the fire just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Fire departments from Wadena, Sebeka, Bluffton and New York Mills responded. An additional wood building sustained damage from the fire….

Two People Rescued From Broken Down Dam East of Fergus Falls

The people were up against the old portion of the Broken Down Dam

June 12, 2019

TJ Nelson,

OTTER TAIL, MN — First responders had to jump into action this afternoon after a report that two people were trapped on the Otter Tail River. The people were up against the old portion of the Broken Down Dam east of Fergus Falls and couldn’t make it to shore. Members of the Fergus Falls Police Department, Fergus Falls Fire Department, Otter…