FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO/Fergus Falls Journal) – An Alexandria woman made her first appearance in Otter Tail County District Court on Nov. 20, after beating a group home client under her care. Ashley Simons, 23, has been charged with the fourth degree assault of a vulnerable adult at a group home in Fergus Falls. Court documents say that on Nov….
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…
Bobbie Bishop and Walter WynhoffFERGUS FALLS, MN — One of two people charged with manslaughter in the death of a 6 year old boy in their care in April 2018 pleads guilty. 45-year-old Walter Wynhoff of Fergus Falls entered the plea in Otter Tail County District Court. 41-year-old Bobbie Bishop faces the same charges and has a hearing set for March…
Fergus Falls, MN (KBRF/KFGO) – A Wheaton, Minnesota semi driver was sentenced to just over four years in prison for hitting a 16-year-old Vining boy’s vehicle head-on and killing him a little over a year ago. Thirty-six-year-old Jason Vadner was sentenced in Otter Tail County District Court late last week. Vadner was previously found guilty of criminal vehicular homicide and…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. — The owner of the Pelican Motel is accused of receiving stolen property and drug possession. 60-year-old Wade Noack is accused of trading heroin and morphine for two guns taken during a vehicle theft. The recipient of the drugs, Shawn Mosca, later overdosed on the heroin. A search warrant at the Pelican Motel turned up the…
