OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Three people passing by a house on fire just north of Pelican Rapids help a couple escape the flames. The fire was reported just before noon at the Dennis and Rebecca Campbell residence. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the couple smelled something electrical burning from a room behind them. 74-year-old Dennis Campbell was…
PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities in Perham and Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a missing Waseca, Minnesota woman. They say 33-year-old Alexandria Bricker was staying with family in Perham. She was last seen on a trail camera near the Ottertail River south of the city on December 21, 2023 around 5:30 p.m. Property owners in that area…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – A man is expected in court Friday after he was arrested following a shooting incident in Frazee, Minnesota. Officers responded around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on a report of gunshots on Lake Street. After an initial investigation, authorities determined the suspect may have been at a hotel in Perham, Minnesota. Frazee police, with help from…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – A train derailment has roads closed off in Otter Tail County Friday morning. The Sheriff’s Office responded to a derailment just before midnight on the east side of Highway 10 near the intersection of County Highway 60 in Gorman Township. That’s in between Frazee and Perham. The Sheriff’s Office did not say how many…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Otter Tail County authorities are investigating a fatal boating accident. A person was hit by a boat on Lake Six just after 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon in Hobart Township southwest of Frazee. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office was sent to the scene and says the individual had life-threatening injuries. Life-saving measures were attempted at…
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Pelican Rapids man died last night in a crash northwest of the city. According to Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, it was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. First responders arrived to find the 65-year-old driver dead at the scene. He was the only person in the vehicle. The name of the victim, and other…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a series of thefts. The sheriff’s office says over the past week, they have have gotten several reports of vehicles and garages that have been broken into in the rural Fergus Falls area. One of the homeowners hit says he lives in the Wall Lake area and…
ROTHSAY, Minn. (KFGO) – A man was arrested shortly after midnight Monday after a woman was stabbed at Rothsay Truck Stop along I-94 in Rothsay. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says John Fogleman was taken to jail on charges of second-degree assault and assault with a dangerous weapon. Injuries to the 42-year-old victim are not believed to be life-threatening….
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An Ottertail, Minnesota man who died after being pulled from Otter Tail Lake has been identified as 64-year-old Scott Simdorn. Simdorn and riders of two snowmobiles and an ATV fell into lake around 7:30 Saturday evening. According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, they responded to a call of vehicles in the northeast…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An Ottertail, Minnesota man has died after he and riders of two snowmobiles and an ATV fell into Otter Tail Lake Saturday evening. According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, they responded to a call of vehicles in the northeast part of the lake around 7:30 p.m. One of the riders, a 66-year-old…
