OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A young man from the Netherlands is dead after a UTV crash in Otter Tail County. When the UTV crashed and rolled Sunday morning near Urbank, Minnesota, 21-year-old Jim Jan was thrown and the vehicle landed on him. Attempts were made to get the UTV off of him before first responders arrived but they…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for eastern North Dakota, and west-central and northwest Minnesota until 9 p.m. Monday. Dry conditions combined with strong wind prompted the warning. Some counties affected include Cass, Grand Forks, Traill, Steele, and Barnes in North Dakota, and Clay, Norman, Becker, Otter Tail, and Wilkin Counties…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — One person has died in a single vehicle crash near Pelican Lake in Otter Tail County. The sheriff’s office was called to the crash site around 9 p.m. last night in rural Dunn Township. Life saving measures were attempted on the adult driver, but were unsuccessful. They were pronounced dead at the scene. The…
PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR) — SWAT was used to make an arrest in Perham this afternoon. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says 48-year-old Cleveland Mingo of Louisiana was wanted for several outstanding warrants. Authorities used a search warrant to make the arrest at an apartment on 911 Jenny Avenue around 1:00p.m. The SWAT team had help from the Perham Police Department…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — The driver of a dirt-bike was flown by helicopter to a hospital after crashing. The sheriff’s office says it happened in Tumuli Township before 5 p.m. on private property. The driver of the bike was wearing protective equipment at the time of the crash and suffered non-life threatening injuries. The sheriff’s office was assisted by…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Minnesota Dept. of Corrections has reinstated Class III status to the Otter Tail County Jail in Fergus Falls. Sheriff Barry Fitzgibbons says he was notified of the reinstatement. It allows the jail to keep inmates longer than 72 hours. The department lowered the jail’s classification after a prisoner was deprived of food and water…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINN – (KFGO/KVRR) – One person was injured in a rollover crash near Underwood in Otter Tail County at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened near the intersection of County Road 35 and Pleasant Lake Road. A pickup driven by 37-year-old Kyle Ryckman of Elbow Lake was ejected and transported to Lake…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – An Evansville, Minnesota woman is recovering in the hospital with serious injuries following a crash just south of Ottertail, Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened shortly before midnight Wednesday on Highway 78 and Highway 108. A Ford Expedition veered off the road at a curve, crashed into a driveway approach and…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A house is a total loss and two dogs are dead after a fire in Otter Tail County Saturday night. The sheriff’s office says fire crews were called to the house in rural Star Lake Township around 7:30. The homeowners had returned to find smoke and an orange glow coming from the house. Dent…
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (KVRR) — The Minnesota Millionaire Raffle winners have been drawn and the two biggest prizes go to tickets bought near the Twin Cities. Two tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Delano, west of Minneapolis and in Dundas, south of the Twin Cities. There were also five winners drawn worth $100,000 each, none in our area. The…
