ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) – Gov. Tim Walz has proposed a $3.3 billion bonding bill that would include millions of dollars for projects in Moorhead and Dilworth. As part of the bonding bill, the City of Moorhead would receive over $24 million for flood protection. Minnesota State University Moorhead would get $23 million for renovations and an addition to Weld…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Money is headed to 17 organizations across Minnesota to boost access to affordable child care. Gov. Tim Walz announced the awarding of $2.5 million dollars in grants from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. In our region, $160,000 is awarded to Otter Tail County with $120,000 going to Jasmin Child Care and Preschool in…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says two deaths are likely a murder/suicide. Deputies responded to a home in rural Battle Lake a little before 2:30 Monday afternoon. They found a 59-year-old man and 58-year-old woman dead at the home. The Sheriff’s Office says it believes the incident is isolated. There is no known…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities identify a motorcyclist pulled from Lawrence Lake Friday morning who later died at a hospital. He is 70-year-old George Hough of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. Otter Tail County Sheriffs Office responded to the crash just after 10 a.m. Friday on Highway 4 southwest of Vergas. The reporting party called 911 after seeing Hough crash…
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) — A visiting firefighter from South Dakota is being credited with reviving a two-year-old boy found face down in the water at Sand Lake, north of Pelican Rapids. The boy was found shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday when families noticed he wasn’t inside the house. The firefighter immediately began CPR while his 16-year-old daughter called 911….
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — A man wanted for seriously assaulting another man with a weapon at a hotel in Starbuck in west-central Minnesota is arrested in Otter Tail County. 41-year-old Justin Cardinal of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, had fled the scene before police arrived Saturday night. Pope County authorities say Cardinal stole a vehicle and drove to Grant County where…
Storm damage on Blanche LakeOTTERTAIL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Cleanup is underway around Otter Tail Lake and the surrounding area after strong wind did significant damage late Monday night. Carr’s Tree Service in Ottertail City says part of its roof was blown off as was a section of roof at the Otter Supper Club across Highway 78. Carr’s says it is…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Pelican Rapids man drowned while trying to save his dog on South Lida Lake. It happened just after one on Saturday afternoon. Otter Tail County authorities say 48-year-old Eric Fife jumped into the water after his dog jumped off their boat. People with Fife noticed he was struggling to stay above water and…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The woman killed in a crash south of New York Mills on Friday morning has been identified. Otter Tail County authorities say 47-year-old Tracy Frost of New York Mills died after crashing with another vehicle on County Highway 67. Frost was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver, a 27-year-old who has not…
Phouttasa PrathaneFERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — A man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and burglary for shooting a woman who had a protection order against him at a home near Pelican Rapids. 36-year-old Phoutthasa Prathane is expected to be given about 15 years in prison when he’s sentenced next month. Otter Tail County 911 received a call from the…
