OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR)– Authorities responded to two incidents on Otter tail Lake over the weekend that both had positive outcomes. A catamaran style sailboat capsized around 3:30 in the afternoon on Saturday. Deputies arrived to find a good samaritan helping the boaters upright the sailboat and no one was hurt. Just over an hour later, a man from…
(UPDATE) Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of the Ottertail man who died in a crash near Otter Tail Lake Sunday afternoon. They say 69-year-old Gordon Rud’s vehicle left Highway 78 and rolled. It came to a rest on its roof and Rud died at the scene. He was wearing a seatbelt. OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota…
near AMOR TOWNSHIP, MN – Several people are looking for a new place to lay their heads after a fire in Otter Tail County on Thursday completely destroyed their home. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office received a call just before 4:30 p.m. on January 30 from a resident in rural Amor Township, which is west of Otter Tail Lake….
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) — Joseph Clauson wants to use land that his family has owned for more than 100 years on Grove Lake in Otter Tail County and turn it into a 26-unit commercial campground. The problem is that a group of landowners next to the proposed campground don’t want people to disturb the land. “We’ve been to the…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a porch fire north of Battle Lake, Minnesota. Fire crews were called to the house on the west end of Otter Tail Lake last night around 9 o’clock. They found the porch on fire and put it out. An adult was treated on scene and then…
OTTER TAIL, Minn. (KVRR) — The Otter Tail Sheriff’s Office says a man drowned in Otter Tail Lake after falling from a pontoon into the water. David Kantrud, 63, of Fergus Falls, was on a pontoon with family around 2:30 Saturday afternoon when the man fell in an attempt to retrieve an item from the lake. People on a nearby…
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…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Anglers set out on Otter Tail Lake Saturday morning to kick off the Governor’s Fishing Opener. Gov. Tim Walz kicked off the fishing opener early Saturday morning at Otter Tail Lake. He reportedly caught a perch. Unfortunately, he was unable to attend the official opener ceremony. “He was called away to the capital amidst…
Charles Gramith / Neil BakerOTTER TAIL LAKE, Minn. — A Roseville, Minnesota man is now facing three felony charges following a deadly boat collision that killed a neighbor on Otter Tail Lake. 72-year-old Charles Gramith told deputies that he drank three beers and also took medication prior to the collision that killed 52-year-old Neil Baker of Elysian, Minnesota. Baker and…
