OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An abandoned outbuilding burns to the ground east of Ottertail, Minnesota on Friday night. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the owner of the property was burning a brush pile near the building when it caught on fire. Crews from Ottertail and New York Mills arrived to put the fire out. The building is…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An RV goes up in flames south of Ottertail and Long Lake and is considered a total loss. Otter Tail Dispatch got the call Friday night around 8:30 to the 45 thousand block of Cozy Oak Drive. Deputies along with Ottertail and Henning Fire Departments arrived to put out the fire. They say an…
(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…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Fergus Falls business owner is dead after a head-on crash near Ottertail on Friday afternoon. The state patrol has identified the woman as 27-year-old McKayla Schicker. They say she crashed into a boom truck on Highway 78 being driven by 23-year-old Henry Gibbs of Battle Lake. He has non-life threatening injuries. The patrol…
OTTERTAIL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man from Underwood, Minnesota is accused of stealing over $3,400 from his former employer in Ottertail. According to court documents, the district manager of the business reported that 54-year-old Martin Krenz had taken two separate cash deposits from the store last November. Krenz told an Otter Tail County deputy that the store had wronged him,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — OJ Simpson has died from prostate cancer at 76. The news was announced by his family on social media. They say he was surrounded by children and grandchildren when he died in Las Vegas. Back in 2008, Simpson was in lakes country to play some golf and try his hand at fishing. He hit the links…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — Two juveniles are flown to a Fargo hospital after a chase in a stolen vehicle crashes in Mahnomen County. The sheriff says the chase, which hit 113 miles per hour, happened Tuesday morning just after 3. One juvenile male was thrown from the vehicle near Mahnomen. Three other occupants included a juvenile male and female and…
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 CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Four yellow lab dogs are dead after fire spread through a shop southwest of Perham, Minnesota. A passing motorist spotted the flames around 11 a.m. and called authorities. Perham, Dent and Ottertail fire departments responded and found flames coming from the roof and eves of the building. The shop and all of its contents…
