WADENA, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 17-year-old girl has life-threatening injuries at Sanford Medical Center after a two-vehicle crash, west of Wadena. The State Patrol says the girl was a passenger in a car driven by a 16-year-old girl. The car collided with an SUV on State Highway 29 shortly before 8 a.m. The girl hospitalized in Fargo is identified as…
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…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn (KVRR-KFGO) – On Tuesday, fire destroyed a barn near Wadena in Otter Tail County. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office received the call around 5:30 p.m. Deputies and the Wadena Fire Department responded quickly. By the time crews arrived, the barn was fully engulfed in flames. Authorities believe an electrical issue sparked the blaze. While some…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Five men are facing federal drug charges after a major drug bust in Wadena County. Bill Rude, 62, and Robert Anderson, 38 – both of Wadena – have been arrested and charged along with 28-year-old Aaron Heifort of Clitherall, and 27-year-old Carlos Valdovinos-Trejo of St. Paul. A federal arrest warrant has been issued for another St….
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Wadena, Minnesota man is dead after a crash four miles south of Park Rapids Sunday night. The State Patrol says Thomas Kolden, 72, was driving a car and pulled out in front of a pickup in the intersection of U.S. Highway 71 and Minnesota Highway 87. The vehicles collided and both ended up in…
NEW YORKS MILLS, Minn. (KFGO) — A Wadena, Minnesota woman was arrested early last Sunday morning for causing a disturbance at a business after she was asked to leave. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call in New York Mills. 38-year-old Nichole Shoultz is accused of exposing herself to customers, becoming combative, and assaulting the business owner. Before…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR: UPDATE 1:15PM 2/12/24) — Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash just southeast of Detroit Lakes. They say 83-year-old Fern Brown from Frazee pulled out in front of an oncoming vehicle on Highway 10 at 290th Avenue. There were two women in the other vehicle, 47-year-old Jolene Herr and 21-year-old Jaden Herr from Wadena. Brown…
Courtesy: Justin GenoskyWADENA CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A crash between a van and a buggy in Wadena, County sends one person to the hospital. It happened Sunday night around 10:30 on Highway 10 near Aldrich, just southeast of Wadena. Minnesota State Patrol says the van and horse-drawn buggy collided at Central Avenue South. The driver of the van, 26-year-old Brittany…
WADENA, Minn. (KVRR) – A boy was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center following a house fire early Wednesday in Wadena. According to the Wadena Fire Department, crews were called to the house fire shortly before 1:00 a.m. Before firefighters arrived, law enforcement attempted to enter the house and search for the occupant, but were unable because of heavy smoke….
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two people are hurt when their horse drawn Amish buggy is hit on a snow covered County Highway 50 in Otter Tail County. The sheriff’s office says the crash happened just before 11 a.m. 42-year-old Marcy Beaty of Deer Creek encountered the buggy at the bottom of a hill and swerved but hit it…
