Dent News

A 37-year-old Perham woman died of injuries this morning at a Perham hospital following a two-vehicle accident along Highway 8, northeast of Perham, near Big Pine Lake.

Schools in Pelican Rapids and Perham are bracing for a new round of budget cuts after residents voted against proposed operating levies Tuesday.

A convicted U.S. sex offender has spent the past three weeks in a Winnipeg jail cell after allegedly trying to bring child pornography into Canada.

Two people were killed in separate accidents on Otter Tail County roads over the weekend.

Driver Normal Allison, 69, of Ottertail, was traveling westbound on County Road 1 about a quarter-mile west of Weetown when he made a U-turn in front of a vehicle driven by Katie Rosenthal, 24, of Dent, according to an Otter Tail County Sheriffa s Office report.

On Saturday, July 11, two local leaders helped dedicate a new veterans memorial in Dent.

On Saturday, July 11, two local leaders helped dedicate a new veterans memorial in Dent.

The fifth Annual POW/MIA Remembrance Run, starting at noon Saturday in Underwood, was much more than motorcylists raising money to benefit the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls.

As Minnesota school districts gear up for salary negotiations this summer, a oepay freezea is shaping up to be a catch phrase.

A rural Perham residence was completely destroyed by a fire in the early morning hours of Monday.

A Dent man has been sentenced to over four years in prison for his role in an April home invasion.

The summer is off to a steady start for Otter Tail County resorts, though the economic downturn has meant changing patterns among visitors.

Otter Tail County Commissioners, while backing wind energy within county boundaries, on Tuesday agreed with a recommendation from the County Planning Commission to table a request to erect a wind tower near Marion Lake in Dead Lake Township, southeast of Dent and southwest of Perham.

Three people were injured in car accidents in the Fergus Falls and Perham areas Monday.

Thata s how Dan Nodsle, Dent resident and former Perham-Dent School Board member, bid farewell to a special school where both of his boys attended.

Wednesday marked the end of an era in the Dent and Perham communities. Due to budget cuts and a dwindling student population, the Dent Elementary School is closing its doors this year once and for all.

The Petersons werena t expecting company Sunday evening. So Stu Peterson was a little shocked when a horse was standing in his driveway.

From 7 a.m.-noon there will be an a all you can eata Dada s Belgian Waffle Breakfast hosted by the Masonic Lodges of Perham and Wadena.

A brand new, $39 million hospital could be under construction by this September--and ready for patients in 2011.

A Dent woman is facing felony charges of fleeing a peace officer and first degree driving while intoxicated-test refusal in connection with a high-speed car chase that took place in Becker County this past Monday.