Otter Tail County News

A pilot and two passengers survived when a float plane flipped over while landing on Lake Lizzie in Otter Tail County Friday.

Submitted by Kristin Holtz on July 2, 2009 - 8:41am. With the 2009 construction season well under way, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is urging motorists to be aware of highway construction throughout the state.

With zebra mussels found a few days ago at Lake Le Homme Dieu near Alexandria, and Eurasian watermilfoil found in early June in Upper Mission Lake north of Brainerd, invasive species is a concern of lake associations in Otter Tail County.

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

In an unusually bloody weekend, five people died in five separate accidents across the state.

Golden Valley police are investigating a one-car crash that killed a teenage girl Friday night at Duluth Street and Brunswick Avenue N. Chief Stacy Altonen released a statement saying a teenage boy in the car was arrested, treated for injuries at North Memorial Medical Center and released pending charges.

The humidity was thick in the air Thursday afternoon as a wall of black clouds come across the horizon toward Fergus Falls, bringing high winds with it.

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

Crops in Otter Tail County, despite heavy rainfall Tuesday in many areas, are holding their own.

Jun 18, 2009 1:41 pm US/Central After Wednesday evening's wild weather, much of Minnesota is getting for the possibility of more severe weather Thursday afternoon and evening.

A Fergus Falls man has been charged with criminal vehicular injury following an accident that injured a motorcyclist.

Jail time will be served by an East Otter Tail woman convicted of embezzling from a Perham-based eye clinic.

Motorists may experience delays due to the closure of both Interstate 94 westbound lanes at Otter Tail County Road 1 near Fergus Falls on Wednesday, June 17, beginning at 5 a.m. Motorists will be detoured onto the exit ramp and entrance ramp of the overpass while crews replace a culvert beneath the Otter Tail County Road 1 bridge.

Two people were killed in separate car accidents Sunday and Monday. Richard L. Smith, a 24-year-old from Middle River, Minn., was killed in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 59 Sunday afternoon.

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

Whoever finds this magic egg will win $100 in Perham Bucks. The Silver Turtle Egg Hunt will be one of several new and special features for this 25th birthday festival, June 17 to 21.

The Otter Tail County Board ordered a dog owner to keep the dog on a runner in the back of the house until a kennel could be purchased after the dog bit a neighbor twice.

Otter Tail County commissioners are set to meet as the countya s Human Services Board and the County Board Tuesday in the commissionersa room at the Government Services Center.

A Fergus Falls man was injured Wednesday night when his motorcycle struck a deer north of Parkers Prairie.

A cut made to a Minnesota health care program last week could leave the lowest income residents in Otter Tail County without health care coverage.