Dog found with gunshot wound to the head on Vergas Trails, DWI leads to scuffle with officer in Battle Lake and more from the Otter Tail County Sheriff's blotter for March 3-9.

Matthew Sazama, who is working towards earning his Eagle Scout rank, proposed a veterans memorial project at Boedigheimer Park, which is located along Third Avenue SE and Coney Street E. The location ...

PERHAM — Twenty-nine students from Perham High School participated in the annual Minnesota Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference. The event was held March 5-7 at the ...

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Minnesota Fraud Committee hears from a Department of Human Services employee who says she was retaliated against, says ...

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On Monday, March 9, the complaint against John D. Tobias, 58, of Park Rapids, was amended to include the third charge of threats of violence, according to court documents.

The home in the 37000 block of County Highway 75 northwest of Wadena was destroyed in an early-morning fire on March 9. Authorities found a deceased man inside and the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s ...

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Perham-Dent schools were faced with an unreserved fund deficit. After a few years the school district is back in the black, ...