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Judge orders man to remove wetland road

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal magistrate judge has ordered a Fergus Falls man to remove the road he built on federally-protected wetland. Forty-nine-year-old James Bosek was also sentenced to two...

news / region Thu, Mar 28, 2013 - 8:40am

Custody awarded after parents' murder-suicide near Fergus Falls

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A judge in Otter Tail County has awarded custody of an orphaned child to the parents of a teen who killed the toddler's mother and...

news / region Thu, Jan 03, 2013 - 8:37am

11-year-old dies from crash injuries

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – An 11-year-old girl injured in a crash near Spitzer Lake on Oct. 14 died Monday, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department. The girl was...

news Tue, Oct 23, 2012 - 7:23am

Fergus Falls man sentenced in mom’s machete death

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – A Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than 34 years in prison for a machete attack that killed his 68-year-old mother. James Howard of Dalton...

news Tue, Sep 18, 2012 - 9:21am

State hospital tour set in Fergus Falls

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – The Otter Tail County Historical Society will host the season’s final Stories from the state Hospital tour at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 21. Stories from the State...

news Tue, Sep 11, 2012 - 9:22am

Man faces charge for Red Lake assault

A 31-year-old Fergus Falls, Minn., man faces a federal charge for the sexual assault of a Red Lake woman, according to a federal indictment. Court papers claim Kevin John Ehrich...

news Thu, Mar 01, 2012 - 2:39pm

Goat that fled Fergus Falls Nativity scene found safe after 25 days

UNDERWOOD, Minn. - Curly the fugitive Angora goat who fled a Nativity scene and defied capture is now safe at home. She was found Wednesday afternoon near Fergus Falls among...

news Thu, Jan 19, 2012 - 7:17am

Don Stock is lucky he can laugh about the deer that did not get away. Photo by WDAY TV

Fergus Falls man, thinking deer was dead, targeted by buck while hunting

A Fergus Falls man is a little stiff and sore, but thankful to be alive after a buck charged and threw him to the ground during a hunt near his...

news / outdoors Wed, Nov 09, 2011 - 12:53pm

The former Fergus Falls State Hospital is the source of many legends and stories. Photo illustration by Dave Olson / Forum Communications Co.

Former Fergus Falls State Hospital source of many legends

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Not long after the Fergus Falls State Hospital opened in the summer of 1890, a local newspaper reporter took a tour of the place. In an...

news Mon, Oct 31, 2011 - 6:21am