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Moorhead man arrested on outstanding warrants

A Moorhead man was located and arrested in Otter Tail County after using profanity and alarming workers with his behavior at a Rothsay truck stop. According to the Otter Tail...

news / crime Thu, Feb 07, 2013 - 11:51am

PR man who couldn't stay sober gets 110 month sentence

A Park Rapids man who couldn't refrain from alcohol and killed his friend in a drunken brawl in 2010 is back behind bars for a long time. Judge Paul Rasmussen...

news / crime Thu, Feb 07, 2013 - 9:03am

Response to North Dakota horse neglect case reaches across state, country

GRAND FORKS - People from around the country are reacting to the discovery last week of 99 dead horses and more than 150 others starving and ailing while in the...

news / crime Wed, Feb 06, 2013 - 10:02am

Woman charged with shoplifting 78 items in 11 hours from a single store

FARGO - A 20-year-old St. Michael woman is charged with felony theft after police say she spent 11 hours in a south Fargo Wal-Mart on Friday, attempting to shoplift 78...

news / crime Wed, Feb 06, 2013 - 9:16am

Dana Schoen

Driver who killed baby in Glenwood crash sentenced

GLENWOOD, Minn.

news / crime Fri, Feb 01, 2013 - 1:35pm

Underwood man charged with assault

Dustin Paul Torvinen, 35, of Underwood, appeared in Otter Tail County Court Jan. 22, charged with a felony of domestic assault. The charges relate to an incident in New York...

news / crime Fri, Feb 01, 2013 - 10:00am

Thirty-nine people in Perham received this letter in the mail this week, along with a $50 parking ticket, for failing to comply with the city's snow emergency parking ordinance. Whenever 2 inches of snow falls, no vehicles may be parked on the roads until after they've been completely cleared by city plows.
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Did you get one of these? If so, you're not alone

Dozens of Perham residents felt the sting of the city's snow emergency parking ordinance yesterday when they opened their mail and found $50 fines. A total of 39 parking tickets...

news / local / crime Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 1:12pm

John Thorn Wangberg

Bemidji teacher found dead one week after he's charged with molesting young students

BEMIDJI, Minn. - A former elementary teacher charged here last week with sex crimes against children is dead. John Thorn Wangberg, 58, of rural Cass Lake, was found deceased in...

news / crime / education Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 9:15am

Ronald Quiceno was charged with murder and attempted murder in Becker County District Court on Tuesday.

UPDATE: Murder charge filed, bail set at $2 million

Charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder were filed against a Detroit Lakes man Tuesday in Becker County District Court. Ronald Matthew Quiceno, 38, is accused of shooting Travis...

news / crime Wed, Jan 30, 2013 - 3:24pm

Alert deputy stops wanted man; arrest leads to huge quantity of meth seized

A traffic stop last week in Hubbard County yielded a significant quantity of meth and the arrest of a White Earth man wanted for another crime. A quick-thinking drug officer...

news / crime Mon, Jan 28, 2013 - 8:54am

Double-shooting near Detroit Lakes leaves one dead, one injured, one in jail awaiting murder charge

Investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Becker County Sheriff's Office have arrested a man in connection with a double shooting that took place early Saturday morning...

news / crime Mon, Jan 28, 2013 - 8:50am

The nearly 250 fish netted by DNR conservation officers during a recent investigation on West Spitzer Lake in Otter Tail County.
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Angler in Otter Tail County poaches nearly 250 fish

A conservation officer with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently netted an angler in Otter Tail County with nearly 250 fish more than the legal limit. Conservation officer Shane...

news / news / crime / local / sports Fri, Jan 25, 2013 - 10:18am

Gun stolen from Perham shop turns up in Minneapolis

A stolen gun was retrieved in Hennepin County that links back to a Perham 2010 burglary at Gene's Sport Shop. According to the Perham Police Department, a .38 Caliber Smith...

news / crime Thu, Jan 24, 2013 - 4:06pm

Routine traffic stop leads to charges against three people

Strange things sometimes happen in the course of law enforcement business. Such was the case with an incident reported by the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Department on Jan.

news / crime Thu, Jan 24, 2013 - 4:05pm

Former Bemidji teacher arraigned on sex charges

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Two days before the first of three victims of alleged sexual abuse at Central Elementary School in Bemidji came forward, John Thorn Wangberg resigned after a 30-year...

news / crime Thu, Jan 24, 2013 - 9:08am

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