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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

Minnesota ruling exempts Segways from DWI charges

Minnesota ruling exempts Segways from DWI charges

ST. PAUL - If you're riding your Segway home from a bar in Minnesota, a court ruling handed down Tuesday ensures you're not going to get a DWI for it...

news / crime Wed, Jan 23, 2013 - 1:42pm

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Level 3 sex offender returns to Wadena

The Wadena County Sheriff's Department and Wadena Police Department are announcing a community notification for a Level 3 sex offender returning to the community. The offender, James Robert Holtorf, has...

news / crime Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 10:37am

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Missing boy found in Browerville 19 years after abduction

The Todd County Sheriff's department and Indiana State Police (ISP) announced last week that a 19-year-old abduction case from Indiana had just been broken in rural Browerville. Taken as a...

news / crime Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 10:35am

Several owners of fishing houses on West Battle Lake, as well as one on Murphy Lake have reported break ins this month.

Thieves taking from icehouses by West Battle Lake

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - A rash of ice house burglaries is hitting lakes in Otter Tail County. Several owners of fishing houses on West Battle Lake, as well as...

crime / sports / news Thu, Jan 17, 2013 - 10:40pm

Perham woman sent to jail for assaulting peace officer

Cassandra Rae (Degidio) Strand, 25, of Perham, was sentenced in Otter Tail County Court Jan. 10 following a gross misdemeanor charge of assaulting a peace officer in the fourth degree...

news / crime Thu, Jan 17, 2013 - 5:08pm

Fish house break-ins reported near Perham

Break-ins at two fish houses on Little Pine Lake, north of Perham, were reported by the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office on Jan. 14. A battery was stolen from one...

news / crime Thu, Jan 17, 2013 - 5:05pm

ATV stolen near Perham

A four-wheeler all-terrain vehicle was stolen from a pole barn on Highway 51, north of Perham. The theft was reported to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office at 9:47 a.m...

news / crime Thu, Jan 17, 2013 - 5:02pm

Stolen snowmobile recovered

On Jan. 11, the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office reported that one of two snowmobiles stolen in 2010 was recovered near the intersection of Highway 88 and 190th Avenue, between...

news / crime Thu, Jan 17, 2013 - 5:00pm

Dilworth woman forgives husband for stabbing her in chest

The wife of a man sentenced to almost 11 years in prison Monday for stabbing her in the chest said she forgives him and that he was sleep-deprived and blacking...

news / crime Tue, Jan 15, 2013 - 12:30pm

Ottertail man sentenced for sex with underage girl

Ottertail, MN (WDAY TV) - An Ottertail, Minnesota man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for engaging in sex acts with a girl under the age of 13...

crime / news Thu, Jan 10, 2013 - 11:11pm

Man arrested in Perham had outstanding felony warrant

A man found walking in Perham without winter clothes on was arrested after it was discovered he had an outstanding felony warrant in Becker County, and for allegedly giving a...

news / crime Thu, Jan 10, 2013 - 3:00pm

Perham Post Office mailbox vandalized

The freestanding blue U.S. Postal Service mailbox outside the Perham Post Office was damaged on Jan. 3. It is unknown whether any mail was stolen. The incident was reported to...

news / crime Thu, Jan 10, 2013 - 2:45pm

Dock sections stolen in OT County

Three pieces of a five-section aluminum dock were stolen from seasonal property at Franklin Lake, northeast of Pelican Rapids. The theft was reported to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office...

news / crime Thu, Jan 10, 2013 - 12:03pm

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