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The drunk driver involved in an accident that caused serious injuries to a Perham man in August has been sentenced in Otter Tail County District Court. Ryan Nathan Palmer, 35, of Richville, was sentenced Dec. 2 to four years’ probation, following a felony conviction for operating...

A pickup and garbage truck collided on East Main Street in Perham the morning of Dec. 3. According to statements made to Perham police by the drivers involved in the crash, the garbage truck had been in the westbound lane and was making a left turn. The pickup, which had been traveling...

Brenda Cossette, 59, of Pelican Rapids, was seriously injured late last Wednesday morning, Dec. 4, in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 59 northeast of Pelican Rapids. According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, Cossette was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Kenneth Cossette,...

Two dozen parking tickets were issued around Perham during last week’s snow storms. The 24 tickets were issued to vehicles parked on the street during a snow emergency, violating a city parking ordinance. Under the snow emergency ordinance, which was passed in November of...

Kerry Lee Herrmann, 39, of Richville, appeared in Otter Tail County District Court on Dec. 2, charged with felony domestic assault. A female witness alleged that Herrmann punched his stepmother with a closed fist, according to court records. Records show the incident took place...

The Otter Tail and Grant County Corn and Soybean Growers, with plot cooperators, have harvested this year’s corn and soybean variety trial plots, providing data for growers across the region. The data was just released online last week, at a time when growers are making their...

Arvig is warning Perham and other local communities of a recent phone scam that a few of the company’s customers have reported. In the scam, the caller attempts to take control of the customer’s computer, and then tries to gain credit card information and other private data. From...

MOORHEAD – A Sanford Health employee whose job involved investigating and reporting elder abuse and neglect is accused of stealing about $20,000 from her own grandmother. Alyse Ann Penner, 28, of Moorhead, was charged Tuesday in Clay County District Court with one felony...

By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A South African sign language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a "champion" signer on Thursday, but said he suffered a schizophrenic episode during...

The condition of University of Minnesota Duluth sophomore Alyssa Lommel remains critical but stable at a hospital in St. Paul where she is being treated for severe frostbite and hypothermia. Lommel’s family reported on the Caring Bridge website Wednesday that she had an uneventful...

Property taxes will be going down in Perham next year, thanks to increased funding and a sales tax break from the state. City councilors on Monday approved Perham’s 2014 levy and budget, with a final certified levy decrease of 1.06 percent over last year, the same amount the...