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April 18, 2014
House bill earmarks funds for library
Partial funding for renovations to the Perham Area Public Library has been included on the Minnesota House of Representative’s bonding bill, introduced earlier this month. The House has proposed an appropriation of $257,000 toward the renovation project, which would cover about...
news / localApril 18, 2014 - 4:33pm
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April 17, 2014
Resident request may prompt speed study on County Road 51
In response to a request by at least one local homeowner for a lower speed limit along County Road 51 north of Perham, city councilors will be asking Otter Tail County to conduct a speed study. The stretch of road at issue is in the Westwind housing area, close to Arvig Park and...
news / localApril 17, 2014 - 2:46pm
OK health ranking for Otter Tail County
A new report ranking the health of every county in the United States shows wide variations in health status among Minnesota’s 87 counties. In this area, Becker, Hubbard and Mahnomen counties are in the lowest quartile. Otter Tail County fairs a little better, falling into the...
news / localApril 17, 2014 - 2:31pm
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Perham Speech Team brings home state medals
The students of Perham’s Yellowjacket Speech Team competed at the 2014 Minnesota State Tournament last weekend, finishing the season how they started it: strong. All nine of the Perham students who qualified for the state tournament placed within the top 15 in their speech categories....
news / educationApril 17, 2014 - 2:24pm
Kid’s Adventure adds full-day programming, adjusts tuition
At a special school board meeting on April 10, the Perham-Dent School Board approved updates to the district’s Kid’s Adventure preschool program. One of the primary changes was to the class offerings for kids ages 4 and 5. Parents can now choose between two or four full-day...
news / educationApril 17, 2014 - 1:04pm
Perham Fire District to get new truck
The Perham Fire Department will be getting a new tanker truck. The department already has a buyer for one of its older, 250gpm (gallon per minute) tankers, and plans to upgrade to a new 750gpm model later this spring. At a meeting Monday, Perham city councilors approved the...
news / localApril 17, 2014 - 12:54pm
Suspicious photo case under investigation
A case involving a man who was suspiciously taking photographs of a woman’s residence in Underwood is under investigation. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office reported that on April 9, between 4 and 4:30 p.m., the woman noticed that an unknown man was taking pictures of...
news / regionApril 17, 2014 - 11:43am
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Man found guilty of stealing from his ex
A Menahga area man who took items belonging to his girlfriend and then after the relationship ended told her she “was never going to get her things back” has been found guilty of theft. An Otter Tail County District Court jury issued its verdict on April 10 against Richard...
news / crimeApril 17, 2014 - 11:41am
A dramatic drop: Farm incomes dropped in 2013
All around Minnesota, 2013 earned very little affection from livestock and crop farmers. Compared to the year before, with its early spring and more cooperative weather, last growing season was a letdown. From a winter that wouldn’t end to a long summer drought, nothing seemed...
news / localApril 17, 2014 - 11:08am
Students injured when truck, school bus collide
RENVILLE, Minn. –– Seven people, including five teens, were injured Wednesday when a truck collided with a school bus on an icy road near Renville in west-central Minnesota. None of the injuries were life-threatening. The Minnesota State Patrol said the accident on Minnesota...
news / accidentsApril 17, 2014 - 10:05am
April 16, 2014
UAS taking flight in Minnesota
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — Though North Dakota and five other states edged Minnesota out of the running for an unmanned aerial systems test site last year, there doesn’t seem to be any hard feelings. North Dakota’s test site is an hour to the southwest of Thief River Falls...
news / stateApril 16, 2014 - 10:52am
Weather Talk: April snow is unsettling, but it isn’t unusual
Snow in mid-April always seems like more of an anomaly than it actually is. Fargo-Moorhead averages 3 inches of snow for April. Some years, this is that last little bit before it all melts. Other years, this is that late-spring snow that falls long after the winter snow has melted....
news / stateApril 16, 2014 - 9:45am
Waubun high school evacuated Tuesday after bomb threat
WAUBUN, Minn. – A bomb threat forced the evacuation of Waubun High School on Tuesday. The threat was made in written form, according to a news release from the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement was informed of the threat about 1:40 p.m. After a thorough search...
news / stateApril 16, 2014 - 9:41am
Norman County traffic stop turns violent; deputy shot, suspects in custody
PERLEY, Minn. – A traffic stop on a rural road turned violent Tuesday morning when a man pulled a handgun on a Norman County sheriff’s deputy and shot him in the back once before driving off and triggering a manhunt that involved dozens of officers, authorities said. The deputy,...
news / stateApril 16, 2014 - 9:34am
Dairy Queen worker at West Acres accused of dealing cocaine at mall
FARGO – A Dairy Queen employee at the West Acres mall here faces felony drug distribution charges after police allegedly found cocaine and drug-dealing paraphernalia in her purse following a report she had been dealing drugs there. Alyssa Kathleen Weisbeck, 21, of Fargo was charged...
news / crimeApril 16, 2014 - 9:21am
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