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The Otter Tail County Historical Society's Otter Tail 150 Coffee Klatch Series continues on Friday, March 16 at 10 a.m. with Mary Pfeffer, Joan Happel and Sara Canada speaking about Perham. When the Northern Pacific railroad bypassed Otter Tail City in 1871, the line ran north through...

State officials estimate that 326,170 Minnesotans live within a half mile of railroad tracks that carry crude oil, a distance often known as the danger zone. People within a half mile of tracks usually will be evacuated if an oil train could explode or catch fire after a derailment....

HAWLEY, MINN. - Authorities are searching for the owner of a vehicle hit by a BNSF train in Clay County overnight. It happened at the railroad crossing on County Road 31, south of Hawley at about 1:30 this morning. Clay County authorities tell us they believe...

What would it take to silence those loud trains that so often blow through town? Anywhere from $470,000 to $2.3 million, according to a preliminary engineer's report. The early results of a Quiet Zone Assessment are in, and they show that Perham could make its railroad crossings...

It will be at least another month before the Perham City Council takes any action on a proposal to make the town's railroad crossings Quiet Zones. At a meeting Monday, city councilors unanimously voted to postpone further discussions on the matter until their August meeting.

City officials are considering making Perham a "Quiet Zone." The designation would mean far less train noise, as crews would no longer be required to sound the horn at railroad crossings. At a meeting last week, City Manager Kelcey Klemm brought a proposal to city councilors that...

Combining her passions for quilting and history, Diane Grenier embarked on a two-year journey that resulted in a fascinating reproduction of an Underground Railroad quilt. The quilt features blocks with different patterns. Each of the patterns Grenier used is believed to have helped...