Fergus Falls, MN – Eric and Olaf Jacobson were arrested Saturday evening (October 26th) for 2nd Degree Assault. According to court documents, officers responded to a report of assault in the 500 block of Second Avenue in Fergus Falls at around 4:35 Saturday afternoon. The victims told officers that they were sitting in a pickup when 46-year-old Eric Jacobson approached them and began yelling at them to leave and saying he was, “tired of their sh*t.”

Fergus Falls, MN – The Otter Tail County Court has issued an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Gage William Davis after he failed to appear at his first criminal court hearing for Check Forgery. According to court documents, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department responded to a complaint of theft...

An anonymous donor has stepped up to save the historic home of the first Black resident of Fergus Falls. The 139-year-old house faced forfeiture to Otter Tail County due to an unpaid city assessment bill. Prince Honeycutt, who was also Minnesota’s first Black baseball player and mayoral candidate, built the...

The Essentia Health-Wahpeton Clinic is excited to begin offering a new walk-in care service to the community. Walk-in hours will be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This convenient service begins on Monday, Nov. 4. Essentia Health walk-in care offers an intermediate level of care. This...

Former Breckenridge High School linebacker Cooper Yaggie had another solid performance Saturday for Saint John’s University. The senior recorded eight tackles and a half-sack in a 34-0 victory over Gustavus Adolphus, pushing him over 100 solo tackles in his career. Yaggie’s 2 1/2 sacks on the season are also a career-best.

(St. Paul, MN)--The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) recently announced that Senate District 9 will receive more than $2.7 million in Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) funds. This initiative is designed to assist cities, townships and counties with critical funding for housing, public infrastructure and commercial rehabilitation projects.

The defending Section 6A champion West Central Area Knights took another step toward repeating as section champs when they earned the South Sub-Section title with a thrilling, 5-set victory over the number one seed in the South, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa on Tuesday night in Fergus Falls. The Knights won the first two sets, 25-17, 25-23, lost sets 3 and 4, 20-25, 20-25, and then defeated the Jaguars 15-12 in the decisive fifth set to move on to the 6A championship match against North sub-section champion, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy. That match is set for 7:00pm Saturday at the Kennedy Secondary School in Fergus Falls.

Fergus Falls, MN – World champion beatboxer Kaila Mullady will be performing in Fergus Falls this November as a featured guest artist at M State’s 2024 Fall Band and Choir Concert. Beatboxing is the use of the human vocal tract to mimic sounds made by electronic drum machines,...

Hillcrest Lutheran Academy completed a reverse sweep of Breckenridge on Tuesday in the Subsection 6A North Championship at Fergus Falls High School. The Cowgirls won the opening sets by scores of 25-22 and 25-21, before Hillcrest charged back with convincing 25-13 and 25-14 wins to even the match. The fifth...

Hillcrest Lutheran Academy survived a thrilling 5-set match with Breckenridge on Tuesday night to claim the North Sub-Section 6A volleyball championship and advance to the 6A finals against West Central Area on Saturday at 7:00pm at the Kennedy Secondary School in Fergus Falls. The Comets fell behind 2 sets to none, losing 25-22 and 25-21 before battling back to force a fifth set with wins of 25-13 and 25-14 in sets 3 and 4. The deciding set saw the Cowgirls serve set point twice without success before the Comets closed it out 17-15.

The City of Wahpeton Ordinances prohibits parking on public streets at the beginning of snow removal operations each year, which runs from November 1st to April 1st. On street parking is prohibited between the hours of 2:00am till 6:00am. The purpose of this winter parking ban is to allow winter maintenance crews unobstructed snow removal and ice control routes in order to obtain maximum effectiveness of their efforts.

Fergus Falls, MN – As the crisp autumn air settles in and the leaves transform into a kaleidoscope of oranges and reds, one delicious tradition rises to the forefront of Halloween celebrations: the Jack O’Pizza from Papa Murphy’s. But how did this festive pie become a beloved...