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.”

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KFGO) – A semi-crash in rural Dent left several cattle dead. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department responded to the crash at around 9:05 Tuesday evening. Authorities say the semi was hauling 37 head of cattle when it overturned while attempting to turn off of westbound County Highway 35 onto 360th Street.

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...

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Perham, Minnesota man is charged with felony terrorizing after being accused of holding a woman against her will and threatening to kill her at a Fargo hotel. Court records say police responded to the hotel last week where the woman told them Jamie Frazee took...

The home of the first Black resident of Fergus Falls was in danger of being forfeited to the county after the nonprofit that owns it says it needed $10,000 to pay a city utility improvement assessment. With a deadline to be paid by Nov. 1, Flowingbrook Ministries now says an...

LAKE PARK, Minn. – Police are warning about a jury duty scam after a Lake Park woman loses $400. A caller claimed to be a Cass County Deputy. He said she needed to pay $9,000 because she had a warrant for missing jury duty. The woman was kept on the phone for an hour-and-a-half while being threatened to be arrested. She sent the money through Cash In at the Dilworth Walmart when she wasn’t able to send it through Zelle or Cash App.

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DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A community is in mourning after a Minnesota missionary was killed abroad.Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes says it was notified on Friday that Beau Shroyer died in the African nation of Angola. According to the church, he was the victim of "an act of violence while serving Jesus." Shroyer leaves behind his wife, Jackie, and five children, who are all still in Angola.  The lead pastor Troy Easton addressed his congregation during Sunday service. "Today we grieve and we ache for Jackie and the children and their families," Easton said. "We hurt for us." On Tuesday, a State Department representative confirmed the death of a U.S. citizen in Angola. "We extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased," the representative said in a statement. "Out of respect for the privacy of the family and loved ones during this difficult time, we have no further comment." There is no word yet on any suspects in the killing.  

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton outlasted Barnesville in five sets Tuesday Night to advance to the Section 8AA title game. The Rebels winning the first, fourth, and fifth sets to survive and advance. They now prepare to meet Hawley in the Section Championship match.

LAKE PARK, Minn. (KFGO) – A scam that the Cass County Sheriff’s Office had warned about last March has cost a Lake Park resident $400. Police Chief Brady Burnside says the victim was kept on the phone for more than 90 minutes while she transferred the money from her bank account using “cash in” at Walmart in Dilworth.

The Section 8AA Volleyball Semi-Finals were held Tuesday 10/29/24 at the Moorhead High School. In Game 1…#1 Seed DGF and #5 Seed Barnesville had a back and forth battle, and in 5 Sets the #1 Seed Rebels held on for a 3-2 victory…25-20, 23-25, 14-25, 25-18, 15-12. With DGF advancing, the other Semi-Final match had #2 Seed Hawley Nuggets play the #3 Seed Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines, with the winner taking on DGF Saturday. In the Matchup, Hawley and WDC were tied at 8, when the Nuggets pulled away and finished on a 17-9 run to take the First Set 25-17. In the Second, the match was tied at 6, when WDC went on a 19-12 run to tie the Matchup at 1-1, with a 25-18 win in Set 2. The Third Set was the closest with the last tie at 18, before Hawley went on a 7-3 run to go up 2 Sets to 1….25-21. In the Fourth, WDC open with the first 6 points and never looked back, up at one point, 20-11 and went on for 15-17 win and sent us to the Fifth and deciding Set. After a 1-0 WDC lead, Hawley scored the next 5 points, to go up 5-1 and also had another 5-0 run to go up13-6, before finishing it off with a 15-9, 5th Set win and taking the Matchup 3-2….25-17, 18-25, 25-21, 17-25, 15-9. Hawley advances to take on DGF at the Moorhead High School on Saturday 11/2/24 at 7pm on KRCQ-Real Country 102.3, for the right to head to the State Tournament next week. Sophomore Audrina Liebenow was named the Muscatell Burns Ford MVP of the game.

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...

The School Board approved several key action items in last night’s meeting, including the Striving for Comprehensive & Civic Readiness Plan for the 2024-2025 academic year, specific building goals for Rossman, Roosevelt, the Middle School, ALC, and High School, Lane Change Requests, and an additional staffing request for a Type III driver.

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,...

The following summaries are local section cross country meets on Oct. 24. The State meet was held Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Les Bolstad Golf Course, located at the University of Minnesota. Little Falls Flyers The Little Falls Flyers Cross Country boys and girls competed at the Section 8AA meet in Detroit Lakes. The Flyers girls took fourth out 12 teams. Ninth grader Malin Youngberg placed sixth (19:39.1), punching her...

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.

(Alexandria, MN) -- During Alexandria's Section 8AAA Volleyball Tournament victory against Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, Cardinal senior Hadley Thul recorded her 1,000th career kill shot to highlight her final home match at Alexandria Area High School's Pohlig Court. Thul's milestone 1,000th kill came on a sweep shot down the line...

(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.

At the recent Detroit Lakes Housing Summit, findings from a new housing study highlighted the city’s need for additional affordable housing amid ongoing growth. The study, presented by Scott Knudson of Community Partnering Research, showed that much of Detroit Lakes’ growth is driven by an influx of retirees and individuals nearing retirement. By 2028, projections indicate over half of area households will be headed by individuals 65 and older, with additional growth in the 45-54 age group. This trend underscores the need for affordable, accessible housing options.