A 40-year-old Newport man is being held in the Otter Tail County jail after running over a co-worker and seriously injuring him early this morning in what the Grant County Sheriffa s Department is calling a drunk driving accident.

Share + Jan 19, 2010 11:05 am US/Central ELBOW LAKE, Minn. Police said a man who was driving drunk ran over his friend, who had just left the vehicle to get help after the vehicle got stuck in a ditch.

Firefighters work the scene of a structure fire Thursday afternoon east of Dalton at the intersection of County Highway 12 and County Highway 47 near Long Lake.

Fergus Falls and Otter Tail County are under a blizzard warning until noon Saturday, according to the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks.

A chimney fire caused minor smoke damage to a Dalton home Friday evening. The fire, located at 28873 130th St., was reported around 6:40 p.m., bringing firefighters from Dalton and Ashby to the scene.

A tractor trailer caught fire in the westbound lane of Interstate 94 near milepost 67 around 10 a.m. Tuesday, bringing firefighters from Ashby and Dalton to the scene.

BARRETT, Minn. - Numerous tip calls were received at KSAX of an explosion and a fire at the old high school in Barrett , Minnesota T uesday around 9:30 p.m. One of the tip callers included Barrett's mayor Les Halvstad.

Last update: November 17, 2009 - 8:30 AM In today's Dollars & Sense article about selling gold and how much local dealers might give you for it, I forgot one point.

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The addition of eight staff members to the Fergus Falls School District was approved Monday by the school board.