Fergus Falls News

The long awaited traffic lights at the intersection of Pebble Lake Road and State Highway 210 are a step closer to completion.

Agronomy Office Assistant New Horizons in Fergus Falls is looking for an agronomy office assistant.

Vernon Lewis Jensen was born Sept. 14, 1917, in Wildrose, N.D., to Carl and Sophie Jensen.

She was born Feb. 7, 1926, at home in rural Rothsay, the daughter of Dovre and Olga Hauger.

The final act of a drama that's loomed over the small Minnesota communities of Chokio and Alberta came to an end in Fergus Falls on Thursday morning, when the communities' former school district business manager was convicted for embezzling approximately $275,000 from the school district over more than a decade.

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Wednesday, Feb. 1, was a big day for Morning Son School in Fergus Falls which held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new SCRIP "You know it's big news for us when the mayor and other dignitaries are on hand for the ribbon cutting," said Morning Son Principal Lori Hestenes.

November will likely see the start of an inaugural season of a new Fergus Falls curling club, club founder Tim Atkinson told The Daily Journal Wednesday.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - A former business manager for a rural western Minnesota school district has been sentenced for stealing about $300,000 from the district.

During that time the music department has received many honors including being named a Grammy Signature School, 100 Best Communities for Music Education , three performances at the Minnesota Music Educator's Association Convention, four performances at the International Lions Parade with two first-place finishes, performance at the National Cherry ... (more)

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Two men from Redby have been sentenced in a shooting that left one man dead and two others wounded on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota.

Roger Ophus of Fergus Falls, who died Feb. 5 at 82, will always be remembered for his assistance to those in need through the American Red Cross.

A 63-year-old Fergus Falls man who lewdly exposed himself to a woman at Wee Villa Resort was convicted Monday of gross misdemeanor indecent exposure.

The legendary humorist Mark Twain, born in 1835, told about 60 people in Fergus Falls that he was 70 years old, going on 71, Tuesday night in the John Gronner Program Area at the Otter Tail County Historical Museum in Fergus Falls.

Roger H. Ophus, 82, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls.

Rick Santorum was the man of the day in Fergus Falls, handily winning the area's Republican primary.

The city of Fergus Falls found out how it's operating - and how city residents think it's operating - with the recent completion of a report on the city's participation in the state performance measures program.

Two former federal fugitives are being held in the Otter Tail County Jail during their sentencing at the federal court in Fergus Falls.

Volunteers who man the concession stand at the new Community Ice Arena not only serve people, but take pride in something special.

Last week marked a conclusion of sorts for Operation: Spring Cleanup, the drug sting in Fergus Falls and Otter Tail County that amassed evidence, information and drugs throughout the spring of 2011.