accidents

VERGAS, Minn. — A 4-year-old child had a leg partially severed by a lawn mower Thursday evening, Sept. 29, in Vergas. According to a report released by the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office: The incident happened about 6:25 p.m. when a child was outside and ran up to a family...

Chester Cole, 54, of Perham, died last week from burns sustained in what the Perham Police Department said was an accident. Emergency responders, including EMS and the Perham Police and Fire Department, were called to 447 5th St. NW in Perham after witnesses reported seeing the victim...

Three people are in critical condition after an air ambulance helicopter crashed near the Alexandria airport early Saturday. A North Memorial Health Care helicopter crashed en route to the Alexandria airport at 2:07 a.m., according to a statement from North Memorial. Three North...

The State Patrol says a Wadena man was injured after leading police on a high-speed chase and crashing his motorcycle Friday a few miles northeast of Maplewood State Park. Blaine J. Cooper, 20, of Wadena suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to Essentia...

The State Patrol says a Wadena man was injured after leading police on a high-speed chase and crashing his motorcycle Friday a few miles northeast of Maplewood State Park. Blaine J. Cooper, 20, of Wadena suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to Essentia...

Just after 2 p.m., Sept. 8, emergency crews responded to an accident on Highway 10 at the intersection of North Shore Drive, which ended in a fatality. A Mercury Mountaineer, driven by Marine Larsen, 42, of Frazee, was headed eastbound on Highway 10 when it broadsided a Subaru Outback,...

The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a serious injury crash that occurred about 7 a.m. Thursday in Mahnomen County. Gordon A. Peterson, 78, of Mahnomen is listed in critical condition from the serious injuries he suffered when the 2013 Dodge Ram pickup he was driving left...

Three people were injured when a Jeep and a Chevy Impala collided at Highway 10 and County Road 60 between Frazee and Perham in Otter Tail County Friday. According to the State Patrol, the 2006 Jeep was traveling eastbound on County Road 60. The 2015 Impala was traveling westbound...