Benning Printing & Publishing

The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a structure fire at approximately 7:40 p.m. at a residence in Compton Township, west of Wadena. Fire crews from Wadena, Bluffton, Deer Creek, and Henning responded and worked to extinguish the fire. Emergency responders located a man unresponsive inside the home. Life-saving measures were attempted at the scene before he was transported to Astera Hospital, where he later died from his injuries... Subscribe to get th

On Tuesday, November 5, at 5:23 p.m., the Wadena Fire Department responded to a large barn fire at 615th Avenue in Compton Township....

On Wednesday, February 8, at 12:46 a.m., the Deer Creek Fire Department was paged to a shop fire at 60151 County Highway 50 in rural Deer...

On Monday, January 17, at 1:15 p.m., the Wadena Fire Department (WFD) was dispatched for mutual aid for a train locomotive engine fire at...

Verndale Fire Chief Mike Madsen observed the DNR helicopter dropping water on the swamp fire in Aldrich while relaying information to his...