When the hospital opened its doors, it received two men from the Judge Probate of Otter Tail County. The next day, it received 80 more patients from the St. Peter hospital.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- For more than a century, the Fergus Falls State Hospital served mentally ill patients from across the state. It closed 16 years ago, and the hospital remains abandoned - but ...

After more than a decade of tossing around ideas of what to do with the historic mental hospital campus, Fergus Falls leaders have unanimously decided to seek state funding for demolition. If the ...

ST. PETER, Minn. -- Inside the fortified quarters of Minnesota's highest-security psychiatric hospital, Dustin Michael Defiel has spent the past year and a half of his life.

ST. PETER, Minn. - Inside the fortified quarters of Minnesota's highest security psychiatric hospital, Dustin Michael Defiel has spent the past year and a half of his life.The former National ...

Male Attendants in Male Ward, Fergus Falls State Hospital #1. c. 1900. Sepia Photographic Print. 17 x 24 inches. Credit: Courtesy of Pete Driessen ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (Valley News Live) - One woman is in the hospital and authorities are investigating after a vehicle smashed into the pool area of a hotel. Authorities say it happened around 8 ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (WCCO) - For more than a century, the Fergus Falls State Hospital served mentally ill patients from across the state. It closed 16 years ago, and the hospital remains abandoned ...