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 ...

In 2007, Minnesota sold the hospital’s land to the city of Fergus Falls, while preservationists fought to save the building. After a development deal fell through in 2015, the fate of the ...

During tours he gives of the former Fergus Falls State Hospital, like this one on Sept. 30, 2011, Chris Schuelke relates some of the darker tales to emerge from the Gothic edifice that once ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A 127-year-old vacant state hospital is dividing the community of Fergus Falls, leaving bad feelings some worry will linger far into the future. “It is an emotional issue ...

Janice Grabau, age 73, formerly of Wykoff, Minn., died on Sunday, July 27, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus, in Rochester, Minn.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A woman was killed when her car collided with a semitruck on Interstate 94 near Fergus Falls. According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol, around 8 p.m. on Monday ...

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 ...