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 ...

Broken Down Dam in Fergus Falls features natural beauty, man-made failures 02:23. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — There's an attraction in Fergus Falls that's centered around a man-made disaster. In this ...

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 ...

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

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.

Learn more about Fergus Falls Area Learning Center here ... 724 W Laurel St, Fergus Falls, MN 56537 (1 mile) Adams Elementary. 301 West Bancroft Ave, Fergus Falls, ...

Trial begins Monday in Fergus Falls, Minn., in case of Indian migrant family who froze to death at border Two men are accused of participating in a large smuggling ring that brought people into ...

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 ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Papers filed in Otter Tail County District Court paint a painful and disturbing picture of the last days of a young boy’s life as a man and woman face murder and other ...

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 ...