Otter Tail County Court Cases

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About the County: Otter Tail County was formed from Pembina County and Cass County, and officially established in 1858. The county was named after Otter Tail Lake, a lake located within the county. The Otter Tail County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Otter Tail County makes up 1,979.71 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 57303 residents (making up an estimated 24163 households). The median household income is estimated to be $50914. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 7%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 1412 reported DWI cases brought before Otter Tail County. In 2015, there were 40 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 71 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 34 most violent county in the state).