FERGUS FALLS (KFGO/Lakes Radio) - A Battle Lake man pleaded guilty to assault as his trial was about to get underway on charges that he shot another man at a Battle Lake bar last May.
48 year-old Michael Spilde was facing assault and attempted murder charges for the shooting of a 28 year-old man outside The Rusty Nail.
Under a plea agreement, Spilde's lawyer and the Otter Tail County Attorney's office will ask for a sentence of between 6 and 8-and-half years when he's sentenced in Feb.