Category Archives: Community
Minnesota adds 9,500 jobs in November; unemployment rate falls to 3.1%
FARGO (KFGO) - Minnesota gained 9,500 jobs from October to November, the fifth straight month of growth, and the largest increase since January. According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and...
Dec 22, 2023
M State and Perham-Dent school district implement CDL training program for high school seniors
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - M State and the Perham-Dent School District announced they are launching a first-in-the-region CDL Training program that aims to graduate seniors with a Class A Commercia...
Dec 22, 2023 Students participate in the CDL training program through M State.
Lakes Area Morning News for Dec. 21, 2023
Becker County Board argues with each other during annual performance evaluation of County Administrator Pat Oman Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - In what should have been a straight forward...
Dec 21, 2023
Woman and dog found alive Monday afternoon in Pine County after spending overnight with sub-zero windchills
FARGO (KFGO) - A woman who went on a search in Pine County, in east-central Minnesota for her missing dog in sub-zero windchills Sunday afternoon did not return safely that evening. Both were found Mo...
Dec 21, 2023
Protect Minnesota releases gun-related death report; 569 people died from firearms in 2022, 407 were suicides
St. Cloud, Minn. (KNSI) - Gun control advocacy group Protect Minnesota has released its latest gun-related death report. In a press release, the group says to shed light on the critical issue of gun v...
Dec 21, 2023
Becker County Board meeting descends into arguments between commissioners during County Administrator Pat Oman's annual evaluation on Tuesday
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - In what should have been a straight forward annual performance evaluation of Becker County Administrator Pat Oman during Tuesday's county board meeting quic...
Dec 21, 2023 Members of the Becker County Board of Commissioners hold a regular meeting on May 2, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Hodgepodge: Steve Skoog talks recycling after the holidays and promoted Becker County parks and trails for winter
Steve Skoog, environmental services administrator for Becker County, talks holiday recycling and gave a winter parks and trails update.
Dec 20, 2023
Check out all the new laws in Minnesota going into effect Jan. 1
St. Cloud, Minn. (KNSI) - With the new year will come new laws in Minnesota. One of them is the passage of the "red flag law," which allows police, family members, or legal guardians to file an emerge...
Dec 20, 2023
ND decides to wait-and-see how MN carbon-free law is implemented before weighing potential lawsuit
Bismarck, N.D. - North Dakota is still weighing whether to challenge Minnesota's new carbon-free energy standard nearly a year after top officials sent a letter to Minnesota's governor calling on the ...
Dec 20, 2023
Hammond steps down as executive director of United Way of Otter Tail and Wadena Counties
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - The executive director for the United Way of Otter Tail and Wadena Counties will be stepping down at the end of the year. In a news release, the nonprofit announced Summer...
Dec 20, 2023