Category Archives: Community

DL School Board approves preliminary 5% tax levy increase for 2024
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes School District approved a preliminary 5.05% tax levy increase for 2024 during their meeting on Monday evening. The levy will raise nearly $9.5 million ...
Michael Achterling Sep 27, 2023

Hodgepodge: Superintendent Mark Jenson talks about the first month of classes, preliminary tax levy and prone restraint
Detroit Lakes Superintendent Mark Jenson talks about the first month of school, homecoming, preliminary tax levy and issues over the prone restraint.
Michael Achterling Sep 27, 2023

Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 27, 2023
DL School Board approves preliminary 5% tax levy increase for 2024 Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes School District approved a preliminary 5.05% tax levy increase for 2024...
Michael Achterling Sep 27, 2023

ND Native American group sues Washington Commanders to return to 'Redskins' team name
GRAND FORKS (KNOX) - A North Dakota-based nonprofit organization has sued the NFL's Washington Commanders, their new owner, and a prominent Native American advocacy group in federal court, claiming th...
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023

Round 2 of Women's Edge Speakers Series kicks-off Wednesday at Becker County Museum
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce is hosting the second of their three Women's Edge Speakers Series events at the Becker County Museum on Wednesday afternoon...
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023

More than 2,500 acres added to Paul Bunyan State Forest
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Trust for Public Land and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced the addition of 2,529 acres of land to the Paul Bunyan State Forest. TPL donated the...
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023
Hodgepodge: Nitzkorski talks Walk to School Day on Oct. 4, vaping cessation, community food board applications
Karen Nitzkorski, schools and worksites coordinator for Partnership 4 Health, talks Walk to School Day on Oct. 4, vaping cessation and applications for our regional community food board.
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 26, 2023
Wadena-Deer Creek school board gets earful from parents concerned about transgender students, ballot initiatives Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board received...
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023

Highway 10 and Washington Avenue railroad crossing to close for repairs Friday morning
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The railway crossing at Highway 10 and Washington Avenue in Detroit Lakes will be closed Friday, September 29. Railroad crews will be working on the tracks just north of ...
Michael Achterling Sep 25, 2023 Tyler Silvest / CC

MN Public Utilities Commission approves solar farm expansion in Becker; Xcel Energy rate hikes expected
St. Cloud, Minn. (KNSI) - The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy's proposed solar expansion at the Sherco Plant in Becker on Thursday. The vote was unanimous and is expected to...
Michael Achterling Sep 25, 2023 Aerial photo of the Sherco plant in Becker, the future site of a 710-megawatt solar farm.