Category Archives: Community

Summit Avenue road work begins Aug. 15 in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A portion of Summit Avenue in Detroit Lakes, between Holmes Street and Front Street will be closed beginning on Tuesday, Aug. 15. According to a news release, no thru tra...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023 Jo Naylor / CC

Wild rice harvest season begins Aug. 15; MN DNR warns against harvesting 'green' rice
Detroit Lakes, Minn, (KDLM) - Wild rice harvesting season officially opens on Aug. 15, however, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding harvesters that rice stands must be ripe befo...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023 photo courtesy of MN DNR

Otter Tail County Public Health receives national creative award for post-pandemic frontline worker diaries
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Otter Tail County Public Health received a national creative work award from the National Association of County and City Health Officials for their collaborative art exhi...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023 From left to right: National Association of County and City Health Officials CEO Lori Freeman, Otter Tail County Public Health Director Jody Lien, Otter Tail County Public Health Assistant Director Kristi Goos, NACCHO President-Elect Pramod Dwivedi. (contributed)

Hodgepodge: New DL Library Director Pamela Westby joined Hodgepodge; Kellie Albrecht talks about JJ's Hog Roast on Aug. 11-12 and Ole's Ride on Aug. 25
Pamela Westby, new Detroit Lakes Public Library director, talks about her first weeks on the job and possible future projects for library. Kellie Albrecht talks about JJ's Hog Roast on Aug. 11-12 and ...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023

Project 412 receives preliminary approval for tiny, surprise art projects around Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Project 412 has some bite-size art projects on the horizon for Detroit Lakes. During the city council meeting on Aug. 8, Mary Beth Gilsdorf, a member of the Lake Region A...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023 A preliminary design of a surprise, tiny art project for Detroit Lakes presented by Project 412. (contributed)

Lakes Area Morning News for Aug. 10, 2023
Project 412 get preliminary thumbs-up for surprise, tiny art murals around Detroit Lakes Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Project 412 has some bite-size art projects on the horizon for Detroit Lakes. Dur...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023

Fosston and Crookston receive $1.4 million in DEED grants
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The cities of Fosston and Crookston with be receiving a combined $1.4 million in state infrastructure grants from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Deve...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023

Hodgepodge: Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk talks South Shore Drive safety, new pickleball courts, street projects and other items facing the city council
Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk talks South Shore Drive safety, new pickleball courts, street projects and other issues facing the Detroit Lakes City Council.
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023

Detroit Lakes residents voice safety concerns over South Shore Drive
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Some Detroit Lakes residents voiced their concerns about the safety of drivers, bikers and pedestrians on South Shore Drive to members of the Detroit Lakes public works c...
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023

Detroit Lakes fire department to apply for federal grant to construct regional fire training facility
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes will be applying for a federal grant to cover construction costs of a new regional firefighter training facility for west-central Minnesota fire departments...
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023 Graphic rendition of a proposed fire training facility in Detroit Lakes. (contributed)