Category Archives: Community

Hodgepodge: Becky Mitchell talks about the Da Vinci exhibit coming to the Becker County Museum on Sept. 17; updates on museum summer camps
Becky Mitchell, executive director for the Becker County Historical Society and Museum, talks about the Da Vinci exhibit coming to Detroit Lakes on Sept. 17. She also gave an update on museum summer c...
Michael Achterling Aug 02, 2023

Detroit Lakes begins budget meetings for 2024
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Members of the Detroit Lakes City Council met with city staff on Tuesday morning to begin discussing the 2024 city budget and corresponding tax levy. The first day of mee...
Michael Achterling Aug 02, 2023

Lakes Area Morning News for Aug. 2, 2023
Becker County Board to hold public hearing for proposed cannabis-use ordinance on Aug. 15 Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Becker County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearin...
Michael Achterling Aug 02, 2023

Becker County schedules public hearing for proposed cannabis-use ordinance on Aug. 15
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Becker County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the county's new cannabis public-use ordinance during their next meeting on Aug. 15. Possession of ...
Michael Achterling Aug 02, 2023 Don Goofy / CC

WE Fest campgrounds open to early-entry attendees; shuttle from Becker County Fairgrounds running Aug. 3-5
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - WE Fest VIP early arrival campers began setting up their campsites on over the weekend, but the campgrounds will officially open to all early-entry ticket holders on Tues...
Michael Achterling Aug 01, 2023

Hodgepodge: Patrick Petermann looks to recruit volunteers for the Boys and Girls Club during WE Fest, playground update,
Patrick Petermann, executive director of the Boys and Girl's Club in Detroit Lakes, looks to recruit volunteers to work for the organization during WE Fest. He also gave a playground construction upda...
Michael Achterling Aug 01, 2023

Barrel races and tractors: Becker County Fair comes to a close on Saturday
Detroit Lakes , MN (KDLM) - The 2023 Becker County Fair came to a close on Saturday, but not before attendees were treated to cooler temperatures, nearly 80 tractors parading into the fairgrounds and ...
Michael Achterling Jul 31, 2023 A pickup races through the Becker County Fair barrel races course on July 28, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)

Hodgepodge: Marilee Ottoson talks Lake Eunice Free Evangelical Church vacation bible school; Alisyn Keil talks Breakfast on the Farm in Perham on Aug. 5
Marilee Ottoson talks Lake Eunice Free Evangelical Church vacation bible school running from Aug. 6-10; Alisyn Keil talks Breakfast on the Farm in Perham on Aug. 5.
Michael Achterling Jul 31, 2023

White Earth Tribal Council approves recreational cannabis sales; expected to start in August
ST. PAUL (MPR) - Following a White Earth Tribal Council vote on Friday afternoon, the White Earth Nation will begin selling legalized adult-use recreational cannabis sometime in the first half of Augu...
Michael Achterling Jul 31, 2023 Don Goofy / CC

Lakes Area Morning News for July 31, 2023
Becker County Fair comes to a close with tractor parade, barrel races and demo derby Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The 2023 Becker County Fair came to a close on Saturday, but not before...
Michael Achterling Jul 31, 2023