Category Archives: Community
Northwest Water Carnival wraps up its 87th year as Detroit Lakes' annual summer festival
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The 87th Northwest Water Carnival officially came to a close on Sunday. The last weekend of the ten-day summer festival kicked off on Friday with Kegs and Eggs at The Pav...
Jul 24, 2023 Everclear performs during the first night of Bash on the Beach on July 21, 2023, part of the 87th annual Northwest Water Carnival in Detroit Lakes. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Fargo shooter searched for area events in the Fargo-Moorhead area ahead of shooting
The man responsible for Wallin's death and injuring two other Fargo police officers and wounding a 25-year-old Fargo woman had an extensive computer search history. In a news conference on Friday, Nor...
Jul 24, 2023 Mohamad Barakat
Thousands attend Wallin memorial service in Pequot Lakes, laid to rest in Nisswa private ceremony
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Flags flew at half-staff in Minnesota and North Dakota on Saturday in honor and remembrance of fallen Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin. The funeral for 23-year-old Wallin...
Jul 24, 2023 Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin
In The Kitchen: Joel and Nikki discuss their spinach artichoke dip and honey siracha shrimp salad recipes
Joel Koetke and Nikki Jae discuss their spinach artichoke dip and honey siracha shrimp salad recipes during In The Kitchen.
Jul 24, 2023
DL Jaycees host American Red Cross blood drive Thursday
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Northwest Water Carnival continued Thursday with an American Red Cross blood drive at Grace Lutheran Church hosted by the Detroit Lakes Jaycees. Forty people filled u...
Jul 21, 2023
Horse racing returns to Fargo on July 22-23 and July 29-30
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo will host live horse racing over the next two weekends on July 22-23 and July 29-30. In a news release, the horse park stated that $1 fro...
Jul 21, 2023 Tsutomu Takasu / CC
Detroit Lakes firefighters reclaim Northwest Water Carnival water fights title
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - When the last sprinkles from the hoses finally settled at City Park on Wednesday night, the Detroit Lakes Fire Department reclaimed, what they considered, their rightful ...
Jul 21, 2023 Teams battle a tether ball during the 2023 water fights in Detroit Lakes on July 19, 2023, part of the 87th annual Northwest Water Carnival. (screenshot / Zach Erickson / Facebook)
Hodgepodge: Kelly Blackledge and intern Mataya Larson talk about summer programing and upcoming events at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Kelly Blackledge, visitor services director for Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, and summer intern Mataya Larson talked about summer programming and upcoming events at Tamarac.
Jul 21, 2023
Hodgepodge: Logan Riedel talks nitrate testing at the Becker County Fair; Rick Michaelson talks aquatic invasive species and upcoming events
Logan Riedel, resource technician for the Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District, talks about upcoming nitrate testing for rural residents at the Becker County Fair. Rick Michaelson, of th...
Jul 20, 2023 photo courtesy Pelican River Watershed District
Thief River Falls man charged with murder in Digi-Key Corporation killing
Grand Forks, N.D. (KNOX) - An omnibus hearing has been set for October 2nd for a Thief River Falls man charged in the beating death of another man outside the Digi-Key Corporation on May 9th. A grand ...
Jul 20, 2023