Category Archives: Community
Project 412 launches Detroit Lakes music and concert calendar website
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes has a new website dedicated to live music performances across the lakes area. MusicinDL.com features a comprehensive calendar of performances at various bar...
Jun 14, 2023
Hodgepodge: Lauren Eliason of DEED talks about free state services and programs for the blind and visually impaired
Lauren Eliason, a blind rehabilitation specialist at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, talks about free state services and programs for the blind and visually impaired o...
Jun 13, 2023
DL Cruise Night returns to West Lake Drive on June 14; Women's Edge Speakers Series also kicks-off in City Park Wednesday afternoon
Detroit Lakes , MN (KDLM) - West Lake Drive between Washington Avenue to Rossman Avenue in Detroit Lakes will be closed on Wednesday evening from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. for one of the city's most colorful a...
Jun 13, 2023 Classic cars are displayed along West Lake Drive in Detroit Lakes during DL Cruise Night. (Screenshot / Facebook)
Ronald McDonald House Ride in New York Mills raises more than $100,000 in donations, 5 million pop tabs to sell for scrap
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The 22nd annual Ronald McDonald House RIDE in New York Mills brought in more than $100,000 in cash donations and 5 million aluminum pop can tabs to be sold for scrap all ...
Jun 13, 2023 Motorcycles line up in New York Mills at the start of a 150-mile ride to raise donations for the Ronald McDonald House on June 10, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
86 walleyes caught during annual Lakers Fishing Team Walleye Tournament on Detroit Lake
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Twenty-two teams of 44 anglers cast their lines into Detroit Lake on Saturday for the 3rd annual Lakers Fishing Team Walleye Tournament. The top prize for the tournament ...
Jun 12, 2023 Tony Boyd shows the largest walleye caught on Detroit Lake during the 3rd Annual Lakers Fishing Team Walleye Tournament on June 10, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Bags tournament brings 18 teams and dozens of onlookers to City Beach in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The inaugural Sax on the Beach beanbag tournament, hosted by Go Go Rental on City Beach in Detroit Lakes, saw 18 teams of bag hurlers compete for nearly $2,000 in cash an...
Jun 12, 2023 Ellie Sack, of Detroit Lakes, throws a bag on City Beach in Detroit Lakes during the inaugural Sax on the Beach bags tournament, hosted by GoGo Rental, on June 10, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Hodgepodge: Crystal Dibley talks acreage certification and Farm Services Agency programs and benefits for Becker County farmers
Crystal Dibley, executive director for the Farm Services Agency of Becker County, talked about the importance of acreage certification and other programs the FSA offers to help area farmers on June 9....
Jun 09, 2023
Emergency dispatchers sought across Minnesota; initiative started to promote recruitment and retention
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is launching a new awareness initiative and hiring push to combat the decline of 911 emergency dispatchers across the state. In ...
Jun 09, 2023
Becker County seeks public input for hazard mitigation plan
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Becker County is going to be updating its hazard mitigation plan and is seeking comments from community leaders, businesses and residents to share how severe weather impa...
Jun 09, 2023
Hodgepodge: Eliza Gores talks Detroit Lakes Public Library summer programs and her favorite children's books
Eliza Gores, youth services director for the Detroit Lakes Public Library, talks about the library's summer programs, upcoming events and books she loved to read growing up when she stopped by Hodgepo...
Jun 08, 2023