Category Archives: Community
In Their Own Words veterans museum in Perham to host Memorial Day breakfast fundraiser; seeks Korea and Vietnam veterans for interviews
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The In Their Own Words Museum in Perham will be holding a Memorial Day breakfast fundraiser and presentation by the VFW Post and Auxiliary Post 4020 of Perham. The museum...
May 26, 2023 ITOW Museum in Perham, Minnesota. (Screenshot / Facebook)
Street Faire of the Lakes to feature new artists and activities in Detroit Lakes on June 2-3
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Street Faire of the Lakes is returning to downtown Detroit Lakes on June 2-3 with plenty of new additions to the outdoor arts and crafts festival. Elle LeMere, marketing ...
May 26, 2023
Becker County Food Pantry breaks ground on new building in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Becker County Food Pantry broke ground at the site of their new building on Terry Street, just north of Highway 34 in Detroit Lakes, on Wednesday afternoon. Members o...
May 25, 2023 Members of the Becker County Food Pantry, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and city of Detroit Lakes plant their shovels at the site of the new Becker County Food Pantry building on May 25, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Lake Region Color Guard to hold Washington Avenue parade on Memorial Day
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Lake Region Color Guard will parading down Washington Avenue in Detroit Lakes on Memorial Day beginning at 10 a.m. Larry Krosko, a member of the color guard, said are...
May 25, 2023 Members of the Lake Region Color Guard sit and smile at the Detroit Lakes VFW. (Screenshot / Facebook)
Detroit Lakes plans for Heartland Trail trailhead off East Shore Drive
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The city of Detroit Lakes is expected to approve and apply for a MnDOT grant on Wednesday for the state's carbon reduction program. The project would add a trailhead to t...
May 24, 2023 Designs for a Heartland Trail trailhead off East Shore Drive. (Contributed / Detroit Lakes)
Detroit Lakes High School graduates seniors; 204 students in Class of 2023 receive diplomas
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two-hundred-and-four Detroit Lakes High School seniors received their diplomas on May 21 as students, faculty, family and friends filled Lakeshirts Fieldhouse to capacity...
May 22, 2023 Members of the Detroit Lakes High School Class of 2023 throw their mortarboards following their graduation ceremony on May 21, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Hundreds attend Celebrate Aging Expo in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Celebrate Aging Expo drew hundreds to the Holiday Inn Lakefront in Detroit Lake on Wednesday. As attendees made their way through the meandering flow of vendor tables...
May 18, 2023 Attendees of the Celebrate Aging Expo make their way through the vendor tables at the Holiday Inn Lakefront in Detroit Lakes on May 17, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Hodgepodge: Detroit Lakes Ligers skipper Brandon Johnson highlights new amateur baseball season; home opener at Washington Ballpark on May 27
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes Liger skipper Brandon Johnson highlights the upcoming amateur baseball season beginning on the road May 24 versus the Dilworth Raildogs. The Liger home open...
May 17, 2023
Minnesota State Fair announces 2023 non-grandstand artists
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Minnesota State Fair released their lineup of non-grandstand artists on May 16. Those artists will be performing for free at various stages around the fairgrounds. On...
May 17, 2023 Photo credit Minnesota State Fair
Hodgepodge: Celeste Koppe discusses West Central Initiative's Resilient Communities Grant program; Joel interviews Detroit Lakes' new Fire Chief Mike Hanson
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Celeste Koppe discusses West Central Initiative's Community Resiliency Grant program. Detroit Lakes Fire Chief Mike Hanson discusses his first months as the city's first ...
May 16, 2023