Category Archives: Community
Area Freshman Get A Taste Of Lakes Area Careers At Freshman Career Expo
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Freshman from five area high schools were at the Lakeshirts Fieldhouse in Detroit Lakes for the fifth-annual Freshman Career Expo on Wednesday, October 12th. Over 75 Lakes A...
Oct 13, 2022
Detroit Lakes Adds New Firefighter
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Fire Department added a new member, Tuesday. John Cervantes was sworn in during the City Council meeting after completing a one-year probationary period with t...
Oct 12, 2022 Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk swears in John Cervantes as the newest Detroit Lakes Firefighter, Oct. 11, 2022
Lakes Area Students will Participate in Walk, Bike to School Day, Wednesday
PERHAM (KDLM) - Perham Public Schools as well as a number of Lakes Area schools will be participating in the Minnesota Walk! Bike! Fun! (WBF) to School Day on Wednesday. The Walk! Bike! Fun! (WBF) pro...
Oct 11, 2022 via WBF Minnesota
Friend says Cancer Diagnosis Prompted Murder-Suicide of Couple near Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Friends of Steven and Stacy Stearns say the couple had both been diagnosed with terminal cancer before being found dead inside their Lake View Township home from a murder-suicid...
Sep 29, 2022
Volunteers from Minnesota Mobilizing to Help those Impacted by Hurricane Ian in Florida
(KDLM/MNN) - Volunteers from Minnesota and around the country are mobilizing help to people in areas impacted by Hurricane Ian in Florida. More than 50 volunteers from the Minnesota and the Dakotas ar...
Sep 29, 2022
Wadena Woman Calls Police 11 Times for Squirrel in Her Home
WADENA (KDLM) - An incident in Wadena has gained nationwide attention after a woman called 911 11 times to report a squirrel in her home. The first call came on September 11th when a caller said she h...
Sep 28, 2022
Home Prices See Historic Deceleration In Gains
(KNSI) - The release of Tuesday's S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices July figures marked what is being coined as a "historic deceleration" in housing price appreciation. Managing Director Craig La...
Sep 28, 2022
Area Power Utilities Announce 'Lakes Area Electric Vehicle Event'
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lakes Area residents and vacationers will have the opportunity to learn about and even ride and drive an Electric Vehicle (EV) during the newly announced Lakes Area EV Event. Th...
Sep 22, 2022
New Ditterich Mercantile Fills Need for Grocery Store in Vergas
VERGAS (KDLM) - The city of Vergas once again has a grocery store in their community after going more than five years without one. Ditterich Mercantile, located on the site of the former Goodman's Sup...
Sep 22, 2022
Suicides in Rural Minnesota on the Rise
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM/MNC) - Suicides represent nearly 70% of all gun deaths in Minnesota, but those working to stop gun violence say many suicides by firearm are concentrated in rural parts of the stat...
Sep 22, 2022