Category Archives: Community

Students from Across the Lakes Area Help Those in Need During United Way of Becker County Day of Caring
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lakes Area students participated in the United Way of Becker County Annual Day of Caring, Wednesday. This was the first Day of Caring event in the Lakes area in more than two ye...
May 11, 2022 Students from Detroit Lakes participate in the United Way Day of Caring, May 11, 2022

City of Detroit Lakes will give Becker County Food Pantry $250,000 to Help with Building Relocation Project
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The City of Detroit Lakes will give the Becker County Food Pantry $250,000 to help the Pantry relocate. The Becker County Food Pantry has been exploring the possibilities of rel...
May 11, 2022

Planned Power Outage Friday Near Lake Park and Audubon
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Wild Rice Electric members will likely experience a power outage on Friday. The planned outage will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 13 and will last approximately 2 hours. Cre...
May 11, 2022

WATCH: MAHUBE-OTWA Community Needs Assessment: Homelessness in Northern Minnesota
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - MAHUBE-OTWA, a Community Action Agency that provides services and resources to help residents fight poverty in the area has created a series of videos to help highlight findings...
May 10, 2022

Free Dental Clinic in Detroit Lakes, Wednesday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A nonprofit dental health clinic will be held in Detroit Lakes this week. Children's Dental Services, a nonprofit that provides a full range of dental services will be seeing ch...
May 10, 2022

Detroit Lake Officially Ice-Free
DETRIOT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lake officially became ice-free on Friday, May 6. Ice-off has only occurred in May five times on the lake in the last 30 years, most recently May 12, 2013. This year's i...
May 09, 2022

Holy Rosary School Raises $32,000 At Annual Spring Interlude
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Holy Rosary Catholic Schools raised nearly $32,000 at their annual Spring Interlude on April 29th. Holy Rosary's Spring Interlude was established in 2002 to help support mus...
Zeke Fuhrman May 07, 2022 Jamie McDougall (left) awards Terri Paskey with the Florence Hutchinson Legacy Award (Photo: Zeke Fuhrman)

Refreshed Space Makes Detroit Lakes Public Library More Inviting for Youth
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Public Library is now sporting an improved and more inviting space for youth. The area features new furniture including couches and reading nooks as well as ne...
May 05, 2022 Greta Guck sits on a new couch at the Detroit Lakes Public Library

National Day of Prayer Brings Lakes Area Residents Together
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lakes Area residents are coming together to pray during National Day of Prayer, Thursday. In 1952, President Harry Truman signed a joint resolution of Congress, establishing an ...
May 05, 2022

Celebrate Aging Expo Returns to Detroit Lakes May 18
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Celebrate Aging Expo Presented by Essentia Health is set to return to Detroit Lakes on Wednesday, May 18 at the Holiday Inn. The event, which is free and runs from 9-2 p.m. ...
May 04, 2022