Category Archives: Community
Lake Region Electric Coop Awards More than $17,000 in Funding to Local Organizations
PELICAN RAPIDS (KDLM) - Lake Region Electric Cooperative has awarded more than $17,000 in funding to local organizations. This quarter, organizations receiving funds through LREC's Operation Roundup i...
Apr 26, 2022
From Baseball to Banking, Alec Meyer Returns Home to Perham to Join United Community Bank
PERHAM (KDLM) - United Community Bank (UCB) has hired Alec Meyer to the bank's mortgage department. Meyer, a Perham native returns to the Lakes Area from Bemidji where he attended Bemidji State Univer...
Apr 25, 2022
Perham Students Raise Money for Ukrainian Foreign Exchange Student's Home Country
PERHAM (KDLM) - Perham High School students came together to raise money for a Ukranian foreign exchange student's home country, Friday. Bohdan Cherkay, came to Perham as part of a Foreign Exchange St...
Apr 25, 2022 Photo via Perham-Dent Public Schools
Staples-Motley Mother and Son Who Went Viral For Social Media Challenge To Appear on Ellen This Thursday
(KDLM) - Two months after going viral for an incentive to stay off social media Lorna Klefsaas and her son, Sivert, are still making the media rounds. Lorna made a deal with 12-year-old Sivert that sh...
Apr 24, 2022 PHOTO: Lorna Goldstrand Klefsaas via Facebook
Spring Rains May Help Replenish Lakes Area Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - An abundance of rain recently may help with low water levels on some Lakes Area lakes. "We've been whittling away at the drought and we've continued that wet pattern. We don't k...
Apr 24, 2022
Wadena County Historical Society Receives Photographs from Rex McDonald Studio
WADENA (KDLM) - The Wadena County Historical Society has received a collection of photographs from the Rex McDonald Studio. The nearly 100 year-old Wadena based photography business created the images...
Apr 24, 2022 A self-portrait of Rex McDonald
Lakes Area St. Jude Radiothon Raises more than $35,000 in Fight to End Childhood Cancer
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Leighton Broadcasting stations KDLM, 102.3 KRCQ and WAVE 104.1 raised $35,026 during their annual Lakes Area St. Jude Radiothon. The funds raised are used to help end childhood ...
Apr 22, 2022
Employees at BTD Donate More than $13,000 to St. Jude Radiothon
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Employees of BTD Manufacturing donated more than $13,000 to the St. Jude Radiothon, Friday. Leighton Broadcasting stations, KDLM, 102.3 KRCQ & WAVE 104.1 encouraged Lakes Ar...
Apr 22, 2022
Planned Hydrant Flushing in Perham this Weekend
PERHAM (KDLM) - The Perham Public Works Department is planning to flush hydrants. Hydrant flushing will begin at 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 and is scheduled to be finished no later than Friday, May 6...
Apr 20, 2022
Annual Day of Caring Returning to Lakes Area
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - After being cancelled last year, the United Way of Becker County is planning to hold their annual Day of Caring across the Lakes Area. This year's event is scheduled for Wednesd...
Apr 19, 2022