Category Archives: Community

Lakes Area Business Wants to Help Deserving Family "Shut the Front Door"
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - For the second year in a row, a local business is helping a homeowner in need with a new front door. LumBros Building Solutions is encouraging Lakes Area residents to nominate a...
Feb 23, 2022

NYM Runner Battles The Elements To Run 422 Consecutive Days And Counting
NEW YORK MILLS, MN (KDLM) - What started as a 2021 New Year's Challenge to run every single day for a year has turned to an even more impressive streak for Emily Warner of New York Mills. After comple...
Zeke Fuhrman Feb 21, 2022

Pine to Prairie Pheasants Forever Banquet, Friday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Pine to Prairie Pheasants Forever banquet will take place Friday at the Holiday Inn in Detroit Lakes. The nonprofit group of pheasant hunters is dedicated to wildlife habita...
Feb 17, 2022

White Earth Issues Overdose Spike Alert
WHITE EARTH (KDLM) - White Earth Police have issued a spike alert as drug overdose reports have increased. The alert was issued out of an abundance of caution to help increase community awareness and ...
Feb 15, 2022

Becker County to Ask State Transportation Commissioner to Reconsider Planned Cutting of Trees Along Lakes Country Scenic Byway
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Board of Commissioners will send a letter to the State of Minnesota asking them to reconsider their plan to clear trees along the Lakes Country Scenic Byway. M...
Feb 15, 2022

Walker Native Making Waves in Music Scene
WALKER (KDLM) - A Walker, MN native is making a name for herself in the music industry and has been invited to perform at one of the country's biggest and most popular music festivals. Berit Dybing, k...
Feb 15, 2022 via Ber Facebook

Lighting of Ice Palace along Detroit Lakes City Beach Brings Crowd
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Grand Lighting of the Ice Palace along the Detroit Lakes City Beach took place Saturday, after being postponed a day due to inclement weather. Volunteers harvested around 2,...
Feb 13, 2022 Crowds gather to watch the grand lighting of the ice palace along the Detroit Lakes City Beach.

Ice Palace Grand Lighting Moved to Saturday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Grand Lighting of the Ice Palace along the Detroit Lakes City Beach has been moved to Saturday. "Mother Nature tossed us a snowball of a blizzard today," said the organizers...
Feb 11, 2022

Ice Palace Grand Lighting Kicks Off Polar Fest this Weekend
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Polar Fest officially begins, Friday with the grand lighting of the Ice Palace on the Detroit Lakes City Beach. Volunteers harvested around 2,000 blocks of ice from the lake to ...
Feb 10, 2022

Detroit Country Club Scraps Plans to Hire Outside Management Company
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Country Club has scrapped plans to have an outside management company manage and consult the course. The Club had been in talks with Troon, a large golf course manag...
Feb 09, 2022