Category Archives: Community

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - As the Becker County Museum prepares to move into their new facility, they're working earnestly to digitize information they've kept on-file for years. Volunteers are helping to...

WADENA (KDLM) - The Wadena Fire Department is asking the public to help locate a hose that fell off their main tanker truck after fighting a barn fire, Tuesday. The Fire Department says the hose, whic...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Tax season is here and for many in the Lakes Area, free tax preparation and filing is available at MAHUBE-OTWA. The filing deadline this year is April 18, and the MAHUBE-OTWA Vo...

HAWLEY (KDLM) - A Ukrainian foreign exchange student living in Hawley whose hometown in Ukraine has been bombarded by the Russian invasion is asking community members in the Lakes Area to help. Daniel...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes High School students and staff are coming together to help one of their own. Mary Kvebak, an English teacher at the High School recently noticed that Bobby Heimark...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Courthouse was evacuated early Monday due to a gas leak. Detroit Lakes Fire Chief Ryan Swanson says the building was evacuated as a precaution as the Fire Depa...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes Public Utilities (DLPU) is asking residents to check their home's current water temperature. DLPU says the frost depth in the Lakes Area has increased over the las...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander honored a county snowplow driver and three county correctional officers this week who were involved in saving lives. Bill Osterman of the Beck...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - After being cancelled for the last two years due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Lakes Area Home & Sport Show is preparing to host their 34th show at the Kent Freeman Arena in...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Ice Palace along the Detroit Lakes City Beach is now a heap of rubble. The Palace, which took about 3 weeks to construct was built with around 2,000 blocks of ice harvested ...