Category Archives: Community

Marshmallow Animal Shelter Named 2021 Gratitude on Repeat Winner
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Marshmallow Animal Shelter has been named the 2021 Lakes Area's Gratitude on Repeat winner. Lakes Area residents were encouraged to nominate their favorite nonprofit to be selec...
Jan 10, 2022

City of Audubon Issues Boil Water Advisory
AUDUBON (KDLM) - Residents utilizing the City of Audubon's water system are being advised to boil their water due to possible contamination from a loss of water pressure. The advisory, which went into...
Jan 06, 2022

Essentia Health and MAHUBE-OTWA Sponsoring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Training
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Essentia Health and Mahube-Otwa are sponsoring a year-long leadership development initiative based on diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the Lakes Area. The initiative w...
Jan 05, 2022

Detroit Country Club Board Issues Clarification on Impending Management Change
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - After receiving a number of comments about a potential management change at the Detroit Country Club, the Board of Directors have issued some clarifications. The Detroit Country...
Jan 05, 2022

Detroit Lakes Band Director Tim Siewert Marches In 133rd Annual Rose Parade
PASADENA, CA (KDLM) - After being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 133rd annual Rose Parade returned to Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California on January 1st. The 2022 parade f...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 04, 2022

Merickel Family Donate $100,000 to Help with Wadena Hospital Building Project
WADENA (KDLM) - The owners of Merickel Lumber and Ace Hardware in Wadena have given $100,000 to help with the construction of Tri-County Health Care's new building project. The Merickel Family, owners...
Jan 03, 2022

Lakes Area's Biggest News Stories of 2021
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - 2021 has been a busy news year in the Lakes Area. From a Downtown Detroit Lakes fire, Becker County becoming a 2nd Amendment dedicated county to bears being spotted at the local...
Dec 30, 2021

Red Cross Facing Critical Blood Shortage, Offering Incentives For Donations
(KNSI) - The American Red Cross is pleading with people to donate because of critically low supplies and is offering incentives. St. Cloud Red Cross Executive Director Linda Blackmore says the nation'...
Dec 29, 2021 Photo taken by Jake Judd (KNSI News)

Forbearance Scams Surfacing in Minnesota
(KNSI) - Struggling Minnesotans whose mortgages are in forbearance may have a new problem to worry about. The Minnesota Attorney General's Office says scam reports are starting to crop up as the initi...
Dec 29, 2021

Ecumen Detroit Lakes Receives a "Best Nursing Home" Rating for Emmanuel Nursing Home
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - Ecumen Detroit Lakes has received a "Best Nursing Home" rating for its Emmanuel Nursing Home by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The magazine evaluated more than 15,000 fa...
Dec 22, 2021