Category Archives: Community

Otter Tail County Offering Free Webinar Series About Trash
Otter Tail County (KDLM) - Otter Tail County Solid Waste is teaming up with local libraries to offer an educational webinar series on waste and waste reduction to area residents. The four free webinar...
Feb 02, 2021 public waste sort line - otter tail county

MnDOT Announces Name of Name a Snowplow Contest
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - MnDOT has announced the names of their Name a Snowplow contest. The Minnesota Department of Transportation received thousands of submissions for the contest, which gave people the ch...
Feb 02, 2021

Frazee Man Surprised as Scheels/American Hero Outdoors Hometown Hero
FRAZEE (KDLM) - A Frazee man has been named the Scheels Hometown Hero for February. Adam Walker, a volunteer fire fighter for the Frazee Fire Department and soldier set to be deployed to Kuwait next m...
Feb 01, 2021

Information Sought after Multiple Animals Shot With Darts in Central Minnesota
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud wildlife rehab organization is asking for the public's help to find out who is firing darts at animals. Central Minnesota Wildlife Rehabilitation posted on its Facebook page Sunda...
Feb 01, 2021

USDA's Suspension of Dept Collection a Welcome Short-Term Fix says Fischbach
(KNSI) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week suspended past due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan progra...
Feb 01, 2021 Michelle Fischbach

COVID Restrictions, Taxes and Education, Hot Topics During District 4 Virtual Town Hall
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Senator Kent Eken, Representative Paul Marquart and Heather Keeler hosted a virtual town hall on Sunday. Residents submitted questions to address a series of issues including on...
Feb 01, 2021

Did You Know: Original Inventor of the Baby Jumper Grew up on White Earth Reservation
WHITE EARTH (KDLM) - The original baby jumper, known as the Jolly Jumper was invented by a woman who grew up on the White Earth Reservation. Susan Olivia Poole, observed how women would strap babies t...
Jan 30, 2021 A vintage ad for the Jolly Jumper

Kent Eken, Paul Marquart and Heather Keeler to Host Virtual Town Hall
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Senator Kent Eken, Representative Paul Marquart and Heather Keeler will host a virtual town hall on Sunday at 7pm. The town hall can be viewed on https://www.facebook.com/RepKee...
Jan 30, 2021

Detroit Lakes Nordic Ski Club Hosting Tamarac Ski Day, Sunday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Nordic Ski Club will be hosting a Tamarac Ski Day, Sunday. The club will ski the Pine Lake Ski Trail around Pine Lake on the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. ...
Jan 29, 2021 Cross-country skis in groomed tracks by Blackledge/USFWS

Lakes Area Ice Fishing Tournaments Go Virtual
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Coronavirus pandemic has forced many Minnesota ice fishing tournaments to either cancel or go virtual. In Detroit Lakes, the annual Poles N Holes fishing derby is hosting a ...
Jan 29, 2021