Category Archives: Community

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

Perham Health Accepting Applications for 5 $1,000 Scholarships
PERHAM (KDLM) - Perham Health is now accepting applications for Perham Health's Healthcare Career Educational Scholarship. Five scholarships of $1000 each will be available to qualifying high school s...
Jan 28, 2021

West Central Telephone Association Receives Grant to Complete Rural Broadband Project in Wadena County
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - Governor Tim Walz, Thursday announced that the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) will award grants totaling more than $20m to 39 projects including o...
Jan 28, 2021

Lakes Area Residents Receiving Letters that could be Mistaken as Tax Documents
FRAZEE (KDLM) - A Lakes Area resident is warning others to be on the lookout for letters that appear to be tax documents, but actually aren't. One woman in Frazee says she and others have received a l...
Jan 28, 2021 A letter titled '2021 Benefit Information for Minnesota Citizens Only' received by a resident in Frazee