Category Archives: Education
Hodgepodge: Pat Petermann talks Boys and Girl's Club playground opening and other events in the lakes area
Pat Petermann, executive director for the Boys and Girl's Club of Detroit Lakes, talks about the opening of their new playground and other events happening in the lakes area.
Michael Achterling Oct 03, 2023

2 Otter Tail County students named Minnesota 4-H ambassadors
Perham, Minn. (KPRW) - Two Otter Tail County 4-H high schoolers will be joining the statewide organization as Minnesota 4-H ambassadors for the next year. Nathan Blashack, a junior at Bertha-Hewitt Hi...
Michael Achterling Sep 29, 2023 4-H logo

DL School Board approves preliminary 5% tax levy increase for 2024
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes School District approved a preliminary 5.05% tax levy increase for 2024 during their meeting on Monday evening. The levy will raise nearly $9.5 million ...
Michael Achterling Sep 27, 2023

Hodgepodge: Superintendent Mark Jenson talks about the first month of classes, preliminary tax levy and prone restraint
Detroit Lakes Superintendent Mark Jenson talks about the first month of school, homecoming, preliminary tax levy and issues over the prone restraint.
Michael Achterling Sep 27, 2023

Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 27, 2023
DL School Board approves preliminary 5% tax levy increase for 2024 Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes School District approved a preliminary 5.05% tax levy increase for 2024...
Michael Achterling Sep 27, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 26, 2023
Wadena-Deer Creek school board gets earful from parents concerned about transgender students, ballot initiatives Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board received...
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023

M State to celebrate 20 years under one banner; tree planting ceremony Sept. 27
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - M State will be celebrating 20 years since combining four regional community and technical colleges under one expansive west-central Minnesota collegiate campus. On Wedne...
Michael Achterling Sep 22, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 22, 2023
Becker County swears-in temporary veterans services officer Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A temporary Becker County Veteran Services Officer was sworn-in Tuesday morning to replace the c...
Michael Achterling Sep 22, 2023
Hodgepodge: Logan Riedel talks soil health and cover crops; Gina Kemper talks lake turnover and algae blooms; Jason Bruun talks Sippi's Block Party benefit in Vergas
Logan Riedel of the Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District talks soil health and cover crops. Gina Kemper of the Pelican River Watershed District talks fall lake turnover and algae blooms....
Michael Achterling Sep 21, 2023

Da Vinci exhibition opens at Becker County Museum
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The life and history of one of the Europe's most famous renaissance minds, Leonardo Da Vinci, is officially on display at the Becker County Museum as the event hall opene...
Michael Achterling Sep 18, 2023 An attendee walks in front of Da Vinci's Last Supper at the Becker County Museum on Sept. 16, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM)