Category Archives: Education
Deer Creek teenager wins conservation association drawing contest
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - 13-year-old Dawson Seelhammer of Deer Creek won the Minnesota Conservation Officer Association's 2023 Game Warden Foundation drawing contest. Seelhammer's drawing will be...
May 31, 2023 Winning drawing submitted by Dawson Seelhammer, 13, of Deer Creek.
Hodgepodge: Detroit Lakes Public Schools Superintendent Mark Jenson discusses graduation and setting up their students for life's next chapter
Detroit Lakes Public Schools Superintendent Mark Jenson discusses graduation and how the school district's academy program is trying to better setup students for their next chapter in life. &nb...
May 24, 2023
Detroit Lakes High School graduates seniors; 204 students in Class of 2023 receive diplomas
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two-hundred-and-four Detroit Lakes High School seniors received their diplomas on May 21 as students, faculty, family and friends filled Lakeshirts Fieldhouse to capacity...
May 22, 2023 Members of the Detroit Lakes High School Class of 2023 throw their mortarboards following their graduation ceremony on May 21, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference awards scholarships to Alexandria and Cass Lake-Bena students
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference announced the recipients of their second annual scholarship program. In a May 15 news release, the organization said, while the...
May 16, 2023
Hodgepodge: Eliza Gores talks DL Public Library summer programs and reading challenge; Kelly Blackledge talks Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge and previews the Festival of Birds
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Eliza Gores, director of youth services and the Detroit Lakes Public Library, talks summer programs and reading challenge; Kelly Blackledge, visitor's services manager at...
May 11, 2023
Walz defeats Hendrickson, wins Detroit Lakes school board seat
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Ethan Walz won a seat on the Detroit Lakes school board on May 9 following a special election for the seat vacated by Courtney Henderson. Walz defeated challenger Nerissa...
May 10, 2023
Hodgepodge: Minnesota DNR Fisheries Supervisor Nathan Olson talks fishing opener; Amanda Schermerhorn discusses the MN Partners in Policymaking program
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Nathan Olson, supervisor for Minnesota DNR Fisheries in Detroit Lakes, talked about the area's fishing conditions ahead of the 2023 fishing opener on May 13. Amanda Scher...
May 09, 2023
Becker and Clay Counties receive public safety grant for school bus stop-arm cameras
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - School bus companies in Becker and Clay Counties will be two of 27 total recipients of a $1.2 million grant by Minnesota Department of Public Safety to install stop-arm c...
May 08, 2023
PowerSports Technology program at M State moving to Moorhead
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The powersports repair and maintenance program offered at M State in Detroit Lakes is moving Moorhead, according to a May 4 news release from the college. The small engin...
May 05, 2023 Students and faculty talk while working on an engine as part of the PowerSports Technology program at M State in Detroit Lakes. (Contributed / M State)
Perham Full Metal Jackets robotics team heads to first state robotics tournament in school history
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Perham Full Metal Jackets robotics team will be competing in the Minnesota State High School League state robotics tournament on Saturday at Williams Arena in Minneap...
May 05, 2023 The Perham Full Metal Jackets smile for a group photo after a robotics competition. (Screenshot / Facebook)