Category Archives: Nonprofit
More than $600,000 in Housing and Urban Development Grants Awarded to Lakes Area Housing Authorities
WASHINGTON D.C. (KDLM) - Several area housing authorities have earned grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to put toward capital investments in their housing units. HUD is ...
Feb 24, 2021
Furnace Failure at Becker County Museum Highlights Groups Need to Secure Final Funding for New Facility
"We NEED your help. Make a pledge over 5 years if you are so moved or give us the $20 you find in the wash or the spring coat pocket you are about to find. We CAN do this! Do it for our kids and our f...
Feb 19, 2021 Becker County Museum staff bundle up in the museum after a furnace failure
Farmers to Families Food Box Distribution in Detroit Lakes Monday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A Farmers to Families Food Box distribution will take place in Detroit Lakes on Monday. Families can drive through the parking lot of the Boys and Girls Club Thrift Store on Hig...
Feb 19, 2021
Lakes Area Man Raises almost $20,000 for Friends of Tamarac to Honor His Late Father
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A Lakes Area man raised almost $20,000 for Friends of Tamarac to honor is father who passed away unexpectedly last month. Christian Tigges encouraged Lakes Area residents to lea...
Feb 15, 2021 Christian and Dan Tigges
More than $21 Million Raised on Giving Hearts Day
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) - It was another record-breaking Giving Hearts Day, a 24-hour fundraising event benefiting nearly 500 charities throughout North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. In a year in which t...
Feb 12, 2021
Giving Hearts Day to Benefit 10 Detroit Lakes Organizations
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Ten nonprofits in Detroit Lakes are coming together for one of the biggest charity days in the area. Giving Hearts Day, a 24 hour fundraising event begins Thursday. Since 2008 m...
Feb 09, 2021
Feed My Starving Children Event in Perham Cancelled
PERHAM (KDLM) - Local organizers of the Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack Event in Perham have been forced to cancel the April "PACK at the PACC". The Minnesota based Feed My Starving Children has...
Feb 01, 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
More Than 15,000 Becker and Otter Tail County Residents have Filed for Unemployment Since Pandemic Began
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - More than 15,000 residents of Becker and Otter Tail County have filed for unemployment benefits since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, 2020. The high unemployment rate has ...
Feb 01, 2021
MAHUBE-OTWA Homeless Count Begins Wednesday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - MAHUBE-OTWA is encouraging Lakes Area residents within its 5 county service area to participate in an Annual Point in Time Homeless Count. The nonprofit is asking residents who ...
Jan 26, 2021