Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Early this morning, around 3:20 a.m., Moorhead Police responded to a reported shooting in the 900 Block of 18th St. S. Initial reports indicated that a person was shot in the parking lot of an apartme...

According to the Clay County Sheriff's Office a high-speed chase that at times went over 120 miles per hour. Shaun Jay Montanari was arrested following a high-speed chase in Clay County. The incident ...

A man wanted on several outstanding warrants out of Louisiana was arrested in Perham, MN. On July 23, around 1 p.m., the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office, with assistance from their SWAT team, appre...

WE Fest, the largest country music and camping festival in the U.S., is set to take place at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN, from July 31 to August 3. With headliners like Eric Church, Jelly Roll...

MnDOT, State Patrol reminds WE Fest attendees of parking restrictions, road construction on Highway 59 The Minnesota Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Minnesota State Patrol, wants...

Learn about the Prohibition and how it impacted Clay County with a free presentation by historian Markus Krueger. In the 1920s and 1930s, local families smuggled illegal alcohol on trains, airplanes a...

Pediatric patients at Sanford Children's Hospital in Fargo now have a new form of support in the form of Fox, a one-year-old golden retriever and the region's first-ever facility dog. Unlike therapy d...

Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge is calling on community members to join their team of dedicated volunteers. With roles ranging from gardening to educational program assistance, there's a chance for e...

U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, along with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), have announced new funding to improve school-ba...

The Detroit Lakes School Board has approved significant changes to the student handbooks for the 2024-25 school year, particularly concerning cellphones, smartwatches, and other personal electronic de...