Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

  A local business in Audubon, TBS Express, has significantly expanded its operations by acquiring another equipment rental company, more than doubling its inventory. TBS Express, known for its c...

  A local business in Audubon, TBS Express, has significantly expanded its operations by acquiring another equipment rental company, more than doubling its inventory. TBS Express, known for its c...

NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) applauds the Surgeon General's call for warning labels on social media platforms. Executive Director Sue Abderholden says, "He has really, for over...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is spotlighting $8 million to support mentorship programs for new teachers in areas with shortages, including special education. Funds can be put toward seminars and worksh...

  The Detroit Lakes School Board held a work session on Monday to discuss several key issues, including a potential closed campus policy and cellphone usage regulations. After thorough discussion...

Here's a quick update on a new law affecting senior drivers in Minnesota. The state legislature has approved reducing the required hours for senior driver-safety classes by half to encourage more olde...

A rural Akeley man is in jail, charged with multiple counts of disseminated child pornography. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office says on April 15, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Child...

  A Dickinson, N.D., woman, Leah Elna Studsrud, 35, was unharmed after her Chevy Suburban veered off East Lake Lizzie Road and ended up in the lake on Monday afternoon. According to the Otter Tai...

  Big news from the Otter Tail County Highway Department. Bob Ehlert has stepped into his new role as the Engineering Supervisor. Ehlert, a Battle Lake native with 25 years of service under his b...

  Ottertail County Sheriff's office has released the name of the 21-year-old motorcyclist killed in a crash on Father's Day. Wesley Lafromboise of West Fargo. On Sunday Lafromboise was riding wea...