Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

(MNN) - "Above average, but not as catastrophic as 2023" - this is how M-P-C-A officials describe the outlook for the summer fire season at a briefing on Thursday. Meteorologist Matt Taraldsen says, "...

***in a related story*** (MNN) - State officials are marking the 50th anniversary of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act with a report that about 98 percent of Minnesota's community water systems, inc...

(Becker County Commissioners AgWeek story) - On May5, 2023 the White Earth Nation passed a water ordinance that gives the tribe jusridiction over "all water use - not only on the reservation but also ...

You may have noticed, over the last few years, changes to the front and backstage areas for WEFest 2024. Over the past year planners finalized the permanent dressing rooms, in part to attract "top tie...

(Becker County Court Report) - The self-checkout line became the center of an investigation when a Frazee police officer was called for a report of a customer leaving Frazee Family Foods without payin...

(MNN) - Minnesota-based Lindy Tackle is the first company to sign what is called the Loons & Lakes Legacy Pledge. Jon Mobek (MOH'-beck) of the National Loon Center in Crosslake says Lindy is commi...

(MNN) - Two people are in custody for allegedly putting scam gift cards on store shelves at a Cub Foods Friday in Inver Grove Heights. Police say they were charged with felonies but, more importantly,...

(MNN) - 900-million-dollar bonding bill for state public works projects awaits a vote in the Minnesota House after clearing a key committee today (Wed), but Capital Investment Chairman Fue Lee says ab...

(MNN) - An investigation by Minnesota's U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar confirms postal service management failures in northern Minnesota. The November 2023 audit found 79,000 pieces of del...

(DLDA meeting press release) - An application for a Tax Increment Financing was presented to the Detroit Lakes Development Authority at their last meeting on May 7th. The business, QF5, owned by Todd ...