Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Gold medalist John Shuster hosts youth curling clinic in Detroit Lakes for lakes area youth
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - More than 35 youth curlers from the lakes area and surrounding region attended a youth curling clinic at Lakes Curling Club in Detroit Lakes hosted by two-time Olympic cu...
Dec 28, 2023 Olympic curling gold medalist John Shuster smiles for a group photo with young curlers during a youth curling clinic at Lakes Curling Club in Detroit Lakes on Dec. 27, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM)
MN Dept. of Ag announces decrease in total number of state's dairy farms in 2023
St. Cloud, Minn. (KNSI) - Two central Minnesota counties are among the highest in the state regarding the dwindling number of dairy farms. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says there are 146 fe...
Dec 28, 2023 Jake Judd (KNSI News)
Fergus Falls Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign nears $96,000 fundraising goal; asks public's help to reach goal during last days of the year
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - In an display of community generosity, the Fergus Falls Salvation Army's Red Kettle Fundraiser is approaching 90% of its goal, with approximately $90,000 raised so far, th...
Dec 28, 2023
Dilworth man stabbed father Tuesday night; remains at-large
FARGO (KFGO) - A Dilworth man is accused of stabbing his father in the chest during an argument at an apartment in Dilworth late Tuesday night. The stabbing was reported just before midnight at an apa...
Dec 28, 2023
Cass County Electric Cooperative says power may not be fully restored from ice storm until after New Year's weekend
FARGO (KFGO) - Cass County Electric Cooperative says customers could wait until the weekend or later for the full power system to be restored. Cass County Electric Cooperative estimates between 250 an...
Dec 28, 2023
Hodgepodge: Tara Griess of MADD talks about drunk and drugged driving and how DWI affects an individual's livelihood
Tara Griess, victim impact panel coordinator for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, talks about drunk and drugged driving over the holidays. Lays out how DWI affects an individual's livelihood. &nb...
Dec 27, 2023
Otter Tail County to receive 1 of 7 federal grants allocated to Minnesota through U.S. Dept. of Transportation; grants are part of the 2021 federal infrastructure bill
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - Otter Tail County will be receiving one of seven total Safe Streets For All Federal Grants allocated to Minnesota by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The federal age...
Dec 27, 2023
Fergus Falls Veterans Home receives more than $77,000 in donations from 2 nonprofit groups
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - The Fergus Falls Veterans Home may have had their best Christmas ever thanks to two generous donations from Veterans Home R&R and the group behind the Boots On The Gro...
Dec 27, 2023 Members of Veterans Home R&R donate more than $42,000 to the Fergus Falls Veterans Home on Dec. 15.
ND House majority leader and state Republican party call for lawmaker to resign after video surfaces of racist and homophobic language during his DWI arrest
FARGO (KFGO) - North Dakota Republican House Majority Leader Mike Lefor (R-Dickinson) has called for the resignation of fellow Republican Rep. Nico Rios (R-Williston) following comments made by Rios d...
Dec 27, 2023 Rep. Nico Rios, R-Williston, performs a road side sobriety test during his DUI arrest.
Ice storm hammers west-central Minnesota and eastern North Dakota; multiple power outages and spin outs reported
FARGO (KFGO) - A regional damaging icing event continued Tuesday for portions of the Red River Valley and causing travel to become difficult to impossible in many areas along Interstate 94 and Interst...
Dec 27, 2023 In this photo provided by Nebraska State Patrol, two tractor-trailers lose control on Christmas Day on Interstate 80 in Nebraska as a winter storm pummels part of the Midwest, on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. Forecasters are predicting that heavy snow and blizzard conditions will continue through early Wednesday across part of the north-central U.S. (Nebraska State Patrol via AP)