Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Small plane breaks through ice on Upper Red Lake Tuesday morning; two days after 35 people were rescued from floating ice on the same lake
FARGO (KFGO) - A pilot and passenger are safe after their single engine airplane broke through the ice on northern Minnesota's Upper Red Lake Tuesday morning. According to the Beltrami County Sheriff'...
Dec 21, 2023
Becker County Board meeting descends into arguments between commissioners during County Administrator Pat Oman's annual evaluation on Tuesday
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - In what should have been a straight forward annual performance evaluation of Becker County Administrator Pat Oman during Tuesday's county board meeting quic...
Dec 21, 2023 Members of the Becker County Board of Commissioners hold a regular meeting on May 2, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Hillman man killed during Tuesday morning crash on Highway 10 near Little Falls
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A man was killed during a two-vehicle crash on Highway 10 in Morrison County on Tuesday morning. On Dec. 19 at 10:12 a.m., a 2006 Chrystler Pacifica, driven by 83-year-ol...
Dec 20, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Dec. 20, 2023
Vergas man seriously injured during crash in Vergas on Monday night Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Vergas man was seriously injured during a single-vehicle crash on South Pelican Avenue...
Dec 20, 2023
Hodgepodge: Steve Skoog talks recycling after the holidays and promoted Becker County parks and trails for winter
Steve Skoog, environmental services administrator for Becker County, talks holiday recycling and gave a winter parks and trails update.
Dec 20, 2023
ND ballot initiative could force 'hand counting' ballots for future elections
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) - A ballot initiative in North Dakota is gathering signatures for a June 2024 referendum that could require all votes cast in future North Dakota elections to be only counted by ha...
Dec 20, 2023
Rural Ponsford man receives more than 2 years in prison for domestic violence charges
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A rural Ponsford man was sentenced to more than two years in prison for multiple domestic violence charges stemming from a series of incidents between January and May. Ac...
Dec 20, 2023
Check out all the new laws in Minnesota going into effect Jan. 1
St. Cloud, Minn. (KNSI) - With the new year will come new laws in Minnesota. One of them is the passage of the "red flag law," which allows police, family members, or legal guardians to file an emerge...
Dec 20, 2023
ND decides to wait-and-see how MN carbon-free law is implemented before weighing potential lawsuit
Bismarck, N.D. - North Dakota is still weighing whether to challenge Minnesota's new carbon-free energy standard nearly a year after top officials sent a letter to Minnesota's governor calling on the ...
Dec 20, 2023
Hammond steps down as executive director of United Way of Otter Tail and Wadena Counties
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - The executive director for the United Way of Otter Tail and Wadena Counties will be stepping down at the end of the year. In a news release, the nonprofit announced Summer...
Dec 20, 2023