Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Hodgepodge: Carrie Johnston gives end-of-the-year chamber update and promotes 2024 events; MacKenzie Hamm gives a Cornerstone Youth Center update
Carrie Johnston, president of the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce, gives an end-of-year report and plugs events in 2024. MacKenzie Hamm, executive director of Cornerstone Youth Center in Fr...
Dec 18, 2023
Becker County expected to pass 5.96% tax levy increase for 2024 during their meeting on Dec. 19; will raise about $1.5 million more than 2023
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Becker County Board is expected to approve a 5.96% property tax levy increase for 2024 during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The Board held their Truth In...
Dec 18, 2023
ND carbon-capture project receives $350 million from U.S. Dept. of Energy
Grand Forks, N.D. (KNOX) - A proposed North Dakota project for storing greenhouse gas underground has been given a financial jolt. The U.S. Department of Energy will award $350 million dollars to Minn...
Dec 18, 2023
Man arrested near West Acres mall in Fargo; charged with fleeing, drug possession and theft
FARGO (KFGO) - Fargo Police arrested a man near West Acres Mall Friday for a number of crimes, including fleeing, drug possession, and theft. According to police, officers were called to the West Acre...
Dec 18, 2023
8th Circuit Court of Appeals denies appeal from ND secretary of state Friday concerning redistricting of 2 Native American reservations
Grand Forks, N.D. (KNOX) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request from North Dakota's secretary of state to delay a federal judge's ruling that found the state's 2021 redistricting...
Dec 18, 2023 Michael Howe - ND Secretary of State
ND man convicted of multiple felonies stemming from gun-related incidents on Spirit Lake Reservation
FARGO (KFGO) - A jury in Fargo convicted a north central North Dakota man on several counts related to crimes on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in 2021 and 2022. U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider said 2...
Dec 18, 2023
3 Detroit Lakes residents injured, including 2 children under age 3, after striking deer on Highway 10 Saturday night
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Three Detroit Lakes residents were injured, including two children under the age of 3, after the pickup truck they were riding in struck a deer on Highway 10, east of Ver...
Dec 17, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Dec. 15, 2023
Canadian Pacific Holiday Train draws hundreds to Detroit Lakes stop on Thursday afternoon Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - That's the sound of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train pulling int...
Dec 15, 2023
Hodgepodge: Alyssa Hagedorn talks upcoming blood drives to close out 2023; Jeff Krueger talks about his new book of 100 poems and donating the proceeds to families in need
Alyssa Hagedorn talks about upcoming blood drives to close out 2023 through Vitalant. Jeff Kreuger talks about his new book of 100 poems and donating the proceeds to families in need.
Dec 15, 2023
Remembrance held Wednesday in Beulah for fallen ND county sheriff's deputy
GRAND FORKS (KNOX) - An 18-year-veteran of the Mercer County Sheriff's Department in North Dakota was remembered on Wednesday afternoon as a devoted family man and a respected officer. A funeral servi...
Dec 15, 2023