Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

U.S. Air Force to continue looking at medical issues raised by service members who served near nuclear missiles
Grand Forks, N.D. (KNOX) - The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determine...
Michael Achterling Dec 06, 2023

Alexandria police release update on homicide investigation
Alexandria, MN (KXRA) - The Alexandria Police Department has released an update on a stabbing death in that took place in Alexandria last month. Officials say they still don't have a suspect in connec...
Michael Achterling Dec 06, 2023

St. Cloud City Council meeting descends into accusations of open-meeting law violations on Monday
St. Cloud, MN (KNSI) - Things got a little heated at the end of St. Cloud's City Council meeting Monday night as Councilmember Mike Conway requested an investigation alleging other members of the coun...
Michael Achterling Dec 06, 2023

17-year-old injured in single-vehicle crash near Upsala
Alexandria, MN (KXRA) - A teen was injured following a crash over the weekend in central Minnesota. According to the Morrison County Sheriff's Office, they received a report of a one-vehicle accident ...
Michael Achterling Dec 06, 2023

Moorhead K9 Zeke passes away after medical emergency over weekend
FARGO (KFGO) - The Moorhead Police Dept. has announced that one of its dogs has died unexpectedly. K9 Zeke had an acute medical emergency while at home over the weekend. The dept. says officer Brett M...
Michael Achterling Dec 06, 2023 Moorhead K9 Zeke.

Hodgepodge: Kim Bettcher talks upcoming lifeguard and water safety classes at the DLCCC; Elle LaMere talks Copper Street Brass Band and other upcoming events at the Historic Holmes Theatre;
Kim Bettcher, marketing director for the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center, talks upcoming lifeguard and water safety classes at the Center. Elle LaMere, marking director for the Historic Ho...
Michael Achterling Dec 06, 2023

Lakes Area Morning News for Dec. 5, 2023
Fargo car dealership burglarized early Monday; van stolen from the lot Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Fargo police are investigating a burglary at a car dealership early Monday morning. T...
Michael Achterling Dec 05, 2023

Hodgepodge: Pat Petermann talks virtual reality headsets, upcoming Christmas events and teases changes to the Polar Plunge in DL
Pat Petermann, executive director of the Boys and Girl's Club in Detroit Lakes, talks about their new job training, virtual reality headsets; previews upcoming Christmas events; and teases changes to ...
Michael Achterling Dec 05, 2023

'Rizz' is Oxford University Press' 2023 Word of the Year
Detroit Lakes, MN (AP) - Oxford University Press has named "rizz as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone's ability to attract or seduce ...
Michael Achterling Dec 05, 2023

ND Gov. Doug Burgum suspends presidential campaign ahead of fourth GOP primary debate
FARGO (KFGO) - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announced Monday that he is suspending his campaign for President, blaming the Republican National Committee's (RNC) debate requirements for stifling c...
Michael Achterling Dec 05, 2023 North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum