Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
M State and Perham-Dent school district implement CDL training program for high school seniors
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - M State and the Perham-Dent School District announced they are launching a first-in-the-region CDL Training program that aims to graduate seniors with a Class A Commercia...
Dec 22, 2023 Students participate in the CDL training program through M State.
Audubon woman sentenced to 15 months for felony drug possession
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - An Audubon woman was sentenced to 15 months in prison for felony drug possession. According to court records, the Becker County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a domes...
Dec 22, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Dec. 21, 2023
Becker County Board argues with each other during annual performance evaluation of County Administrator Pat Oman Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - In what should have been a straight forward...
Dec 21, 2023
Hodgepodge: Brian Malone talks about the Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District tree and native plant sale beginning Jan. 1, recaps ice conditions in lakes area
Brian Malone, of the Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District, talks about their tree and native plant sale beginning Jan. 1. He also recapped ice conditions in the lakes area.
Dec 21, 2023
Woman and dog found alive Monday afternoon in Pine County after spending overnight with sub-zero windchills
FARGO (KFGO) - A woman who went on a search in Pine County, in east-central Minnesota for her missing dog in sub-zero windchills Sunday afternoon did not return safely that evening. Both were found Mo...
Dec 21, 2023
Protect Minnesota releases gun-related death report; 569 people died from firearms in 2022, 407 were suicides
St. Cloud, Minn. (KNSI) - Gun control advocacy group Protect Minnesota has released its latest gun-related death report. In a press release, the group says to shed light on the critical issue of gun v...
Dec 21, 2023
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