Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Hodgepodge: Brenda Iverson of Hospice of the Red River Valley talks the importance of caregivers and celebrating National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
Brenda Iverson, director of marketing and community relations for Hospice of the Red River Valley, talks about the importance of caregivers and celebrating National Hospice and Palliative Care Month i...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023

Lakes Area Morning News for Nov. 30, 2023
Frazee woman injured after falling from horse Monday evening Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - A 23-year-old Frazee woman needed to be airlifted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo on Monday eve...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023

Otter Tail Power Company names Andrew Miller Vice President of Finance
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - Otter Tail Power Company President Tim Rogelstad announced Andrew Miller as Vice President, Finance, for the utility company effective January 1, 2024. In this role Miller...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023

Body identified after being discovered in Brooten alleyway on Thanksgiving
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Belgrade/Brooten Police Department have released the name of the man whose body was found in an alley on Thanksgiving. The body of 58-year-old Brian William Brockopp ...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023

6 arrested following execution of St. Cloud search warrant Tuesday afternoon
St. Cloud, MN (KNSI) - Six people were arrested for outstanding warrants after three units from the St. Cloud Police Department raided a home on the northeast side of the city on Tuesday. A press rele...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023

Former Ulen-Hitterdal superintendent charged with multiple felonies for child abuse material possession in ND
FARGO (KFGO) - The superintendent and principal at Midkota Public School in Binford, North Dakota, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. 40-year-old Ryan Baron was...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023

Moorhead man arrest following high-speed pursuit and crash near Valley City
FARGO (KFGO) - Law enforcement responded to a crash along the eastbound lane of Interstate 94 about 10 miles east of Valley City just before noon Wednesday. A 36-year-old Moorhead man was later arrest...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023

Inheritance battle ensues involving children of the former owners of Sue the T-rex, the most complete T-rex skeleton in existence
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) - For years, the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex was at the center of a legal battle. The latest dispute involves who inherits wha...
Michael Achterling Nov 30, 2023 Sue the T-rex stands on display at the Fields Museum in Chicago.

Nevis woman injured in single-vehicle crash on Highway 71 in Hubbard County Wednesday morning
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 71 in Hubbard County on Wednesday morning. On Nov. 29 at 9:18 a.m., a 2006 Toyota Tundra, driven by 84-year-old T...
Michael Achterling Nov 29, 2023

Frazee woman airlifted after falling from a horse north of Frazee
Detroit Lakes , MN (KDLM) - A 23-year-old Frazee woman needed to be airlifted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo on Monday evening after she fell from a horse that she was riding. On Nov. 28 at 5:44 p...
Michael Achterling Nov 29, 2023