Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Becker County Sheriff's Office Shifts Emergency Alert System After CodeRED Cyberattack
Becker County is moving quickly to protect residents' emergency communications after a nationwide cyberattack compromised the CodeRED alert system, a platform widely used to issue severe weather warni...
Dec 11, 2025
The Detroit Lakes Unified Robotics Team Takes First Place in Minnesota Competition
The Detroit Lakes Unified Robotics team is celebrating a first-place win at this year's Minnesota Unified Robotics Tournament, held in Bemidji. Unified Robotics is a team-based program where neurodive...
Dec 10, 2025 Photo by Karen Downing
Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Comes to Detroit Lakes December 16th
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will roll into Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, December 16th, stopping from 2:45 to 3:15 p.m. at the Holmes Street railroad crossing. This year's onboard concert will feat...
Dec 10, 2025 Lakes area residents watch MacKenzie Porter perform on the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train after it pulled into Detroit Lakes for a scheduled stop on Dec. 14, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM)
Snowfall Totals From Tuesday's Storm
Detroit Lakes, MN - Snowfall totals varied around the area and the state of Minnesota from Tuesday's winter storm. Detroit Lakes received four and a half inches of snow. Vergas tops the list with nine...
Dec 10, 2025
School Bus Rolled in Rural Dent Tuesday Afternoon
Dent, MN - A school bus rolled near Star Lake during Tuesday's snowfall. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says that around 1:37 Tuesday afternoon, an Otter Tail Coaches school bus rolled in the ...
Dec 10, 2025
Snowfall Totals From Tuesday’s Storm
zestmarina / Depositphotos.com Fergus Falls, MN – Snowfall totals varied around the area and the state of Minnesota from Tuesday's winter storm. Fergus Falls received five inches of snow. Seven ...
Dec 10, 2025
School Bus Rolled in Otter Tail County Tuesday Afternoon
Dent, MN – A school bus rolled near Star Lake during Tuesday's snowfall. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says that around 1:37 Tuesday afternoon, an Otter Tail Coaches school bus rolled i...
Dec 10, 2025
Toys for Tots Delivers Holiday Gifts to White Earth Reservation
The holiday season is off to a bright start on the White Earth Reservation. On December 4th, Toys for Tots delivered a large shipment of toys to the White Earth Reservation Community Councils for dist...
Dec 09, 2025
KBRF Presents Where to Eat – American Legion Post 30 of Fergus Falls
Newstalk 1250 KBRF Presents “Where to Eat” Episode 37 – American Legion Post 30 Click here for more shows. In Episode 37 of Where to Eat, hosts Zakk Daniels and Dave Bishop stay clos...
Dec 09, 2025
Detroit Mountain Recreation Area Gets $800,000 Newly Awarded State Funding
The Detroit Mountain Recreation Area is set to grow, thanks to more than $800,000 in newly awarded state funding. The Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission has approved an $821,700 gr...
Dec 08, 2025