Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Flags burned ceremoniously in Perham during disposal event
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Perham area kids, firefighters and other event attendees participated in a ceremonial flag burning disposal event on Thursday afternoon hosted by American Legion Post 148...
Sep 21, 2023 Members of American Legion Post 148 of Dent perform a ceremonial flag disposal event in Perham on Sept. 21, 2023. (Joel Koetke / KDLM)
Lake Park Pumpkin Fest kicks-off Thursday
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Pumpkin Fest kicks-off in Lake Park today. The three-day event will feature a Little Miss Pumpkin Fest pageant at the Lake Park-Audubon High School and an outdoor movie T...
Sep 21, 2023
Charges dismissed for three Line 3 protestors
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline are celebrating an Aitkin County judge's decision last Thursday to dismiss charges against three Native women related to a 2021 prote...
Sep 21, 2023
Becker County approves 5.96% preliminary tax levy for 2024
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Becker County Board of Commissioners approved a preliminary 5.96% tax levy increase for 2024 Part of that levy increase will cover the costs of an additional assistan...
Sep 21, 2023
Hodgepodge: Logan Riedel talks soil health and cover crops; Gina Kemper talks lake turnover and algae blooms; Jason Bruun talks Sippi's Block Party benefit in Vergas
Logan Riedel of the Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District talks soil health and cover crops. Gina Kemper of the Pelican River Watershed District talks fall lake turnover and algae blooms....
Sep 21, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 21, 2023
Perham woman injured in ATV crash near Big Pine Lake in Otter Tail County Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Perham woman was seriously injured in a single-ATV rollover crash near Big Pine ...
Sep 21, 2023
Hodgepodge: Kelly Blackledge gives a fall colors update from Tamarac; Steve Skoog talks about changes to Becker County's solid waste assessment
Kelly Blackledge, visitor services coordinator for Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, gives a fall colors update. Steve Skoog, director of Becker County's Land Use Department, talks about potential cha...
Sep 20, 2023
2 injured in Highway 59 crash Monday afternoon
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two people were injured in a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 59 in Mahnomen County on Monday afternoon. On Sept. 18 at 2:39 p.m., emergency dispatchers received a repo...
Sep 20, 2023
Perham woman injured in ATV rollover near Big Pine Lake
Detroit Lake, Minn. (KDLM) - A Perham woman was seriously injured in a single-ATV rollover crash near Big Pine Lake. On Sept. 19 at 4:49 p.m., emergency dispatchers received a report of a single-ATV r...
Sep 20, 2023
Becker County Board approves South Shore Drive gas station permit on 3-2 vote
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - After about an hour of public comments from Detroit Lakes residents, members of the Becker County Board approved a conditional-use permit on a 3-2 vote for a gas station/...
Sep 20, 2023 Residents fill the Becker County Board Chambers to voice their concerns over plans for a gas station near South Shore Drive and 270th Avenue in Detroit Lakes. (Michael Achterling / KDLM)