Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Fergus Falls Public Schools application for parents would restrict 'mature' library books
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - A recent development in the Fergus Falls Public School District has left parents and guardians pondering the implications of a new library access form. The form, designed ...
Sep 08, 2023 Alan Levine / CC
West Central Initiative awards $285K in Resilient Community Grants for west-central MN
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - West Central Initiative awarded more than $285,000 in Resilient Community Grants to 26 different organizations across their nine-county coverage area in west-central Minn...
Sep 08, 2023
Detroit Lakes to set 2024 maximum property tax levy at 11.22%
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes city staff will be proposing a maximum 11.22% property tax levy increase for 2024 following their last budget work session on Thursday morning. The maximum ...
Sep 08, 2023 Members of the Detroit Lakes city council and city staff hold a budget work session at the Detroit Lakes Police Station on Sept. 7, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM)
Hodgepodge: Brogren talks Buffet Memorial on Saturday; Blackledge and Fischer talk Toast of Tamarac on Sunday; Dibbley talks farming rolling into fall and services available
Jim Brogren, member of the Lakes Area Parrot Heads, talks Jimmy Buffet Memorial Saturday night at Zorbaz in DL. Kelly Blackledge and Nancy Fischer talk Toast of Tamarac on Sunday at Lakeside. Crystal ...
Sep 08, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 8, 2023
Possible drive-by shooting in Frazee, two arrested Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Multiple shots were fired during a possible drive-by shooting in the city of Frazee on Wednesday night. O...
Sep 08, 2023
Portions of Washington Avenue to close Saturday morning for Dick Beardsley Races
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A portion of Washington Avenue will be closed beginning 6 a.m. on Saturday for the Dick Beardsley Races. The Sept. 9 closures will affect Washington Avenue/West Lake Driv...
Sep 07, 2023 2023 Dick Beardsley race routes
Canadian woman sentenced to 23 years for overdose deaths and conspiracy
FARGO (KFGO) - A Canadian woman has been sentenced to 23 years in jail for her role in a fentanyl overdose case that spanned several states. 42-year old Marie Um of Montreal (Quebec) appeared before U...
Sep 07, 2023
Humane Society of Otter Tail County gets new executive director
Fergus Falls, Minn. (KBRF) - For the first time in many years, the Humane Society of Otter Tail County will officially have a full-time Executive Director leading the team. Christopher Cannon and his ...
Sep 07, 2023 Christopher Cannon, new executive director for the Humane Society of Otter Tail County, smiles with Gerald the gerbil.
Becker County finalizing 2024 budget, property tax levy; county board expected to vote on budget Sept. 19
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Becker County Administrator Pat Oman updated members of the county board on the budget process during their meeting on Tuesday. Oman said he expects to present a prelimin...
Sep 07, 2023 Members of the Becker County Board of Commissioners hold a regular meeting on May 2, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Hodgepodge: Kim Bettcher talks after-school and fall programming at the DLCCC, meteoric rise of pickleball
Kim Bettcher, marketing director for the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center, talks after-school and fall programming at the facility. She also talked about the popularity of pickleball in Det...
Sep 07, 2023