Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Lane closures, shoulder closures for signal installation on Highway 10 in Dilworth starts today
DETROIT LAKES, Minn.-Beginning today, Monday, Oct. 27, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will install an interim traffic signal on Highway 10 in Dilworth at the frontage road, east of 34th St...
Oct 27, 2025 Jo Naylor / CC
Federal Disaster Aid Approved for Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
(Washington, D.C.) -- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will receive federal aid after President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration Thursday. This comes in response to severe storms and st...
Oct 26, 2025
State Growers Expected to Harvest First Adult-Use Cannabis Crops Soon
There's a shortage of adult-use cannabis in the state and compacts with four Minnesota Tribal nations will bring some additional products to the market. The Office of Cannabis Management's Josh Collin...
Oct 26, 2025 Don Goofy / CC
Over 100 Moorhead Students Participate in Rally for Justice
Moorhead students participating in the “Rally for Justice.” (KFGO News) Moorhead, MN (KFGO) – Over 100 students were protesting near 4th Avenue S. and 21st Street S. in Moorhead Wedn...
Oct 23, 2025
Two Pelican Rapids Men Seeking Justice for Liquor Store Theft Arrested for Assault
Pelican Rapids, MN - Two Pelican Rapids men have been charged with kidnapping, burglary, and robbery. Otter Tail County prosecutors say 28-year-old Alberto Ramirez and 22-year-old Jose Blandon-Rivera ...
Oct 22, 2025 Alberto Ramirez and Jose Blandon-Rivera. (OTCDF)
Dude Dad to Headline 30th Annual Polar Fest Plunge in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN - The Boys & Girls Club of Detroit Lakes has announced an exciting addition to this year's 30th Annual Polar Fest Plunge - social media personality and comedian Taylor Calmus, be...
Oct 20, 2025
Housing Crisis on Minnesota's Reservations: Hiding in Plain Sight
(White Earth Reservation, MN) -- The housing crisis on Minnesota's Native American reservations is often invisible, yet deeply entrenched. According to a report from Wilder Research, although Native A...
Oct 19, 2025
Woman Sentenced for 2nd Degree Drug Possession in Near Rush Lake
New York Mills, MN - A Moorhead woman was recently sentenced for drug possession in rural New York Mills. Court documents say that on Friday, October 10, 40-year-old Jennifer Lee Riepe was sentenced t...
Oct 17, 2025 Jennifer Riepe. (MN DOC)
DEED Awards Funding to Support Projects in Elizabeth and Barnesville
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has announced more than $20.7 million in Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grants across Greater Minnesota - including majo...
Oct 16, 2025
DEED Awards Funding to Support Projects in Elizabeth and Barnesville
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has announced more than $20.7 million in Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grants across Greater Minnesota - including majo...
Oct 16, 2025