Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

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 ...
Michael Achterling 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...
Michael Achterling 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...
Michael Achterling 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...
Michael Achterling 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 ...
Michael Achterling 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...
Michael Achterling 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...
Michael Achterling Sep 07, 2023

Shots fired in Frazee during possible drive-by shooting Tuesday night; 2 arrested at Perham motel
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Multiple shots were fired during a possible drive-by shooting in the city of Frazee on Wednesday night. On Sept. 6 at 11:35 p.m., emergency dispatchers received a report ...
Michael Achterling Sep 07, 2023

Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 7, 2023
Detroit Lakes man sentenced for Lakes Inn crash that killed 1 and injured another Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Detroit Lakes man was sentenced to one year in jail and 15 years of prob...
Michael Achterling Sep 07, 2023

Wadena woman injured in Highway 10 crash in Benton County
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Wadena woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 10 in Benton County on Tuesday night. On Sept. 5 at 8:17 p.m., a 2018 GMC Acadia, driven by 71-year-old David...
Michael Achterling Sep 06, 2023