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 ...
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
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 ...
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...
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...
Sep 06, 2023