Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Becker County Jail staff received Lifesaver Awards for saving a non-responsive individual at the jail in May
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Six members of the Becker County Jail staff received Lifesaving Awards from a May 2023 incident involving a non-responsive individual at the jail. The staff responded to ...
Sep 06, 2023 Becker County Jail Sgt. Clayson and Officers, Guggenberger, Hoard, Karst, Koppelman and Stenger receive Lifesaver Awards from Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. and Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander. (contributed)
Detroit Lakes man sentenced to 1 year jail, 15 years of probation 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 probation for two counts of felony criminal vehicular homicide, and operation, while intoxicated. Th...
Sep 06, 2023
Hodgepodge: Becky Mitchell talks Becker County haunted house, Di Vinci exhibit and upcoming fall programs
Becky Mitchell, executive director of the Becker County Historical Society and Museum, talks about moving the county's haunted house to the old county jail. She also gave updates on the Di Vinci exhib...
Sep 06, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Sept. 6, 2023
2 killed, 1 seriously injured in Stearns County I-94 crash Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two people were killed and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 Monday eve...
Sep 06, 2023
Becker County haunted house moves to old county jail; event runs Oct. 26-29
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Becker County Haunted House will be scaring area residents at a new location this year. Becky Mitchell, executive director of the Becker County Historical Society, sa...
Sep 06, 2023 A volunteer eerily stands during the 2021 Becker County Haunted House. (screenshot / Facebook)
Peachey's Baking Company donuts highlight the 2023 MN State Fair with delicious
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Peachey's Baking Company has been selling their Amish-style baked goods since 1985, but this year their booth met the ravenous appetites of Minnesota State Fair attendees...
Sep 06, 2023 Peachey's donuts hang on a wooden dowel after they are covered in frosty glaze during the Minnesota State Fair on Sept. 3, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM)
Becker County releases new wage study and pay scale; new scale to be implemented Jan. 1
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The preliminary findings of Becker County's most recent wage study was presented to the county board on Tuesday. The study was completed by a third-party, DDA Human Resou...
Sep 06, 2023
Several sick after consuming raw milk from Morrison County farm
St. Cloud, MN (KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health says several people have been sickened by raw milk from a Morrison County farm. Officials say eight cryptosporidiosis cases and one E. coli ca...
Sep 06, 2023
Fergus Falls apartment garage fire causes $100K in damage
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Fergus Falls Fire Department responded to a garage fire at an apartment building on Labor Day On Monday at 5:35 p.m., dispatchers received a report of a structure fire on...
Sep 06, 2023
2 dead, 1 seriously injured in two-vehicle crash on I-94 in Stearns County
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Two people were killed and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 Monday evening. On Sept. 4 at 6:56 p.m., a 2016 Honda Accord, driven by 36-year-old Sa...
Sep 06, 2023