Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Otter Tail County Public Health receives national creative award for post-pandemic frontline worker diaries
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Otter Tail County Public Health received a national creative work award from the National Association of County and City Health Officials for their collaborative art exhi...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023 From left to right: National Association of County and City Health Officials CEO Lori Freeman, Otter Tail County Public Health Director Jody Lien, Otter Tail County Public Health Assistant Director Kristi Goos, NACCHO President-Elect Pramod Dwivedi. (contributed)

Hodgepodge: New DL Library Director Pamela Westby joined Hodgepodge; Kellie Albrecht talks about JJ's Hog Roast on Aug. 11-12 and Ole's Ride on Aug. 25
Pamela Westby, new Detroit Lakes Public Library director, talks about her first weeks on the job and possible future projects for library. Kellie Albrecht talks about JJ's Hog Roast on Aug. 11-12 and ...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023

Project 412 receives preliminary approval for tiny, surprise art projects around Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Project 412 has some bite-size art projects on the horizon for Detroit Lakes. During the city council meeting on Aug. 8, Mary Beth Gilsdorf, a member of the Lake Region A...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023 A preliminary design of a surprise, tiny art project for Detroit Lakes presented by Project 412. (contributed)

Lakes Area Morning News for Aug. 10, 2023
Project 412 get preliminary thumbs-up for surprise, tiny art murals around Detroit Lakes Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Project 412 has some bite-size art projects on the horizon for Detroit Lakes. Dur...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023

Fosston and Crookston receive $1.4 million in DEED grants
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The cities of Fosston and Crookston with be receiving a combined $1.4 million in state infrastructure grants from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Deve...
Michael Achterling Aug 10, 2023

Hodgepodge: Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk talks South Shore Drive safety, new pickleball courts, street projects and other items facing the city council
Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk talks South Shore Drive safety, new pickleball courts, street projects and other issues facing the Detroit Lakes City Council.
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023

Wadena man injured in motorcycle-deer crash on Highway 10
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Wadena man was injured Tuesday morning when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a deer on Highway 10. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, on Aug. 8 at 7:41 ...
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023

Motley man killed in motorcycle crash
Alexandria, Minn. (KXRA) - Authorities say that a man from central Minnesota is dead following a motorcycle crash. According to the report, law enforcement responded to a report of a crash just south ...
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023

1 suspect arrested, 1 at-large following Aug. 1 Fargo robbery
FARGO (KFGO) - One suspect has been arrested and another is currently at-large stemming from a robbery in the Tailgators Sports Cafe parking lot in Fargo last week. Fargo Police say the early morning ...
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023

Hibbing man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Hibbing man pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Monday in the June 2022 killing of his girlfriend, 43-year-old Kari Jo Petrich. In a St. Louis County courtroom,...
Michael Achterling Aug 09, 2023