Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Hodgepodge: Eliza talks DL Library summer programs running through July and the new teen advisory council; James talks Clay County Fair running July 13-16
Eliza Gores, youth services director for the Detroit Lakes Public Library, talks about the library's remaining summer programs, which wrap up in July. She also promoted the library's new teen advisory...
Jul 13, 2023
Hodgepodge: Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk talks the city's new cannabis-use ordinance and other items from the July 11 council meeting
Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk talks about the city's new cannabis-use ordinance and other items from the July 11 city council meeting.
Jul 12, 2023
Husband arrested in Crow Wing County for wife's death
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Police have arrested the husband of a woman found dead on a Crow Wing County road last month. The body of 49-year-old Angela McClelland, of Fort Ripley, was found near th...
Jul 12, 2023
Lake Itasca public access closed for summer due to construction
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced the Lake Itasca Public Water Access in Itasca State Park is now closed, as of Tuesday, July 11, through the 2023 s...
Jul 12, 2023
Pelican Rapids man pleads guilty in Stearns County child-sex sting
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Pelican Rapids man has pleaded guilty in a child sex sting investigation in Stearns County. 33-year-old Joshua Jansen admitted to a felony charge of engaging in electro...
Jul 12, 2023
Road work on Highway 59 and other lakes area highways begins this week
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Several highways in west-central Minnesota are about to be under construction beginning this week. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, road crews wil...
Jul 12, 2023
Feed The 5,000 actually fed about 5,600 people in Detroit Lakes in June
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The results are in from Christian Fellowship Church's Feed The 5,000 campaign and the numbers, as well as, the generosity of many of the vendors did not go unnoticed. The...
Jul 12, 2023 Ronnie Royer, of Frazee, flips hamburgers during the Feed The 5,000 event at Christian Fellowship Church in Detroit Lakes on June 26, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM Radio)
Video appears corroborate driver's statements to police involving the bike-vehicle death of Knutson in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The driver of a pickup truck with a boat and trailer appears not to have violated any criminal or traffic laws after their vehicle struck and killed Mark Knutson on South...
Jul 12, 2023 Mark Knutson
Lakes Area Morning News for July 12, 2023
Feed the 5,000 fed actually fed more than 5,600 meals; next event in two or three years, organizer says Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The results are in from Christian Fellowship Church'...
Jul 12, 2023
Hodgepodge: Zeke Fuhrman talks about tackling the 40-mile Tour Da Lakes bike ride as novice cyclist
Zeke Fuhrman, KDLM sports director, talks about participating in the 40-mile Tour Da Lakes bike ride as a novice cyclist. Zeke raised $1,000 for Health Resources, a new and expectant mother resource n...
Jul 11, 2023