Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Driver's licenses to get easier to obtain for out-of-state drivers
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Getting a Minnesota driver's license is going to get easier for new residents starting Aug. 1, thanks to a new law passed during the last legislative session. The new sta...
Jul 14, 2023
Some Detroit Lakes road and utility projects put on hold after bid rejection by city council
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Some potholed roadways around Detroit Lakes received a temporary reprieve from summer road crews after the Detroit Lakes city council rejected the sole bid for three road...
Jul 14, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for July 14, 2023
Some Detroit Lakes road and utility projects pushed into 2024 after council rejects the sole project bid Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Some potholed roadways around Detroit Lakes receive...
Jul 14, 2023
Crematoriums may be coming to Detroit Lakes after city council approve first reading of ordinance change
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Members of the Detroit Lakes city council approved the first reading of a change to the city's B-3 business district that will allow funeral homes as a permitted use and ...
Jul 13, 2023
Detroit Lakes receives high marks for 2022 financial audit
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes received a clean and unmodified audit opinion from BerganKDV after passing their 2022 financial audit with flying colors. Andy Grice, a certified public acc...
Jul 13, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for July 13, 2023
Video appears to corroborate driver's story in Knutson bike death Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The driver of a pickup truck with a boat and trailer appears not to have violated any crim...
Jul 13, 2023
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