Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Murals beginning to take shape around Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Along Front Street in Detroit Lakes, the Becker County Health and Human Services building started receiving splotches of much-needed color to its cream-colored exterior o...
Jun 14, 2023 Deneena Hughes, right, and her daughter, Sophia, tape the exterior wall at the Becker County Health and Human Services building in Detroit Lakes as they complete a mural on the side of the building on June 13, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
MN DNR to sell more than 260 acres of land in Clearwater, Itasca and Wadena Counties during online auction
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced they will be hosting an online auction in July to sell off more than 260 acres of rural and lakefront land located...
Jun 14, 2023 Map of available parcels to be auctioned online in July 2023. (Screenshot / MN DNR)
Project 412 launches Detroit Lakes music and concert calendar website
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes has a new website dedicated to live music performances across the lakes area. MusicinDL.com features a comprehensive calendar of performances at various bar...
Jun 14, 2023
Hodgepodge: Lauren Eliason of DEED talks about free state services and programs for the blind and visually impaired
Lauren Eliason, a blind rehabilitation specialist at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, talks about free state services and programs for the blind and visually impaired o...
Jun 13, 2023
DL Cruise Night returns to West Lake Drive on June 14; Women's Edge Speakers Series also kicks-off in City Park Wednesday afternoon
Detroit Lakes , MN (KDLM) - West Lake Drive between Washington Avenue to Rossman Avenue in Detroit Lakes will be closed on Wednesday evening from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. for one of the city's most colorful a...
Jun 13, 2023 Classic cars are displayed along West Lake Drive in Detroit Lakes during DL Cruise Night. (Screenshot / Facebook)
Fans seek refunds after 1-song Ice Cube concert at Northern Lights Casino on June 9
Detroit Lakes , MN (KDLM) - Attendees of a June 9 Ice Cube concert at Northern Lights Casino in Walker, Minn., took to social media over the weekend to express their disappointment with the cancelatio...
Jun 13, 2023 Ice Cube performs one song at Northern Lights Casino on June 9 before the concert is canceled due to sever weather. (Screenshot / Ice Cube / Twitter)
Two new m-pox cases discovered in Minnesota; first new cases since November 2022
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two cases of m-pox, formerly known as monkeypox, were confirmed in Minnesota last week by the state's department of health. Both cases were found in two adults living in ...
Jun 13, 2023 NIAID / CC
Detroit Lakes city council to hold hearing for 2023 gutter, approach and sidewalk repair; 80 projects total more than $273,000
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes City Council will be holding a public hearing during their meeting tonight concerning 2023 curb, gutter, concrete approaches and sidewalk repairs. In to...
Jun 13, 2023
Ronald McDonald House Ride in New York Mills raises more than $100,000 in donations, 5 million pop tabs to sell for scrap
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The 22nd annual Ronald McDonald House RIDE in New York Mills brought in more than $100,000 in cash donations and 5 million aluminum pop can tabs to be sold for scrap all ...
Jun 13, 2023 Motorcycles line up in New York Mills at the start of a 150-mile ride to raise donations for the Ronald McDonald House on June 10, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Hodgepodge: Rep. Jim Joy discusses some of the different bills passed during the legislative session
Rep. Jim Joy, R-Hawley, discusses some of the different bills passed during the legislative session on June 12.
Jun 12, 2023