Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
86 walleyes caught during annual Lakers Fishing Team Walleye Tournament on Detroit Lake
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Twenty-two teams of 44 anglers cast their lines into Detroit Lake on Saturday for the 3rd annual Lakers Fishing Team Walleye Tournament. The top prize for the tournament ...
Jun 12, 2023 Tony Boyd shows the largest walleye caught on Detroit Lake during the 3rd Annual Lakers Fishing Team Walleye Tournament on June 10, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Bags tournament brings 18 teams and dozens of onlookers to City Beach in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The inaugural Sax on the Beach beanbag tournament, hosted by Go Go Rental on City Beach in Detroit Lakes, saw 18 teams of bag hurlers compete for nearly $2,000 in cash an...
Jun 12, 2023 Ellie Sack, of Detroit Lakes, throws a bag on City Beach in Detroit Lakes during the inaugural Sax on the Beach bags tournament, hosted by GoGo Rental, on June 10, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
Saint Cloud man killed in motorcycle crash on Highway 15 Saturday
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A Saint Cloud man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Highway 15 in Saint Cloud on Saturday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, on June 10 at 2:14 p.m., a Saint Clo...
Jun 10, 2023
Laker girls 4x100m relay team wins state championship; Horner places third in pole vault during final day of State Track and Field
ST. MICHAEL, MINN (KDLM) - The Laker Girls 4x100m relay team continued their record-setting ways through the 2023 Class AA State Track and Field Championship with another record-setting performance on...
Jun 10, 2023 The state champion 4x100m relay team (L-R) Ella Paulson, Rylee Johnson, Jerzie Horner and Abby Larson (Photo: Lisa Conzemius via Twitter)
Gunderson wins state high jump title; Laker Track and Field advances to four final events on Saturday
ST. MICHAEL, MINN (KDLM) - Junior Grace Gunderson won the state high jump title at Day One of the Class AA Individual State Track and Field Meet at St. Michael-Albertville High School on Friday. Gunde...
Jun 09, 2023 Grace Gunderson competes in the 2023 Class AA State High Jump competition on June 9th, 2023. Gunderson won the championship with a jump of 5-05. (submitted photo)
Hodgepodge: Crystal Dibley talks acreage certification and Farm Services Agency programs and benefits for Becker County farmers
Crystal Dibley, executive director for the Farm Services Agency of Becker County, talked about the importance of acreage certification and other programs the FSA offers to help area farmers on June 9....
Jun 09, 2023
Emergency dispatchers sought across Minnesota; initiative started to promote recruitment and retention
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is launching a new awareness initiative and hiring push to combat the decline of 911 emergency dispatchers across the state. In ...
Jun 09, 2023
Becker County seeks public input for hazard mitigation plan
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Becker County is going to be updating its hazard mitigation plan and is seeking comments from community leaders, businesses and residents to share how severe weather impa...
Jun 09, 2023
Two Ponsford residents injured in Detroit Lakes car crash on Wednesday.
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two Ponsford residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 59 in Detroit Lakes on Wednesday. According to the Minnesota Stat...
Jun 08, 2023
Hodgepodge: Eliza Gores talks Detroit Lakes Public Library summer programs and her favorite children's books
Eliza Gores, youth services director for the Detroit Lakes Public Library, talks about the library's summer programs, upcoming events and books she loved to read growing up when she stopped by Hodgepo...
Jun 08, 2023