Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Send off for the Detroit Lakes track and field team starts at 1:15 p.m. in the high school parking lot
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Members of the Detroit Lakes High School track and field team will be departing the high school at 1:15 p.m. on June 8. In a social media post, Detroit Lakes public schoo...
Jun 08, 2023 Ethan Carrier and Jake Pavek compete in the 100m at the Snow-B-Gone Invite in Fergus Falls on April 18th, 2023 (Zeke Fuhrman / KDLM News)
Leighton Broadcasting celebrates 60 years in Detroit Lakes; ribbon cut on new Randolph Road broadcast facility
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Leighton Broadcasting, the parent company of KDLM and other lakes area radio stations, hosted its corporate members from across the Midwest region to celebrate 60 years o...
Jun 08, 2023 The control board sits in the new KDLM studio off Randolph Road in Detroit Lakes on June 7, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM Radio)
Seven artists chosen for Detroit Lakes utility box art wraps
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The artwork of seven artists have been chosen to adorn seven different public utilities box in Detroit Lakes. The public art project push is one of the first initiatives ...
Jun 08, 2023 A painting by Kent Estey will be printed onto a vinyl wrap and attached to a utility box in Detroit Lakes.
Take A Kid Fishing weekend in Minnesota June 9-11
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - This weekend is Take A Kid Fishing weekend in Minnesota, which runs from June 9-11 throughout the state. Adults do not need fishing licenses to fish this weekend if they ...
Jun 08, 2023
June Jubilee kicks-off summer in Wadena on June 9-10
Detroit Lakes , MN (KDLM) - The annual June Jubilee festival is officially kicking-off summer in Wadena on June 9-10. The festival, hosted by the Wadena Area Chamber of Commerce, will get underway on ...
Jun 08, 2023
Former Frazee VFW manager charged with four felonies related to theft
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The former manager for the Frazee VFW Post 7702 is facing four felony charges including theft, theft by swindle and wrongful receipt of unemployment benefits. According t...
Jun 08, 2023
Hodgepodge: Becky Mitchell talks summer programs at the Becker County Museum, museum grand opening scheduled for July 7
Becky Mitchell, executive director for the Becker County Historical Society and Museum, talked about the summer programs for lakes area kids happening at the museum. She also said the official grand o...
Jun 07, 2023
Heartland Orthopedic Specialists hold annual Ortho Day Out in Alexandria
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - More than 80 members of Heartland Orthopedic Specialists held their 11th annual Ortho Night Out on May 24 at the Broadway Ballroom in Alexandria. Orthopedic experts learn...
Jun 07, 2023 Alomere Health in Alexandria, Minn.
Zebra mussels found in Otter Tail County lake, MN DNR says
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have found zebra mussels in Tamarack Lake just north of Pelican Rapids. According to a news release from the agency, DNR sta...
Jun 07, 2023 photo courtesy of MN DNR
Becker County drug court give program update, 129 graduates with only 18% recidivism rate
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Members of the Becker County Board of Commissioners received a positive update about the success of the county's drug court program on Tuesday. Becker County District Cou...
Jun 07, 2023 Becker County District Court Judge Gretchen Thilmony, right, gives members of the Becker County Board an update on the county's drug court program on June 6, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)