Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Halloween Fires, Electric Rate Increases, and a New Arcade – Weekly News Recap October 31st
Derek Sidian recaps this week’s biggest local news stories. The Weekly News Recap is brought to you by Fergus Falls Monument, online at foreverstonememorials.com, Memorials That Matter. FOLLOW U...
Derek Sidian Oct 31, 2025

Hunters Encouraged to Donate Venison to Help Local Families
With food costs on the rise and cuts to food benefits, the Becker County Food Pantry is reminding hunters that their donation of venison can make a big difference for families in need. The pantry part...
Dave Bishop Oct 29, 2025

Horace Man Sentenced for Theft in Otter Tail County
Otter Tail County, MN - A Horace man has been sentenced for stealing a skid steer in Otter Tail County. On Monday, 53-year-old Scott Adelman was sentenced to 1 year at the Minnesota Correctional Facil...
Derek Sidian Oct 28, 2025 Scott Adelman. (OTCDF)

Teen Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries Near Bemidji
Bemidji, MN (KFGO) - A 17-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash in northern Minnesota Monday afternoon. Kali Nepean of Bagley was driving a pickup west on Highway 2 west of Bemid...
Derek Sidian Oct 28, 2025

Reward Offered for Information on Shady Hollow Fire
Detroit Lakes, MN (KVRR) - A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with a fire at Shady Hollow Flea Market near Detroit Lakes. Owner Chad Stenerson says inv...
Derek Sidian Oct 28, 2025 Shady Hollow Flea Market. (Shady Hollow Facebook Page)

Lane closures, shoulder closures for signal installation on Highway 10 in Dilworth starts today
DETROIT LAKES, Minn.-Beginning today, Monday, Oct. 27, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will install an interim traffic signal on Highway 10 in Dilworth at the frontage road, east of 34th St...
Dave Bishop Oct 27, 2025 Jo Naylor / CC

Federal Disaster Aid Approved for Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
(Washington, D.C.) -- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will receive federal aid after President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration Thursday. This comes in response to severe storms and st...
Dave Bishop Oct 26, 2025

State Growers Expected to Harvest First Adult-Use Cannabis Crops Soon
There's a shortage of adult-use cannabis in the state and compacts with four Minnesota Tribal nations will bring some additional products to the market. The Office of Cannabis Management's Josh Collin...
Dave Bishop Oct 26, 2025 Don Goofy / CC

Over 100 Moorhead Students Participate in Rally for Justice
Moorhead students participating in the “Rally for Justice.” (KFGO News) Moorhead, MN (KFGO) – Over 100 students were protesting near 4th Avenue S. and 21st Street S. in Moorhead Wedn...
Derek Sidian Oct 23, 2025

Two Pelican Rapids Men Seeking Justice for Liquor Store Theft Arrested for Assault
Pelican Rapids, MN - Two Pelican Rapids men have been charged with kidnapping, burglary, and robbery. Otter Tail County prosecutors say 28-year-old Alberto Ramirez and 22-year-old Jose Blandon-Rivera ...
Derek Sidian Oct 22, 2025 Alberto Ramirez and Jose Blandon-Rivera. (OTCDF)