Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Two injured in Highway 10 crash in Otter Tail County on Wednesday
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two people were injured during a two-vehicle crash occurring on Highway 10 at mile marker 80 in Otter Tail County on Tuesday evening. According to the Minnesota State Pat...
May 31, 2023
Hodgepodge: Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander talks safety and recreational cannabis; county board member John Okeson gives update on road projects and new highway department building
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander gives a public safety update, discusses new armored vehicle request and what to expect with recreational cannabis. John Okeson, vice-ch...
May 31, 2023
Street Faire road closures in downtown Detroit Lakes begin June 1
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Road closures for Street Faire of the Lakes in Detroit Lakes will begin on Thursday afternoon. According to a news release from the Detroit Lakes public works department,...
May 31, 2023 Nate Grigg / CC
Deer Creek teenager wins conservation association drawing contest
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - 13-year-old Dawson Seelhammer of Deer Creek won the Minnesota Conservation Officer Association's 2023 Game Warden Foundation drawing contest. Seelhammer's drawing will be...
May 31, 2023 Winning drawing submitted by Dawson Seelhammer, 13, of Deer Creek.
Two drug overdoses reported in Becker County over Memorial Day weekend
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two drug overdoses were reported in Becker County over the Memorial Day weekend. On May 26 at 6:20 a.m., emergency dispatchers received a report of a possible drug overdo...
May 31, 2023
Minnesota DNR, tribal nations and U.S. Fish and Wildlife complete 2023 lake sturgeon egg harvest
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The lake sturgeon population took another step toward future sustainability. According to a Minnesota DNR news release, the state agency, along with the U.S. Fish and Wil...
May 31, 2023 (Screenshot / MN DNR / Facebook)
Rural Audubon barn deemed 'total loss' following May 26 fire
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Two people were treated on-scene by EMS personnel following a structure fire in rural Audubon on Friday morning. According to the Becker County Sheriff's Office, on May 2...
May 31, 2023
Minneapolis woman on the mend following bear attack near Nisswa
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A 65-year-old Minneapolis woman was released from a Brainerd area hospital and is on the mend after being attack by a black bear at a cabin on Gull Lake, near Nisswa, on ...
May 31, 2023 Photograph of a Minneapolis woman's injuries sustained in a bear attack on Gull Lake, near Nisswa, on May 26, 2023. (Screenshot / Cass County Sheriff's Office / Facebook)
Hodgepodge: Partnership 4 Health's Patrick Holister and Karen Nitzkorski give an area bike trail update and talk summer food programs at area schools
Patrick Holister and Karen Nitzkorski, both with Partnership 4 Health, give an update on lakes area bike trails and summer food programs offered through lakes area schools.
May 30, 2023
22-year-old injured in Highway 113 motorcycle crash in Becker County
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A 22-year-old Crookston man was injured in a motorcycle crash on Memorial Day on Highway 113 in northern Becker County. On May 29 at 1:24 p.m., emergency dispatchers rece...
May 30, 2023