Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Detroit Lakes, MN - The Boys & Girls Club of Detroit Lakes has announced an exciting addition to this year's 30th Annual Polar Fest Plunge - social media personality and comedian Taylor Calmus, be...

(White Earth Reservation, MN) -- The housing crisis on Minnesota's Native American reservations is often invisible, yet deeply entrenched. According to a report from Wilder Research, although Native A...

New York Mills, MN - A Moorhead woman was recently sentenced for drug possession in rural New York Mills. Court documents say that on Friday, October 10, 40-year-old Jennifer Lee Riepe was sentenced t...

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has announced more than $20.7 million in Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grants across Greater Minnesota - including majo...

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has announced more than $20.7 million in Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grants across Greater Minnesota - including majo...

Becker County's new organics recycling program has officially begun, giving residents a simple way to turn food scraps into compost instead of waste. Kitchen collection containers are still available ...

A portion of Washington Avenue in downtown Detroit Lakes will be temporarily closed this Wednesday, October 15th. City officials say Washington Avenue, from Holmes Street to Front Street, will be clos...

Fergus Falls, MN - Warrants have been issued for a Florida couple, formerly of Otter Tail County, after they missed their first court appearance for a collective 55 theft and fraud felonies. Court doc...

Menahga, MN - The Wadena County Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the man killed in rural Menahga last week after a tree fell on top of him. Deputies say that around 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Oc...

New York Mills, MN - The 140-year-old iconic New York Mills Regional Cultural Center building is receiving some much-needed brickwork repairs, thanks to a couple of recent large donations that pushed ...