Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Ice-out on Detroit Lake; about 15 days later than the 131-year average
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Ice-out has reached Detroit Lake. According to the Lake Detroiters Association, ice-out on big and little Detroit lake occurred on May 5, which is about 15 days later tha...
May 08, 2023
Hodgepodge: Rep. Jim Joy talks paid family leave and eliminating the tax on social security on May 8
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Rep. Jim Joy, R-Hawley, joined Hodgepodge to discuss the drawbacks of the new paid family medical leave program and eliminating the tax on social security benefits on May...
May 08, 2023
Becker and Clay Counties receive public safety grant for school bus stop-arm cameras
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - School bus companies in Becker and Clay Counties will be two of 27 total recipients of a $1.2 million grant by Minnesota Department of Public Safety to install stop-arm c...
May 08, 2023
MnDOT changes traffic signal rotation on Highway 10 in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Starting May 4, drivers may have noticed changes to the traffic signals along Highway 10 between Airport Road and County Road 54 in Detroit Lakes, according to a Minnesot...
May 08, 2023
Detroit Lakes Library cuts the ribbon on new bathrooms; bids farewell to executive director
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The ribbon was cut for the $100,000 Detroit Lakes public bathroom remodel project on May 4 in a ceremony held at the library. Greta Guck, executive director for the Detro...
May 08, 2023 Greta Guck, center-left, members of the Detroit Lakes Library Board and other friends of the library cut the ribbon on the library's $100,000 bathroom remodel project on May 4, 2023. (Contributed / Barbie Porter)
DL VFW Auxiliary and Knights of Columbus fundraise with pancakes and sausage on May 7
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes answered an age-old question on Sunday morning, can you hold two different pancake and sausage breakfast fundraisers on the same day? And it seems the answe...
May 08, 2023 Louie Eidenschink, a member of the Knights of Columbus, flips pancakes during the group's monthly breakfast fundraiser at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes on May 7, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
PowerSports Technology program at M State moving to Moorhead
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The powersports repair and maintenance program offered at M State in Detroit Lakes is moving Moorhead, according to a May 4 news release from the college. The small engin...
May 05, 2023 Students and faculty talk while working on an engine as part of the PowerSports Technology program at M State in Detroit Lakes. (Contributed / M State)
Driver involved in fatal single-vehicle crash near Dunvilla identified
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - A rural Pelican Rapids man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on 155th Avenue, west of Dunvilla, on May 3. Paul Bakken, 65, was identified as the driver of the crashed ...
May 05, 2023
Hodgepodge: Shaun Carlson and Liz Foster-Anderson discuss neighborhood commercial zoning on May 5
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Shaun Carlson, alderman first ward and chair of the Detroit Lakes Planning Commission, and Liz Foster-Anderson, vice-chair of the Detroit Lakes Planning Commission, discu...
May 05, 2023
Perham Full Metal Jackets robotics team heads to first state robotics tournament in school history
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Perham Full Metal Jackets robotics team will be competing in the Minnesota State High School League state robotics tournament on Saturday at Williams Arena in Minneap...
May 05, 2023 The Perham Full Metal Jackets smile for a group photo after a robotics competition. (Screenshot / Facebook)