Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

ALEXANDRIA, MN (KDLM) -Minnesota State Senator Torrey Westrom was hospitalized Sunday after a snowmobile accident. Senator Westrom of Alexandria was a passenger on the machine, driven by a 13-year-old...

(St. Cloud, MN) - An Otter Tail County man will be sentenced on April 26th for soliciting a child for sex in St. Cloud. Stearns County prosecutors say 56-year-old Darrin Watro of Vergas pleaded guilty...

(KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers the upcoming deadline to remove ice shelters from lakes in the northern one-third of the state is quickly approaching. Heavy snow...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Much of the state saw significant snowfall on Saturday, with as much as 16 inches being dumped on the North Shore. Detroit Lakes reported 10 inches of new snowfall on Saturd...

EAGLE ISLAND, AK (KDLM) - Defending Iditarod champion Brent Sass scratched from the 2023 race in Eagle Island on Saturday due to health concerns. "Unfortunately I had been sick the entire race with a ...

(KDLM/KPRW) - The 2022-23 Girls State Basketball tournament begins on Wednesday. The Perham Yellowjackets, making their first state tournament appearance since 1991, enter the tournament as a bottom-t...

(KDLM) - The Minnesota Vikings announced this morning that they have released WR Adam Thielen, ending the Detroit Lakes native's ten-year run with the team. "The sides had discussions about a restruct...

PERHAM, MN - The Arvig fiber network has surpassed a major growth milestone, the company announced recently. Arvig has now constructed more than 15,500 fiber route miles throughout Minnesota, bolsteri...

WADENA, Minn - Tri-County Health Care is now Astera Health. In addition to the new name, Astera Health will host a grand opening ceremony for its brand new campus on Mar. 18, 2023, from 12 - 4 p.m. Th...

(KDLM) - Lend A Hand Up is preparing to receive its largest proceeds check ever on Wednesday evening. Stick it to Cancer is an annual fundraiser hosted by high school hockey teams in the Fargo-Moorhea...