Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Department of Corrections Orders Beltrami County Jail to Reduce Capacity By Wednesday
BEMIDJI, MN (KDLM/MNN) - The Minnesota Department of Corrections is ordering the Beltrami County Jail to reduce its capacity by Wednesday. The DOC received a complaint stemming from a suicide attempt ...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 31, 2023

Man's body found in Motley over the weekend; foul play not suspected
MOTLEY, MN (KDLM/KXRA) - The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says that on Saturday afternoon their office located a deceased male in the city of Motley. According to the Morrison County Sheriff's Off...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 31, 2023

Giving Hearts Day Preview: Humane Society of the Lakes
DETROIT LAKES, MN (KDLM) - Giving Hearts Day 2023 is coming up on Thursday, February 9th. Giving Hearts Day is a 24-hour fundraising event. Since 2008, Giving Hearts Day has raised more than $138 mill...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 30, 2023

Energy Utilities Calling On Residents To Lower Energy Use During Cold Snap
(KDLM) - Minnesota energy providers are calling on residents to reduce energy usage Monday night and Tuesday as sub-zero temperatures sweep across the state. The National Weather Service in Grand Fork...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 30, 2023

Benefit for Frazee Photographer Raises $15,000
FRAZEE, MN (KDLM) - Northern Lights Dance Academy of Frazee hosted a fundraising benefit for Frazee resident Stacy Moe on Sunday and raised $15,000 for the Moe family. 11 years after going into remiss...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 30, 2023 (submitted photo)

USDA Awards $22.7 Million Loan to Beltrami Electric Cooperative
BEMIDJI, MN (KDLM/MNN) - The Beltrami Electric Cooperative is getting a $22 million loan to connect nearly 1,500 customers and improve 225 miles of line in northern Minnesota. The USDA says the fundin...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 30, 2023

Detroit Lakes City Counsel Approves Steps For Implementing Half-cent Sales Tax For New Pavilion Area
DETROIT LAKES, MN (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes City Council has approved the first step towards a 12-year plan that would collect up to $17.3 million in sales taxes for a project to demolish and re-cons...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 30, 2023

Hutchinson Teen Wins New Truck With 9.75 lb Walleye At Brained Ice Fishing Tournament
BRAINERD, MN (KDLM) - Despite Saturday's freezing temperatures, nearly 12,000 ice fishermen made their way to Hole In The Day Bay on Gull Lake near Brainerd for the annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 28, 2023

Honor Flight of ND/MN Preparing For Spring Trip To Washington, DC
(KFGO) -The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota and Minnesota has announced there will be a spring flight in April. The Honor Flight will depart Hector International Airport on Sunday, April 30, and...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 28, 2023 Photo: Ten Little Chickens Photography

Biden administration moves to protect Boundary Waters wilderness in northern Minn. from proposed copper-nickel mine
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota's pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow to a copper...
Zeke Fuhrman Jan 27, 2023