Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

ST. PAUL, MN (KDLM) - As forecasts predict up to 20 inches of snow across the southern half of the state this week and at the request of Minnesota National Guard's Adjutant General, Army Maj. Gen. Sha...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Becker County, as well as neighboring counties, is currently in a Winter Weather Advisory until midnight on February 22nd. The Advisory will then shift to a Winter Weather W...

ST. PAUL, MN (KDLM) - DFL lawmakers are announcing their plan to legalize sports betting in Minnesota at 9:30 on Tuesday morning. Representative Zack Stephenson of Coon Rapids is carrying the bill in ...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - After 80 years and three generations of family ownership, Beug Ace Hardware in Detroit Lakes is being sold. Current owners Bruce Beug, and his brother Mark, are selling the ...

BATTLE LAKE, MN (KDLM) - Terry and Margaret Haviland of Battle Lake, the owners of Granny's Pantry, have both been charged with multiple felony tax crimes, according to the Minnesota Department of Rev...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - It's been a very busy couple of weeks for Becker County Executive Director Becky Mitchell and her family as she oversaw getting the new science wing and gift shop open at th...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - From 1975-2016, Andy Lia was the "Voice of the Lakers" on KDLM, and became one of the most recognizable and beloved voices of Detroit Lakes. Lia, a 2009 inductee into the Mi...

(KNSI) - The mother convicted of murdering her six-year-old son will spend the rest of her life in prison. A jury in Hennepin County found 29-year-old Julissa Thaler guilty of first and second-degree ...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd and the DLPD have taken the first steps towards joining the SWAT Team co-op with Hubbard and Wadena counties called Lakes Area SWAT and...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - The winners of the inaugural Yellowbright Frosty Pen Kids' Writing Contest have been announced. Aubrey Johnson, 7, of Fergus Falls, and Kellen Ashmore, 9, of Detroit Lakes w...