Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jan 27, 2023
Funding For Washington Ballpark Included in Gov Walz's Bonding Bill
(KDLM/KFGO) - Gov. Tim Walz has proposed a $3.3 billion bonding bill that would include millions of dollars for projects across the state, including Detroit Lakes, Pelican Rapids, Dilworth, and Moorhe...
Jan 27, 2023
MSHSL To Hold February Virtual Recruiting Event Amidst Officiating Shortage
(KDLM) - With the high school sports officials shortage continuing to be a problem across the state, the Minnesota State High School League is holding an online Officiating Recruitment at 6:00 pm on F...
Jan 26, 2023
Groetsch, Selander, VanHavermaet, Peter Among Candidates For Minnesota Teacher Of The Year
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (KDLM) - Education Minnesota has released its list of 131 candidates for the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year and four Lakes Area teachers are on the list. Stephanie Groetsch of ...
Jan 25, 2023