Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
West Central Initiative awards $20,000 to small town fire departments
FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - More than $20,000 has been awarded to small town fire departments across the Lakes Area by West Central Initiative. Twenty, local fire departments received $1,000 grants from The...
Dec 28, 2022
Perham Health's Tolle Receives Nursing Award
PERHAM (KDLM) - Sonda Tolle, DNP, RN, Vice President of Patient Services for Perham Health, has been awarded the Minnesota Nurse Leader Star Award by the Minnesota Organization of Leaders in Nursing (...
Dec 28, 2022
Five Lakes Area Students Awarded Davis Family Nursing Scholarship
WADENA (KDLM) - The Tri-County Health Care Foundation has awarded five area students with the Davis Family Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship supports students pursuing a career in healthcare. This ...
Dec 27, 2022
Respiratory Illnesses on the Rise in Lakes Area
WADENA (KDLM) - Respiratory illnesses are on the rise throughout the Lakes Area. Tri-County Health Care says they're observing an increase in the positivity rate of respiratory illnesses across the st...
Dec 27, 2022
Minnesota Regulators Warn of High Heating Costs, Assistance Available
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is warning residents of much higher heating costs this winter. Utility companies are paying 50 to 100 percent more for natural gas righ...
Dec 27, 2022
Lakes Area's Most Wanted: Dec. 27, 2022
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM/LAKES TV3) - The Becker County Sheriff's Department and Detroit Lakes Police share their most wanted. Check back each week to see if the most wanted person has been located!
Dec 27, 2022
Detroit Lakes Public Utilities Asking Customers to Reduce Power Use
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes Public Utilities (DLPU) is asking customers to conserve energy to help reduce demand on the power grid. The request comes from the Midcontinent Independent System ...
Dec 23, 2022
Lake Park Audubon Students Finalists for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition
LAKE PARK (KDLM) - Students from Lake Park Audubon school have been named one of 7 Minnesota State Finalists and are among just 300 finalists across the nation in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tom...
Dec 22, 2022
Bill Honoring Fallen Perham Minnesota National Guardsman on its Way to the White House for Signing
(KNSI) - A bill to name post offices in Minnesota after three national guardsmen killed in a helicopter crash near St. Cloud has now made it through both houses of Congress. The Senate passed a bill t...
Dec 22, 2022
Otter Tail County puts one-year pause on THC-infused products
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO) - After receiving feedback from the public, the Otter Tail County Commission has put a one-year moratorium on sales of THC products within the county. In a unanimous vote, t...
Dec 22, 2022