Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Many Lakes Area Snowmobile Trails not Open until Dec. 1
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The ULTRA Snowmobile club is reminding the public that trails have not yet opened for the season. ULTRA Snowmobile trails open, Dec. 1 and use public and private property. The t...
Nov 21, 2022
Minnesota DNR Offering Free State Park Entrance on Black Friday
(KDLM) - The Minnesota DNR is once again offering free entrance to state parks on Black Friday, waiving entrance fees to all 75 state parks and recreation areas. This "Free Park Day" is one of four da...
Nov 21, 2022 Maplewood State Park in Pelican Rapids (photo courtesy of Minnesota DNR)
Canadian-Pacific Holiday Train To Stop In Detroit Lakes on December 15th
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - After a two-year hiatus, the Canadian-Pacific Holiday Train will return to the rails this season. The Train will stop in more than two-dozen Minnesota towns on its annual ri...
Nov 21, 2022 The Canadian-Pacific Holiday Train (photo courtesy of ExploreMinnesota.com)
J&K Marine's 'Fill The Yetti' Stop At Detroit Lakes Elementary Schools Nets 2,300 Pounds of Food
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - The Fill the Yeti campaign, presented by J and K Marine and Builder's First Source, collected more than 2,300 pounds of food at Rossman and Roosevelt Elementary Schools in D...
Nov 20, 2022
Minnesota Golf Hall of Famer and renowned course designer Joel Goldstrand passes away
(KDLM) - Minnesota Golf Hall of Famer and renowned course designer Joel Goldstrand passed away last weekend at the age of 83. Goldstrand, a native of Worthington, won two NCAA golf championships at th...
Nov 20, 2022 submitted photo
'Give To The Max Day' Raises $34 Million For Minnesota Charities and Non-Profits
(KDLM/MNN) - "Give to the Max" Day 2022 was another success for non-profits and schools around the state. Thursday's 24-hour online campaign raised over 34 million dollars($34,067,008), just shy of th...
Nov 18, 2022
Lakes Area Organizations Asking for Support During 'Give to the Max' Day
(KNSI/KDLM) - Thursday marks the annual Give to the Max Day in Minnesota. Give MN Executive Director Jake Blumberg says the 24 hour marathon event is a massive boost to nonprofits across the state. "G...
Nov 17, 2022
Thief River Falls man seriously injured in rollover crash north of Mahnomen
ERSKINE, Minn (KFGO) - A Thief River Falls man suffered life-threatening injuries in a rollover crash on an icy highway near Erskine in northwestern Minnesota Wednesday morning. The State Patrol said ...
Nov 16, 2022
DNR Investigating CWD Case in Wild Deer Harvested South Of Bemidji
(KDLM/MNN) - The Minnesota DNR continues to investigate the first case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer in the Bemidji area. Wildlife health supervisor Michelle Carstensen says there was a po...
Nov 16, 2022
City of Detroit Lakes Reopens West Lake Drive
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The city of Detroit Lakes reopened West Lake Drive, Tuesday. That stretch of West Lake Drive has been closed for nearly the entire summer as crews have been working on narrowing...
Nov 16, 2022 A graphic rendition of a completed West Lake Drive project in Detroit Lakes, which features a new multi-use path on the lakeside.