Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
DNR Posts Deer Hunting Numbers as Firearms Season Closes in Much of Minnesota
(KNSI) - The Department of Natural Resources says the central and southern Minnesota firearms hunting season was a success. According to the DNR, hunters shot 137,122 deer from November 5th to the 15t...
Nov 16, 2022
Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer Named House Majority Whip
(KNSI) - Minnesota's Sixth District Republican Congressman Tom Emmer has been elected to serve in one of his party's top positions. Emmer, who represents St. Cloud and the surrounding area in Washingt...
Nov 16, 2022
'Wheels Fall Off' Train Car Traveling Through Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - BNSF workers continued to work on a rail line in Detroit Lakes along Highway 10 after a train car malfunction late Monday afternoon. An axle on one of the BNSF cars malfunctione...
Nov 15, 2022 Crews work on a section of railroad line in Detroit lakes, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022
Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services Announce Intent to Merge
SIOUX FALLS (KDLM) - Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States which operates several clinics throughout the Lakes Area, and Fairview Health Services, one of the leading pro...
Nov 15, 2022
Sheriff Investigating Cabin Shot more than 10 Times
WADENA COUNTY (KDLM) - The Wadena County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of a cabin being shot at more than ten times. On Monday, November 14 the Sheriff's Office responded to a residence i...
Nov 15, 2022
Suspected Case of CWD in Wild Deer in Bemidji Area
BEMIDJI, Minn. - The Minnesota DNR is reporting a suspected case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in the Bemidji area for the first time. Officials said preliminary test results indicat...
Nov 15, 2022
Man Taken to Perham Hospital After Rollover Accident
PERHAM (KDLM) - A man was taken to a Perham hospital after a rollover crash on icy roads, Sunday. 21-year-old, Devan Burgess from Bethel, Minnesota, was traveling westbound on Highway 108 when his Hon...
Nov 15, 2022
Lakes Area's Most Wanted: Nov. 15, 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!
Nov 15, 2022
Gas Prices Fall 2.2 cents in Minnesota over the Past Week
(KDLM/KXRA) - GasBuddy says that the average gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 2.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.57 per today. GasBuddy's survey involved 2,856 stations in Min...
Nov 14, 2022 via Jake Judd KNSI News
Election, Ventura comment re-ignites debate over legalizing recreational marijuana in Minnesota
(KDLM/MNN) - The debate in Minnesota has re-ignited over legalizing recreational marijuana after the 2022 mid-term election gave Democrats control of the Minnesota legislature in January. The issue wa...
Nov 14, 2022