Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Simple Is Best When Preparing Your Thanksgiving Turkey
(KNSI) - Butterball says there is a perfect way to roast a turkey. Javier Reyes works with the company's Turkey Talk Line, which is busy again fielding questions from cooks across the country. He says...
Nov 22, 2022
Highway 87 Work to Wrap up this Week near Frazee
FRAZEE (KDLM) - Highway 87 Phase 4 work will wrap up this week near Frazee. With the in-town work completed, crews have been fighting the wintry weather to also wrap up Phase 4 (Hwy 87/Hwy 10 overpass...
Nov 22, 2022
Lake Detroit Officially Ices Over
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lake Detroit is officially iced over. Lake Detroit iced over, Saturday evening, November 19 with Little Detroit mostly frozen a few days earlier. Dick Hecock with the Lake Detro...
Nov 21, 2022
City of Detroit Lakes Auctioning Off Items from City Hall
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lakes Area residents could soon own a piece of Detroit Lakes history. The City of Detroit Lakes is selling a surplus equipment, furniture and other miscellaneous items from the ...
Nov 21, 2022
Highway 55/59 Elbow Lake to Barrett Reopens
ELBOW LAKE (KDLM) - Highway 55/59 between Elbow Lake and Barrett reopened, Monday. Crews finished up paving and shouldering over the last few weeks and installed temporary striping for winter. Crews w...
Nov 21, 2022
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