Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
31st Annual Roses for Rotary Returns to Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Breakfast Rotary will host their 31st Roses for Rotary Rose Sale this week. Conceived in 1993, the sale of roses was initially designed to offer hunters an opp...
Nov 02, 2022
Near Critical Fire Conditions in Lakes Area, Wednesday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The National Weather Service is encouraging Lakes Area residents to use extreme care with activities that could cause grass or crop fires. Extremely dry fuels from prolonged dro...
Nov 02, 2022
Minnesota GOP Senate Candidate Dan Bohmer says 'C-word' Attack Ad is 'full of lies'
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) - A Republican Minnesota Senate candidate says an attack ad by the DFL Senate Caucus is full of lies. "Bohmer recorded his son while he showered. He called his own wife a 'c***,...
Nov 02, 2022
Line 3 Opponents Plan to turn old Enbridge Office Building into Indigenous Museum in Park Rapids
PARK RAPIDS (KDLM) - The group that tried unsuccessfully to block the Line 3 replacement pipeline through northern Minnesota will take ownership of the downtown Park Rapids building where Enbridge onc...
Nov 01, 2022
Lakes Area's Most Wanted: Nov. 1, 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 01, 2022
Brainerd Man Charged with Murder in Shooting Death of Daughter's Boyfriend
BRAINERD, Minn. - A Brainerd man is accused of fatally shooting his daughter's boyfriend who he suspected was abusing her. The 45-year-old Brainerd father, Michael LaFlex, is charged with second-degre...
Nov 01, 2022
Tribal Colleges Hope Voters Show Support at the Polls
WHITE EARTH (KDLM) - Minnesota is home to three tribal colleges. Higher education leaders for Indigenous populations say they hope to see strong turnout for the midterms, as it could help them elevate...
Nov 01, 2022
Sheriff Investigating Suspicious Death Near Brainerd
BRAINERD, Minn. - On Friday the sheriff's office got a call about Bryce Brogle, 23, who was last seen leaving a home in Center Township north of Brainerd on Wednesday. Brogle had gone missing after go...
Oct 31, 2022
Record Muskie Caught on Mille Lacs
(KNSI) - A Princeton man's muskie is officially a new record. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources certified Eric Bakke's 58.25-inch fish as the largest catch-and-release muskie in Minnesota'...
Oct 31, 2022 Eric Bakke’s 58.25-inch fish as the largest catch-and-release muskie in Minnesota’s history. Photo via MN DNR
Author Allen Eskens Friday Signing At Bluebird Books Cancelled; Rescheduled Date TBD
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Best-selling author Allen Eskens was all set for a book signing at Bluebird Books in Detroit Lakes on Friday, but had to cancel the event due to an illness. Eskens recently ...
Oct 31, 2022