Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Student Test Scores Down In Pandemic's Aftermath
(KNSI) - Eighth grade students are performing at a 30-year low in the aftermath of the pandemic, according to new data released Monday. The Minnesota Department of Education says the average math scor...
Oct 25, 2022
10-Year-Old from Walker Dies after Falling from Tree
(KNSI) - Authorities say a ten-year-old boy from rural Walker has died after falling out of a tree. A press release says a 911 call came in Thursday afternoon for a medical situation at the family hom...
Oct 25, 2022
Don Pablo's in Detroit Lakes Reopens
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - After being closed twice in the last year, Don Pablo's Family Mexican Restaurant reopened in the Washington Square Mall, Monday, Oct. 24. The restaurant had announced a temporar...
Oct 24, 2022
Opioids in Minnesota: How You Can Help
This month during National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, Essentia Health with Leighton Broadcasting and LAKES TV3 are bringing you a series to learn more about the opioid crises in our communities...
Oct 24, 2022
White Earth Band to Create Sober-Living Community in Bemidji
WHITE EARTH (KDLM) - The White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe have announced they'll soon close on a purchase of the Ridgeway Court apartments in Bemidji with plans to renovate the buildin...
Oct 24, 2022
Becker County Jury Convicts Man of Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated 1st Degree Possession of Drugs
BECKER COUNTY (KDLM) - On October 20, 2022, following a day and a half jury trial, a Becker County jury returned a guilty verdict on Donald Crenshaw-Thomas for Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated 1st Degr...
Oct 24, 2022
Lettuce Shortage Affecting School Lunches throughout Lakes Area
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A lettuce shortage is affecting school lunches throughout Lakes Area schools. Detroit Lakes Public Schools Superintendent Mark Jenson says his food service director informed him...
Oct 24, 2022
Sheriff Warns Illegal to Damage or Steal Campaign Yard Signs
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Sheriff's Office is reminding residents that it is illegal to damage or steal campaign yard signs. A theft of a political sign is no different than the theft o...
Oct 24, 2022
Leave the Lights on to Honor Jacob Wetterling on Saturday
(KNSI) - On October 22nd, 1989, the small town of St. Joseph was shaken to its core when ten-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted while riding his bike home from the store. Residents around central ...
Oct 21, 2022
Lakeshirts Selling 'Maplelag Strong' T-Shirts to Help Raise Funds for Business Destroyed by Fire
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes based business, Lakeshirts announced Friday that they will be raising money for Maplelag Resort through the sale of Maplelag Strong t-shirts. The main building at ...
Oct 21, 2022