Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes has been named to the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list, recognizing the facility as one of the top performing hospitals in the Un...

VERGAS (KDLM) - Looney Days returns to Vergas this weekend. The community festival, which runs through Sunday features a 5K run/walk, street fair, wiener dog races, loon calling contest and a parade. ...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Wild Rice harvest season opens up across the state of Minnesota on August 15. The DNR is reminding harvesters that rice stands must also ripe before they may be legally harv...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Dan Bohmer will represent the GOP in November's General Election after winning the state's primary race for Minnesota's Senate District 4. Bohmer secured more than 70% of the vo...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Tuesday's Minnesota Primary has set the stage for the Becker County Board races in November's General Election. Craig Hall and Erica Jepson will be on the ballot in November com...

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Day Two of the 90th Annual Pine to Palm Golf Tournament is in the books. Ian Simonich, the 2020 Pine to Palm champion, paced the field at the Detroit Country Club on Tuesday...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Historic Holmes Theatre has a new Executive Director. Rustin Lippencott will become the Theatre's third Executive Director after Amy Stearns announced in April she was stepp...

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!

FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - A missing teenager from Fergus Falls has been located. Samantha Holte had been missing since July 31, last seen in the Jewett Lake area. Holte was described as a 17 year-old, 5'9...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO) - The State Patrol made 1,351 traffic stops during We Fest and 8 arrests for drunken driving. Eight minors were cited for underage drinking. there were 6 arrests on outstan...