Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Otter Tail County Board Accepts Grant for Family Resource Centers in Pelican Rapids and New York Mills
NatashaFedorova / Depositphotos.com Otter Tail County, MN – The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners recently authorized the acceptance of $882,860 in Multi-Purpose Community Facility Projec...
Aug 13, 2025
Representative Backer Awarded 2025 Legislator of Distinction
St. Paul, MN – State Representative Jeff Backer (R-Browns Valley) received the 2025 Legislator of Distinction award from the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities. He was honored for his work th...
Aug 13, 2025
DAV Chapter 31 Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for New ADA-Accessible Dock in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes - Detroit Lakes' Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 31 cut the ribbon Monday on a brand-new amenity for the community - a premier ADA-accessible dock located across from Lakeside o...
Aug 12, 2025 Photo DAV Chapter 31 Detroit Lakes FB Page
Detroit Lakes to See Temporary Street Closures August 13-14
DETROIT LAKES - Two separate street closures are scheduled in Detroit Lakes next week to accommodate community events and utility work. On Wednesday, August 13, West Lake Drive from Rossman Avenue to ...
Aug 12, 2025
Barnesville Man in Custody for Assaulting Mother and Brother with a Knife
Barnesville, MN (KFGO) - A Barnesville man is in custody after injuring his brother and mother with a knife Friday evening (August 8th). Barnesville Police and Clay County Deputies responded to a dome...
Aug 12, 2025 Chad Lane (Clay County Jail)
State Patrol Reports Safer WE Fest Weekend with Fewer Crashes and DWI Arrests
Detroit Lakes - The Minnesota State Patrol says this year's WE Fest traffic enforcement effort was busy but largely safe, with only two reported crashes in the area during the event, both resulting in...
Aug 11, 2025 via MN State Patrol
Missouri Murder Suspect Arrested in Rural Barnesville
Barnesville, MN - On Friday morning (August 8th), the Clay County Sheriff's Office and Barnesville Police Department arrested a murder suspect from Saint Louis, Missouri in rural Barnesville. Barnesvi...
Aug 10, 2025
Otter Tail County Farmer Wins 2025 Woman Farmer of the Year
New York Mills, MN -A farmer from New York Mills won Woman Farmer of the Year at Minnesota Farmfest 2025. At the Women in Ag event on Thursday, August 7th, Kris Huebsch of Otter Berry Farms and fROOTz...
Aug 08, 2025 Minnesota Farmfest 2025 Woman Farmer of the Year winner Kris Huebsch. (Farmfest)
Heart of the Lakes Regional Trail Completed with Opening of Maplewood State Park Segment
Otter Tail County celebrated the completion of the Heart of the Lakes Regional Trail system with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly opened Maplewood segment, marking the final piece of a project ...
Aug 06, 2025 PHOTO: Shawn Donais, MN DNR Parks and Trails District Supervisor; Riley Finnegan, Assistant Park Manager; Pelican Rapids Mayor Brent Frazier; MN DNR Regional Park and Trails Manager John Voges; Park Manager Bill Anderson; County Commissioner Kurt Mortenson; Otter Tail County Parks and Trails Director Kevin Fellbaum; Senator Jordan Rasmusson (R-District 9); County Board Chair Wayne Johnson; Adam Ruud, engineer, Houston Engineering; Denise Laymon, president, Friends of Maplewood; Linda Today, vice president, Friends of Maplewood and Jason Wicker, Otter Tail County Engineering Technician.
MnDOT Holds Open House Thursday August 14th in DL
The Minnesota Department of Transportation, in partnership with the city ofDetroit Lakes, invites the public to an open house on Thursday, August 14,from 5:30 to 7 p.m., to learn more about the future...
Aug 05, 2025