Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A Flowering rush chemical treatment will occur on Lakes Area lakes Tuesday. Flowering rush is a reed-like wetland plant with pink flowers. The plant grows densely along shore la...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The National Weather Service has confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down on Friday in the Lakes Area. The first was reported near Naytahwaush in Mahnomen County. The Natio...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM/MNN) - With the inflation rate at 8.6%, the highest since 1981, financial councilors have seen more families worried about their household budgets. Emily Bezdicek, a HUD-certified ...

WADENA (KDLM) - Randy and Jodi Becker, owners of Becker Transport & Aggregate in Wadena have been named the Wadena County Farm Family of the Year for 2022. The Farm Family of the Year program is s...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM/KFGO) - Parkers Prairie Police responded to a motorcycle crash, Saturday after a motorcycle rear-ended another motorcycle. Both motorcycles were traveling southbound on Hwy 29 in O...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Severe storms wreaked havoc throughout the Lakes Area Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning. Lakes Area residents reported significant damage including downed tr...

COMPTON TOWNSHIP (KDLM) - The historic Compton Town Hall near Deer Creek is a total loss after a suspicious fire, Thursday. The Otter Tail County Sheriff is investigating the blaze which was reported ...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Life Link III, a new emergency response helicopter base of operations in Detroit Lakes is officially operational. Life Link III operates ten helicopter bases that include Alexan...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - Despite higher fuel prices, the Minnesota Trucking Association doesn't support President Biden's proposed gas tax holiday. President John Hauslauden said, "We've worked very h...

(KNSI) - The Supreme Court Friday ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, the decades-old decision which legalized abortion nationwide. The move now turns over power to the states to legalize or ban abortions....