Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

WATCH: MAHUBE-OTWA Community Needs Assessment: Homelessness in Northern Minnesota
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - MAHUBE-OTWA, a Community Action Agency that provides services and resources to help residents fight poverty in the area has created a series of videos to help highlight findings...
May 10, 2022

More Severe Weather Expected Wednesday and Thursday
The Storm Prediction Center has Minnesota in line for another round of severe weather later this week. Forecasters say a well-organized system is expected to make its way through the state on Wednesda...
May 10, 2022

18 Year Old Woman Killed In Crash Near Brainerd
BRAINERD (KNSI) - A young woman was killed in a fiery crash near Brainerd. The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office says 18-year-old Alexis Laughton left the road and crashed into a tree at the intersect...
May 10, 2022

Free Dental Clinic in Detroit Lakes, Wednesday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A nonprofit dental health clinic will be held in Detroit Lakes this week. Children's Dental Services, a nonprofit that provides a full range of dental services will be seeing ch...
May 10, 2022

Gas Prices Hit $4 a Gallon Across Minnesota
(KNSI) - The average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded in Minnesota is now over $4.00. AAA says the state average hit $4.018 Monday morning, a jump of 12 cents in one week. Diesel hit $5.32 a gall...
May 09, 2022

Two Injured and Trapped in Bed After Vehicle Crashes Into Motel Room
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Two people were seriously injured and trapped in their bed after a vehicle crashed into the motel they were staying in, in Detroit Lakes, Saturday. Emergency Services from multi...
May 09, 2022 Photo of building in Detroit Lakes struck by vehicle May 6, 2022 via Wendy Petermann

Detroit Lake Officially Ice-Free
DETRIOT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lake officially became ice-free on Friday, May 6. Ice-off has only occurred in May five times on the lake in the last 30 years, most recently May 12, 2013. This year's i...
May 09, 2022

TurboTax Users May Be Due a Refund
(KNSI) - Thousands of taxpayers who used TurboTax from Intuit to file are likely due a refund after a settlement with the online tax preparer. Attorneys General from all 50 states and the District of ...
May 09, 2022

Three Candidates Recommended to Fill Vacancy in Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Commission on Judicial Selection announced today that it is recommending three candidates to Gov. Tim Walz for consideration to fill a vacancy in Minnesota's Seventh Judicial Dis...
May 09, 2022

Holy Rosary School Raises $32,000 At Annual Spring Interlude
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Holy Rosary Catholic Schools raised nearly $32,000 at their annual Spring Interlude on April 29th. Holy Rosary's Spring Interlude was established in 2002 to help support mus...
Zeke Fuhrman May 07, 2022 Jamie McDougall (left) awards Terri Paskey with the Florence Hutchinson Legacy Award (Photo: Zeke Fuhrman)