Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Former Mattson Barbershop Building in Detroit Lakes Demolished
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The former Mattson Barber Shop building in Detroit Lakes has been torn down. The building sustained heavy fire damage on Sept. 10, 2021 after sparks from a fire bowl on an apart...
Apr 26, 2022
Sheriff: Weather played a factor in fatal Hawley crash
HAWLEY, Minn. (KFGO) - Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says its believed that road conditions played a role in the death of a Detroit Lakes man whose body was recovered from a slough near Hawley last...
Apr 26, 2022 Photo via KFGO News
Lake Region Electric Coop Awards More than $17,000 in Funding to Local Organizations
PELICAN RAPIDS (KDLM) - Lake Region Electric Cooperative has awarded more than $17,000 in funding to local organizations. This quarter, organizations receiving funds through LREC's Operation Roundup i...
Apr 26, 2022
From Baseball to Banking, Alec Meyer Returns Home to Perham to Join United Community Bank
PERHAM (KDLM) - United Community Bank (UCB) has hired Alec Meyer to the bank's mortgage department. Meyer, a Perham native returns to the Lakes Area from Bemidji where he attended Bemidji State Univer...
Apr 25, 2022
DNR Closes Access To Highest Number of Rivers, Streams in Years
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM/KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking anglers and boaters to stay out of several streams, creeks and rivers to protect reproducing fish. The DNR has the h...
Apr 25, 2022 Photo via Jake Judd KNSI News
Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Gazelka Announces Running Mate
ST. CLOUD (KNSI) - Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Gazelka announced his running mate Friday. "We're building a team to win and I'm announcing that Mary Giuliani Stephens is my runni...
Apr 25, 2022
Parts of Frazee Street in Detroit Lakes to be Closed Into June
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A planned street closure in Detroit Lakes will begin Wednesday, April 27 and is likely to last into the early part of June. Traffic control measures are being installed today (M...
Apr 25, 2022
Perham Students Raise Money for Ukrainian Foreign Exchange Student's Home Country
PERHAM (KDLM) - Perham High School students came together to raise money for a Ukranian foreign exchange student's home country, Friday. Bohdan Cherkay, came to Perham as part of a Foreign Exchange St...
Apr 25, 2022 Photo via Perham-Dent Public Schools
Staples-Motley Mother and Son Who Went Viral For Social Media Challenge To Appear on Ellen This Thursday
(KDLM) - Two months after going viral for an incentive to stay off social media Lorna Klefsaas and her son, Sivert, are still making the media rounds. Lorna made a deal with 12-year-old Sivert that sh...
Apr 24, 2022 PHOTO: Lorna Goldstrand Klefsaas via Facebook
Spring Rains May Help Replenish Lakes Area Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - An abundance of rain recently may help with low water levels on some Lakes Area lakes. "We've been whittling away at the drought and we've continued that wet pattern. We don't k...
Apr 24, 2022