Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Russian Space Agency Head Threatens to Abandon Astronaut and St. John's University Grad on ISS
(KNSI) - A St. John's University grad on the International Space Station may not have a ride home later this month. Mark Vande Hei, who graduated from SJU in 1989, blasted off from the Cosmodrome in K...
Mar 14, 2022 NASA/Joel Kowsky

One Killed in House Fire Near Hawley
HAWLEY (KDLM) - One person is dead after a structure fire near Hawley, Saturday. Fire Officials says just after 1 p.m., Saturday multiple Fire Departments were called to a fire at 26627 43rd Ave. N in...
Mar 13, 2022

Suspect Shot During Traffic Stop in Naytahwaush
NAYTAHWAUSH (KDLM) - A Mahnomen County Sheriff's Deputy was involved in traffic stop that left one person shot. The Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office says around 1:30 a.m., Sunday, March 13 at Deputy a...
Mar 13, 2022

Girls State Basketball Brackets Released; Lakers Play #3 Totino-Grace
(KDLM) - The field is set for the 2022 Minnesota Girls State Basketball Tournament, which begins on Wednesday with games scheduled at both Williams Arena and the Maturi Pavillion on the campus of the ...
Zeke Fuhrman Mar 12, 2022

Frazee Fire Department Receives $1,500 Donation
FRAZEE (KDLM) - COUNTRY Financial Representative Albert Doll has donated $1,500 to the Frazee Fire Department to help kick start the 14th Annual Fire Department Relief Association Auction fundraiser. ...
Mar 11, 2022

'Snow Squall Warning' Used for First Time by National Weather Service, Thursday
FARGO (KFGO/KDLM) - Many Lakes Area residents were surprised, Thursday evening when their phones issued 'Snow Squall Warning'. The warning was recently added to the list of watches and warnings issued...
Mar 11, 2022

Sleep Expert Warns of Daylight Saving Time Dangers
(KNSI) - At 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, we spring forward one hour, and a local sleep expert warns losing that hour of sleep is really hard on our bodies. The United States adopted Daylight Saving Time ...
Mar 11, 2022

Becker County Museum Asking for Volunteers to Help Digitize Records
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - As the Becker County Museum prepares to move into their new facility, they're working earnestly to digitize information they've kept on-file for years. Volunteers are helping to...
Mar 11, 2022

Detroit Lakes Girls Basketball Wins Section Title, Heads To State For First Time Since 2009
ALEXANDRIA, MN(KDLM) - Intensity. Urgency. Poise. Three things that Lakers girls basketball head coach Rachel Johnson preached to her team as they prepared for the Section 8AAA Championship against th...
Zeke Fuhrman Mar 10, 2022

MLB, Players Union Agree To Deal; Season To Begin April 7
(KDLM) - The wait is over. Major League Baseball and the players union agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday afternoon, ending the 99-day lockout. Owners approved the new five-year ...
Zeke Fuhrman Mar 10, 2022