Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Country Club has scrapped plans to have an outside management company manage and consult the course. The Club had been in talks with Troon, a large golf course manag...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - An investigation is underway into a fatal accident at a 3M plant in Alexandria. Authorities say a female employee got caught in some machinery Tuesday during an overnight shift. Th...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Eleven nonprofits in Detroit Lakes are coming together for one of the biggest charity days in the area. Giving Hearts Day, a 24 hour fundraising event begins Thursday. Since 200...

WALKER (KDLM) - The nonprofit MN-FISH Sportfishing Foundation & Coalition based in Walker has been awarded a $74,000 grant for boat and fishing access improvements within the Chippewa National For...

DETROIT LAKRES (KDLM) - Actor Josh Duhamel is encouraging Lakes Area residents and vacationers to support the Boys & Girls Club of Detroit Lakes PolarFest Plunge. Last year, due to COVID restricti...

BUFFALO, Minn. - People in Buffalo are wearing purple today to mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting at an Allina Health clinic. Wright County authorities say Gregory Ulrich shot five w...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the Lakes Area is now $3.26. That's up 5.3 cents per gallon in the past week. It's 19.8 cents higher than last mon...

(KDLM) - Two college students with ties to Minnesota will appear on Jeopardy this week in the show's National College Championship. Burnsville native Chance Persons, who is a sophomore at Creighton Un...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Police Department has budgeted to implement body-worn cameras this year. Detroit Lakes residents will have an opportunity to give public comments for the Depar...

ST. CLOUD (KNSI/KDLM) - Even with this winter's snowfall, parts of the Lakes Area are still abnormally dry. The US Drought Monitor's February report shows Becker and Otter Tail counties are in the abn...