Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Pine to Prairie Pheasants Forever banquet will take place Friday at the Holiday Inn in Detroit Lakes. The nonprofit group of pheasant hunters is dedicated to wildlife habita...

HAWLEY, Minn. (KFGO) - Hawley Mayor and reserve police Officer Jim Joy announced Wednesday his campaign for state House for the open seat held by retiring DFL Rep. Paul Marquart of Dilworth in House D...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Legislators are still analyzing the impact on this fall's elections after courts issued new legislative and congressional district maps for Minnesota, Tuesday. A five-judge pane...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Becker County has approved a conditional use permit to allow gravel mining on several properties in Toad Lake Township. Jeremy Howard had asked to mine gravel on two properties ...

PERHAM (KDLM) - Students at Prairie Wind Middle School in Perham celebrated one of their own, Tuesday. A walkthrough was held for sixth-grader, Peter Carrlson who finished in the top five of the Regio...

(KNSI) - Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach is running for reelection. The 7th District includes Otter Tail County and most of Becker County. The lawmaker from Paynesville made th...

MINNEAPOLIS (KDLM) - A White Earth man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a violent domestic assault. According to court documents, Nicholas Edward Durant, 31, was living with the victim in ...

WHITE EARTH (KDLM) - White Earth Police have issued a spike alert as drug overdose reports have increased. The alert was issued out of an abundance of caution to help increase community awareness and ...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Board of Commissioners will send a letter to the State of Minnesota asking them to reconsider their plan to clear trees along the Lakes Country Scenic Byway. M...

ST. PAUL (KDLM) - The director of Minnesota's new Office of Missing And Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) has been named. Juliet Rudie, a tribal member of the Lower Sioux Indian Community and lifel...