Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Lake Region Electric Donates More than $44,000 to Local Organizations
PELICAN RAPIDS (KDLM) - Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) has awarded more than $44,000 in funding to 109 local organizations. This quarter, organizations receiving funds through LREC's Operatio...
Jan 20, 2022
MAHUBE-OTWA Asking Residents to Help Count Homeless in Lakes Area
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - MAHUBE-OTWA is encouraging Lakes Area residents within its 5 county service area to participate in an Annual Point in Time Homeless Count. The nonprofit is asking residents who ...
Jan 20, 2022
Ice Harvest Begins on Little Detroit Lake
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The ice harvest on Little Detroit Lakes has begun. Volunteers will harvest around 2,000 blocks of ice from the lake to create this year's Ice Palace. Each block weighs approxima...
Jan 20, 2022
Employee of Kenny's Candy Taken to Hospital with Injuries from Equipment Fire at Plant
PERHAM (KDLM) - A fire at Kenny's Candy & Confections in Perham injured an employee, Tuesday. The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. when a fire broke out on a piece of equipment in the plant. "t...
Jan 19, 2022
'Betty Whiteout': MnDOT May Name Snowplow After Betty White
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation may name one of their snowplows after the late Betty White. MnDOT for the second straight year has asked the public to help name plows. Nea...
Jan 19, 2022
Dryer Fire Causes Damage to Detroit Lakes Home
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A house fire in Detroit Lakes, Wednesday was caused by a dryer. Just after 1 a.m., the Becker County Sheriff's Office received a report of a fire in the laundry room of a house ...
Jan 19, 2022
St. Cloud Man Sentenced to Prison for Elbow Lake Store Burglary and Fraud Charges
(KNSI) - A 35-year-old St. Cloud man has been sentenced to prison out of Becker County on burglary and fraud charges. According to the criminal complaint, in September of 2020, Brian Crabtree was accu...
Jan 19, 2022
Highway 210 Between Fergus Falls and Breckenridge Closed Due To Zero Visibility
UPDATE: The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol reopened Highway 210 from Highway 9 near Breckenridge to Interstate 94 near Fergus Falls. MnDOT has also lifted the no...
Jan 18, 2022 AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt
26th Annual Polar Fest Plunge Scheduled For February 26th
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM )- The 26th Annual Polar Fest Plunge, benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Detroit Lakes, returns to Detroit Lakes on February 26th after being canceled last year due to COVID...
Jan 18, 2022
Dangerously Cold Temperatures Return to Lakes Area
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Dangerously cold temperatures have returned to the Lakes Area. A Windchill advisory has been issued Wednesday at Midnight and will remain in effect through noon on Thursday. Tem...
Jan 18, 2022