Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Detroit Lakes Dairy Queen Offering Free Blizzards to Veterans
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Dairy Queen in Detroit Lakes is celebrating Veterans Day with free Blizzards. All veterans and active duty military personnel are invited to stop by Dairy Queen in Detroit Lakes...
Nov 11, 2021

Brainerd Facility to Serve as Alternative Care Site to Help Relieve Hospital Capacity
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - Governor Tim Walz announced a second skilled-nursing facility would act an alternative care site as part of the governor's efforts to relieve Minnesota hospitals treating a surge of ...
Nov 10, 2021

Snow Emergencies will be Issued in Detroit Lakes this Winter to Help Clear Roads for Plows
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Drivers in Detroit Lakes are being reminded to move their vehicles from roadways after snowstorms. The City of Detroit Lakes plans to issue Snow Emergencies this winter whenever...
Nov 10, 2021

UPDATE: Missing Itasca County Woman Found Safe
UPDATE: The Itasca County Sheriff's Department has located Angel Berzines in Minnesota, "safe and where she wants to be". (KNSI) - The Itasca County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to...
Nov 10, 2021

Lakes Area Residents Should Prepare for First Winter Weather Event of the Season
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lakes Area residents are gearing up for the first winter weather event of the season. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for much of the Lakes Area from 6 p.m., Thursday ...
Nov 10, 2021

Hershey to acquire Fargo Based Dot's Pretzels and Pretzels Inc. for $1.2 billion
FARGO (KVRR) - The Hershey Company says it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fargo-based Dot's Pretzels. Dot's Pretzels started more than a decade ago. It was originally a homemade snack that s...
Nov 10, 2021

New York Mills Looking For Musicians To Fill Pep Band Rolls For State Football Game
NEW YORK MILLS, MN (KDLM) - The New York Mills Eagles football team is headed to the state tournament for the first time since 2006 and will play Deer River in Brainerd in the first round of the tourn...
Zeke Fuhrman Nov 10, 2021

Minnesota Ranked Among Most Charitable States
(KNSI) - A new survey shows Minnesota is among the most giving states. WalletHub determined the most charitable of the 50 states by comparing them across 19 key indicators of charitable behavior. The ...
Nov 10, 2021

Don't Rake All Your Leaves Before the Snow Flies
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - As the fall season comes to an end this week and many Lakes Area residents are scrambling to finish up their yard work before the snow flies, experts are encouraging residents t...
Nov 09, 2021

Veterans Day Celebrations Around the Lakes Area
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lakes Area residents will join the nation, Thursday, Nov. 11 to honor all military veterans during Veterans Day. The holiday, observed annually on November 11, originally known ...
Nov 09, 2021