Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Mandatory CWD Testing will be Enforced During Deer Hunting Opener
(KNSI) - Hunters in areas with Chronic Wasting Disease are required to have the deer tested for the illness during the opening weekends of firearms season. The opening weekend for season A is November...
Oct 27, 2021
Two Killed in Head-On Collision Near Wadena
WADENA COUNTY (KDLM) - Two people were killed in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon in Wadena County. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened shortly before 5:00 PM northeast of Wadena on U-S H...
Oct 27, 2021
Area Performer Goes Viral with Song Taking Shot at Mask and Vaccine Mandates
NASHVILLE, TENN. (KVRR/KFGO) - A country music artist who grew up in Fargo and has performed many times in the Lakes Area is getting international attention for a new song that takes direct aim at COV...
Oct 26, 2021
Callaway Police Chief Seriously Injured in Wood Cutting Accident
WAUBUN, Minn. (KVRR/(KFGO) - The Callaway, Minnesota police chief is hospitalized at Sanford Health in Fargo with serious injuries in an accident at his rural Waubun, Minnesota home. Mahnomen County S...
Oct 26, 2021
Community Theater Returns to Holmes Theatre this Week
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - It has been more than two years since the Historic Holmes Theatre has presented a community theater production. This week, the theatre will offer three performances of "Steel Ma...
Oct 26, 2021
Roses for Rotary Back for 29th Year
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Breakfast Rotary will host their 29th Roses for Rotary Rose Sale next week. Conceived in 1993, the sale of roses was initially designed to offer hunters an opp...
Oct 26, 2021
Hundreds Gather in Support of Fired Surgeon in Fergus Falls
FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - Several hundred people gathered outside of Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Fall on Monday in support of a surgeon who lost his job after comments he made at a school board meeti...
Oct 25, 2021
Wadena Apartment Fire Caused by Unattended Cigarette
WADENA (KDLM) - A Wadena apartment fire last week was caused by an unattended cigarette. Firefighters battled an apartment fire, Wednesday, Oct. 20 above All Around Divas and Brinks Jewelry in Wadena....
Oct 24, 2021
Rally Planned for Fired Fergus Falls Surgeon
FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - A rally will be held for a Fergus Falls surgeon who was recently let go from Lake Region Medical group after comments he made at a school board meeting. Dr. Jeff Horak, who was e...
Oct 24, 2021
School Staff in Minnesota Say They Feel Weight of Pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota students are back in class, Monday after a mid-October break for annual teacher workshops. Not only are there lingering concerns about how kids are coping with learning, there ...
Oct 24, 2021