Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Area Codes Now Required When Dialing Local Numbers
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Area codes are now required when dialing telephone numbers on mobile and landline phones. As of Sunday, 10-digit dialing is now mandatory due to a growing population. In the pas...
Oct 24, 2021
Mahnomen Man Arrested After High Speed Chase
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KFGO) - Two men are arrested after a high-speed chase that began in Clay County and ended in Cass County Wednesday afternoon. A Clay County deputy spotted a pickup traveling north o...
Oct 21, 2021 Jerry Belgarde (L) Michele Perona (R) (Photos:Clay and Cass County jails)
"Hatchery Row" Project Underway in Battle Lake
BATTLE LAKE (KBRF) - Battle Lake will soon to be home to a new development called "Hatchery Row." The idea for the 'Hatchery Row Project,' which will be a combination of commercial and residential spa...
Oct 21, 2021
Emergency Response Helicopter Base Coming to Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Life Link III has announced that it plans to open a new emergency response helicopter base of operations in Detroit Lakes in spring 2022. Life Link III operates ten helicopter b...
Oct 21, 2021 Life Link III on the helipad at Essentia Health - Detroit Lakes (Photo: Business Wire)
Could Boating in Minnesota Soon Require an Operator Safety Certificate?
BRAINERD - Minnesota boat owners are storing their watercraft for the winter. But that isn't stopping the conversation about responsible water recreation. Groups calling for more safety requirements s...
Oct 20, 2021
Two Arrested in High Speed Chase Near Detroit Lakes
BECKER COUNTY, MINN. (KFGO) - A man and a woman were arrested after a pursuit in a stolen vehicle in Becker County. The sheriff's office received a report of a vehicle parked Detroit Township road Tue...
Oct 20, 2021
Firefighters Battle Apartment Fire in Wadena
WADENA (KDLM) - Firefighters battled an apartment fire, Wednesday in Wadena above All Around Divas and Brinks Jewelry. The fire was reported around 11 a.m. with Wadena and Verndale firefighters battli...
Oct 20, 2021
Blood Supplies Plummet, Donors Urged to Give Immediately
FARGO (KVRR) - Two major blood suppliers are reporting a critical blood shortage and urging all eligible donors to make an appointment to donate blood as soon as possible. Vitalant says Type O blood, ...
Oct 20, 2021
Fireside in Detroit Lakes Adds New Head Chef
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - The Fireside in Detroit Lakes has hired Chris Recore as its new Executive Chef. Recore comes to The Fireside with 20 years of professional experience in the restaurant busin...
Oct 19, 2021
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz launches re-election campaign
(KDLM) - Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan launched their re-election campaign today in a video released Tuesday morning. "We've got to move forward as one Minnesota," Walz says in the...
Oct 19, 2021