Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Minnesota Residents Should Expect Around $44 per Month Increase for Natural Gas
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. - Another Minnesota natural gas utility is warning customers that their heating bills are likely going up this year. Minnesota Energy Resources says the price of natural gas has more ...
Oct 13, 2021

Deadly Brainerd Area shooting may have been mistaken identity
NISSWA, Minn. - Crow Wing County authorities say one of the scenarios they're investigating is that a man charged with murdering a woman in a resort cabin near Nisswa might have believed the victim wa...
Oct 13, 2021

Catalytic Converter Theft Continues to be Problem in Lakes Area
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Catalytic converter theft has become a growing problem across the nation as well as in the Lakes Area. More than 14,000 catalytic converters were stolen in the U.S. in 2020 and ...
Oct 13, 2021

Overnight Boat Parking No Longer Allowed on Detroit Lakes City Beach
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The city of Detroit Lakes has amended their Beach Ordinance after a number of boaters this summer have left their boats along the city's beach longer than the 24 hours that had ...
Oct 13, 2021

Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Vergas Veterans Memorial Park
FRAZEE (KDLM) - A group of Lakes Area veterans has begun construction on a new Veterans Memorial park in Vergas. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday, though concrete pads and flagpoles have alre...
Oct 12, 2021

One Arrested After Fatal ATV Accident Involving Teen in Hubbard County
STEAMBOAT RIVER TOWNSHIP (KDLM) - A 21-year-old man has been arrested after providing alcohol to a minor who later died in an ATV accident in Hubbard County, Saturday. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Off...
Oct 12, 2021

Semi Loaded with Honey Tips Along I-94 Near Rothsay
ROTHSAY, Minn. (KFGO) - A sticky mess in the ditch along I-94 west of Rothsay. A semi hauling honey left the interstate Monday afternoon and rolled on its side. State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says the...
Oct 12, 2021 photo via Sgt. Jesse Grabow

DNR Temporarily Bans Farmed Deer Movement into and Within Minnesota
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued an emergency rule that temporarily prohibits the importation and movement of farmed white-tailed deer into and within M...
Oct 11, 2021

Tornado in Park Rapids Confirmed as EF-1
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) - The Saturday storm developed in northeast South Dakota and tracked across portions of extreme southeast North Dakota, west-central Minnesota, and into southern portions of northwe...
Oct 11, 2021

Wildfire in Itasca State Park 80% Contained
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - Officials say a relatively small wildfire reported Tuesday afternoon in a remote section of Itasca State Park in north-central Minnesota is now 80 percent contained. Crews limited...
Oct 10, 2021