Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Minnesota Hunters Should be Aware of Changes During Deer Hunting Opener
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Deer hunting season begins Saturday in Minnesota. More than 400,000 Minnesotans are expected to participate this year, but hunting will be slightly different than in the past. T...
Nov 05, 2021

Woman Found Dead at Otter Tail County Jail
FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - A woman has been found dead at the Otter Tail County Jail in Fergus Falls. Around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, a 28 year-old female was found unresponsive during a wellbeing che...
Nov 04, 2021

Staffing Issues Close Sebeka Clinic
SEBEKA (KDLM) - Tri-County Health Care's Sebeka Clinic will be closing temporarily due to unforeseen staffing issues. The clinic will be closed Nov. 5-8. The Sebeka Clinic will remain open on Thursday...
Nov 04, 2021

Companies with 100 or more Employees Must Comply with Vaccine or Weekly Test Mandate by January 4
WASHINGTON - Companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules that took effect Thursday. OSHA said c...
Nov 04, 2021

Northern Lights Dazzle Minnesotans On Wednesday Night
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - The hype surrounding last weekend's anticipated northern lights display didn't live up to expectations, but what northern Minnesotans saw last night more than made up for th...
Zeke Fuhrman Nov 04, 2021 Photo: Tony Abfalter

Detroit Lakes High School Debuting Fall Musical this Week
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes High School will debut their fall musical, Newsies this week. The musical is based on the 1992 musical film Newsies, which was inspired by the real-life Newsboys S...
Nov 04, 2021

Sanford and Essentia Health to Offer COVID Vaccine to Children this Week
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Sanford Health and Essentia Health will start offering the COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years-old this week. Tuesday, the CDC authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vacci...
Nov 03, 2021

Monster Jam Returning to Fargo After 2 Year Hiatus
FARGO (KDLM) - MONSTER JAM will return to the Fargodome for the first time in two years. The event announced this week is scheduled for Saturday, February 5, 2022 and will be held at full capacity mar...
Nov 03, 2021 photo via MONSTER JAM

Detroit Lakes Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of White Earth Convenience Store
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A Detroit Lakes man has pleaded guilty to robbing a convenience store on the White Earth Indian Reservation. On Nov. 11, 2020, Levi Brandin Jerome entered the store with a rifle...
Nov 03, 2021

Highway Signs Altered with "Lets Go Brandon" in Brandon, Minnesota
BRANDON. Minn. (KVRR) - City officials in Brandon aren't amused with whoever defaced the west-central Minnesota city's welcome signs on the edge of town. Brandon City Clerk Deb Grommesh says someone a...
Nov 03, 2021