Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Manufacturing Job Fair To Be Held October 7th
(KDLM) - Detroit Lakes and Audubon manufacturing facilities will be hosting a regional job fair on Thursday, October 7th from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Job seekers can stop by Action Fabricating/MN Metalwo...
Oct 05, 2021
City of Vergas To Hold Informational Planning Meeting on October 19
VERGAS, MN (KDLM) - Big things are happening in Vergas. The city is raising funding for new pickleball courts, adding a Veteran's Memorial, and is in the middle of constructing a new grocery store, gy...
Oct 05, 2021
Worldwide Outage Shuts Down Facebook
Facebook and Instagram went down across the globe, Monday. Facebook said it was "aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app" and it was working on restoring access. The company d...
Oct 04, 2021
Innovative M State program brings early childhood classes into area high schools
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - With growing recognition that Minnesota and the entire nation are in the midst of a child care crisis intensified by the pandemic, an innovative new M State program encourages h...
Oct 04, 2021
International Walk To School Day is October 6th
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Thousands of Minnesota students will participate in International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 6, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The annual event, ...
Oct 04, 2021
North Dakota Drought Reveals 1890s Shipwreck Site
(KDLM) - A steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in central North Dakota in the late 1800s has become visible in the river. The Abner O'Neal was built in 1884 in Pennsylvania and was used for pass...
Oct 04, 2021 Postcard of a colorized photograph of the steamboat Abner O’Neal (1884-1892). Courtesy of State Historical Society of North Dakota
Owner of Lakes Processing Brad Bachmann passes away
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - Brad Bachmann, the owner of popular Lakes Processing, has passed away at the age of 56, according to a Facebook post from the business. Bachmann and his wife, Sarah, started...
Oct 04, 2021
WE Fest Announces Full Lineup for 2022
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - WE Fest will return to Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes in 2022 and next summer's musical acts will include some familiar names. Headliners Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean & Miranda...
Oct 04, 2021
Essentia Health Detroit Lakes Welcomes Family Medicine Physician Dr. Maren Anderson
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Dr. Maren Anderson, a family medicine physician specializing in obstetrics, is excited to welcome new patients at the Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes Clinic. "I am exci...
Oct 01, 2021
New Physical Therapy Clinic in Detroit Lakes Opening
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - RehabAuthority, a new physical therapy clinic in Detroit Lakes is opening in the McKinley Plaza. Kim Anderson, PT, MDT/IMC, BA/HPER, will lead the Detroit Lakes clinic and overs...
Oct 01, 2021