Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
2021 Splash Award Winners Announced
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce announced their 2021 Splash Award winners, Thursday. The Awards created in 2019 were designed to celebrate the impact and involvem...
Oct 31, 2021
Park Rapids Woman Killed after Colliding with Tractor
BEMIDJI (KDLM) - A Park Rapids woman has died after her SUV collided with a tractor in Bemidji. The 34 year-old woman was traveling along Highway 71, near the Beltrami-Hubbard County line when she col...
Oct 31, 2021
Voters to Determine Fate of $23 Million Lake Park-Audubon School Renovation Project
LAKE PARK (KDLM) - Lake Park-Audubon School District voters will go to the polls, Tuesday to determine the fate of a proposed $23 million school construction project. Two referendums will be voted on,...
Oct 31, 2021
Log Bench Stolen from Popular Area in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A log bench was replaced over the weekend at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge after it was stolen. The bench, which overlooked Pine Lake along the wildlife drive was reported st...
Oct 31, 2021 Photo: Pine Lake overlook with bench missing by Blackledge/USFWS
Miracle Treat Day Returns to Lakes Area Dairy Queens
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day returns today at area Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill locations. Participating locations will donate $1 or more of the proceeds from the day's...
Oct 28, 2021
Cabinets Plus in Detroit Lakes Adds Two Interior Designers
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Cabinets Plus in Detroit Lakes has added two new team members. Rachel Caulfield and Claudia Mendoza have joined the company as Kitchen and Bath Designers and are looking forward...
Oct 27, 2021
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