Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Community Theater Returns to Holmes Theatre this Week
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - It has been more than two years since the Historic Holmes Theatre has presented a community theater production. This week, the theatre will offer three performances of "Steel Ma...
Oct 26, 2021
Roses for Rotary Back for 29th Year
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Breakfast Rotary will host their 29th Roses for Rotary Rose Sale next week. Conceived in 1993, the sale of roses was initially designed to offer hunters an opp...
Oct 26, 2021
Hundreds Gather in Support of Fired Surgeon in Fergus Falls
FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - Several hundred people gathered outside of Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Fall on Monday in support of a surgeon who lost his job after comments he made at a school board meeti...
Oct 25, 2021
Wadena Apartment Fire Caused by Unattended Cigarette
WADENA (KDLM) - A Wadena apartment fire last week was caused by an unattended cigarette. Firefighters battled an apartment fire, Wednesday, Oct. 20 above All Around Divas and Brinks Jewelry in Wadena....
Oct 24, 2021
Rally Planned for Fired Fergus Falls Surgeon
FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - A rally will be held for a Fergus Falls surgeon who was recently let go from Lake Region Medical group after comments he made at a school board meeting. Dr. Jeff Horak, who was e...
Oct 24, 2021
School Staff in Minnesota Say They Feel Weight of Pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota students are back in class, Monday after a mid-October break for annual teacher workshops. Not only are there lingering concerns about how kids are coping with learning, there ...
Oct 24, 2021
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)