Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

ST. PAUL, Minn. - During the 2025 legislative session, State Sen. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) secured $143,000 in annual funding through the Human Services budget to support transitional recover...

Detroit Lakes Public Schools reminds you that school is right around the corner, and transportation registration for the 2025-2026 school year is open. If you haven't done so already, please complete ...

Senator Jordan Rasmusson Statement on Guilty Verdict In Felony Burglary Trial of Sen. Nicole Mitchell After a Becker County jury found Sen. Nicole Mitchell guilty on both counts of first degree burgla...

(Detroit Lakes, MN) - A Becker County jury has found DFL State Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury guilty of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools. The case stems from an incident in ...

On Wednesday, (July 16th) the Wadena County Sheriff's Office received a report that a vehicle matching a description of a Jeep referenced in a missing person investigation had been located. Upon arriv...

Detroit Lakes, MN - Becker County is inviting the public to help shape the future of the Heartland Trail as part of a newly launched routing study. The study focuses on extending the trail from Dunton...

On Monday July 14, 2025, Frazee Police were made aware of a potentially impaired driver in the city of Frazee. A Frazee Police Officer located the vehicle and made contact with the driver. The officer...

(Detroit Lakes, MN) -- Opening statements are scheduled to begin this morning (Tues 9am) in the Becker County burglary trial of state Senator Nicolle Mitchell. The jury of ten men and five women was s...

(KFGO) A man who led a Clay County Deputy on a brief pursuit this morning and entered a house on 40th avenue south in Moorhead was taken to a Fargo hospital by ambulance after a more than three-hour s...

(Moorhead, MN) -- There is a large police presence in Moorhead. KFGO News director Paul Jurgens is at the scene and says officers with the Clay County Sheriff's Office, Moorhead Police, the State Patr...