Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

BECKER COUNTY, MINN. - The Minnesota State Patrol says the driver of a fatal crash in Becker County on Wednesday wasn't wearing his seatbelt and that alcohol was involved in the crash. The single-vehi...

MAHNOMEN, MINN. (KFGO) - The driver of a pickup was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash on Highway 59 in Mahnomen shortly before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The State P...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The United Way of Becker County will hold their annual Community Celebration, Thursday. The event which will be held at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion from 4:30-6:30 p.m. will give ...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Representatives from the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee visited the Washington Ballpark in Detroit Lakes, Wednesday. The group of about 15 toured the facility in a...

FRAZEE (KDLM) - A 79 year-old Frazee woman was killed in a house fire, Monday. Just before 9:30 a.m., the Becker County Sheriff's Office responded to a home destroyed by fire in Frazee. The Minnesota ...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Becker County plans to spread the County Administrator duties out across multiple positions temporarily while they decide how to replace Becker County Administrator, Mike Bretho...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes School Board approved a preliminary levy of $8.82 million on Tuesday. The decrease of 2.17% from last year's levy is a decline of about $196,000 due in part to...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Representatives from the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee will visit the Washington Ballpark in Detroit Lakes, Wednesday. The group will be touring the facility in a...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Becker County Health will be hosting a COVID vaccine clinic on Wednesday. The clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at M State in Detroit Lakes and is open to the public. Bec...

(KNSI) - A St. John's University graduate is poised to set a new record for longest single space flight. Mark Vande Hei, who graduated from SJU in 1989, is on board the International Space Station rig...