Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Vergas Veterans Memorial Park
FRAZEE (KDLM) - A group of Lakes Area veterans has begun construction on a new Veterans Memorial park in Vergas. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday, though concrete pads and flagpoles have alre...
Oct 12, 2021
One Arrested After Fatal ATV Accident Involving Teen in Hubbard County
STEAMBOAT RIVER TOWNSHIP (KDLM) - A 21-year-old man has been arrested after providing alcohol to a minor who later died in an ATV accident in Hubbard County, Saturday. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Off...
Oct 12, 2021
Semi Loaded with Honey Tips Along I-94 Near Rothsay
ROTHSAY, Minn. (KFGO) - A sticky mess in the ditch along I-94 west of Rothsay. A semi hauling honey left the interstate Monday afternoon and rolled on its side. State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says the...
Oct 12, 2021 photo via Sgt. Jesse Grabow
DNR Temporarily Bans Farmed Deer Movement into and Within Minnesota
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued an emergency rule that temporarily prohibits the importation and movement of farmed white-tailed deer into and within M...
Oct 11, 2021
Tornado in Park Rapids Confirmed as EF-1
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) - The Saturday storm developed in northeast South Dakota and tracked across portions of extreme southeast North Dakota, west-central Minnesota, and into southern portions of northwe...
Oct 11, 2021
Wildfire in Itasca State Park 80% Contained
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - Officials say a relatively small wildfire reported Tuesday afternoon in a remote section of Itasca State Park in north-central Minnesota is now 80 percent contained. Crews limited...
Oct 10, 2021
Woman found shot to death in Brainerd lakes area
BRAINERD, Minn. - A woman was found fatally shot in a cabin in Crow Wing County after deputies responded to a call about gunfire and arrested an armed man. Dispatchers received a shooting complaint ab...
Oct 10, 2021
Crash Near Osakis Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized
OSAKIS, MINN - Thursday afternoon, just after two o'clock, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office received a report of a motor vehicle crash located east of the intersection of County Road 3 and County R...
Oct 08, 2021
Fewer Truck Drivers Causing Supply Delays
(KNSI) - Experts warn a lack of truck drivers could lead to delays in almost everything getting to consumers. CEO and President of the Minnesota Trucking Association John Hausladen says they need more...
Oct 08, 2021
Man dies after he was pinned underneath lawnmower
STAPLES, Minn. (KFGO) - A man found dead near Staples was killed when a lawnmower he was working on backed over him. The Wadena County Sheriff's Office identifies the victim as 84-year-old Russell Sch...
Oct 08, 2021