Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

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...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay more than $3 million for allegedly violating state environmental law by cutting into a groundwater aquifer during construction of th...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A Celebration of Heritage, #IAMBECKERCOUNTY kicks off Tuesday as Becker County celebrates 150 years. Events are planned throughout the week with the first being a presentation a...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Essentia Health is reinstating visitor restrictions at all of their hospitals, including Essentia Health - St. Mary's in Detroit Lakes due to increased transmission of COVID-19....

WAUBUN (KDLM) - Volunteers kept a POW flag in motion for 24 hours straight during the 3rd Annual POW/MIA Memorial Walk, Friday, Sept. 17 in Waubun. The event which started in 2019 by former Air Force ...

VERGAS (KDLM) - Ole's Ride, a motorcycle ride throughout the Lakes Area benefiting Hospice of the Red River Valley has raised $25,200. The event, held Aug. 21, now in its 11th year, has raised $177,72...

WADENA (KDLM) - The Tri-County Health Care Foundation has announced that they've cancelled this year's All Heart Gala. The Gala, which had been planned for October 16 will be put on hold due to the hi...