Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Essentia Health Receives Grant to Expand Telehealth Services
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Essentia Health has received a grant to expand telehealth services. The health system was recently awarded nearly $1 million of federal funds to acquire remote monitoring device...
Sep 14, 2021

COVID-19 Testing Supply Shortage Affecting Lakes Area
WADENA (KDLM) - A COVID-19 testing supply shortage has impacted the Lakes Area. Tri-County Health Care has reported that they are currently experiencing a shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies and oth...
Sep 14, 2021

Perham Man Identified as Man Killed in Long Prairie Shooting
LONG PRAIRIE, MINN. - Authorities in Todd County have identified the man shot and killed in Long Prairie as a Perham man. Antonio Francis Rodriguez Fortes, 33, of Perham died early Sunday morning due ...
Sep 14, 2021

Families Can Apply For Help Paying For Broadband Access
(KNSI) - Lakes Area families having trouble paying for high-speed internet service can get help from Congress. The FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program provides discounts on broadband service and...
Sep 14, 2021

Dole Issues Recall for Potential E. coli Contamination
(KNSI) - Dole Fresh Vegetables is recalling a limited number of cases of conventional curly leaf parsley due to a possible E. coli contamination. The company announced Sunday a random, routine regulat...
Sep 14, 2021

Fire that Damaged Washington Square Mall Deemed Accidental
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A fire that shutdown the Washington Square Mall in Detroit Lakes has been deemed accidental and unintentional according to the Detroit Lakes Fire Department. A fire, Friday brok...
Sep 13, 2021

Shooting in Long Prairie s Leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded
LONG PRAIRIE, MINN. - Authorities in central based Todd County, Minnesota, report an early Sunday morning shooting has left one person dead and two wounded. When deputies arrived shortly after 3:30 a-...
Sep 13, 2021

95 Year-Old Killed in Accident Near Rural Perham
PERHAM (KDLM) - A 95-year-old woman from Moorhead was killed in an accident, Friday in rural Perham. The accident occurred just after 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 10 on Co Hwy 60 near the intersection of C...
Sep 13, 2021

Around 1,000 Racers Partake in Dick Beardsley Races in Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Around 1,000 racers turned out for the 25th Annual Dick Beardsley Half-Marathon in Detroit Lakes, Saturday. Racers departed from the Kent Freeman Arena on a cool Saturday mornin...
Sep 12, 2021

One Dead After Rollover in Maple Grove Township
MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP (KDLM) - One person died after a rollover in Becker County, Saturday. Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle rollover on County Road 143, west of Bruce Boulevard in Maple Grov...
Sep 12, 2021