Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Twins TV Broadcaster Dick Bremer to Hold Book Signing In Dumont on August 21st
(KDLM) - Since 1983, if you've watched a Minnesota Twins game on TV you've heard Minnesota's own Dick Bremer describing the action on the field. Whether the Twins are competing deep into October or ar...
Zeke Fuhrman Aug 10, 2021

Parents will Receive Second Child Tax Credit Payment this Month
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Parents across the Lakes Area are set to receive a second Child Tax Credit payment this month. The expanded Child Tax Credit was authorized by the Biden administration's America...
Aug 10, 2021

Lakes Area's Most Wanted: Week of Aug. 9, 2021
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM/LAKES TV3) - The Becker County Sheriff's Department and Detroit Lakes Police share their most wanted. Check back each week to see if the most wanted person has been located!
Aug 10, 2021

Lakes Area Lakes to be Treated for Flowering Rush Today
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - After being postponed in late July, a second Flowering rush chemical treatment of the summer will occur on Lakes Area Lakes today. Flowering rush is a reed-like wetland plant wi...
Aug 09, 2021 photo courtesy Pelican River Watershed District

Shoppers Ready to go crazy for Crazy Daze Deals in Detroit Lakes Tuesday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes shoppers will descend on downtown Detroit Lakes Tuesday for some of the Lakes Area's best deals during Crazy Daze. "We start at 7 a.m. and go until 6 p.m. we've go...
Aug 09, 2021

2022 WE Fest Headliners Announced
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Thousands of country music fans descended on Detroit Lakes last weekend for WE Fest's 30th country music festival. The event, under new ownership and taking a year off was by al...
Aug 09, 2021

89th Pine to Palm Golf Tournament Tees Off at Detroit Country Club
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The 89th Pine to Palm golf tournament begins today, at Detroit Country Club. Vern Schnathorst has taken over the chairman duties this year alongside Dave Johnston as the assista...
Aug 09, 2021

Work Continues Along Highway 87 from Frazee to Becker/Wadena County Line
FRAZEE (KDLM) - Construction continues on a 26-mile road project from Frazee to the Becker-Wadena County line. Over the last few weeks, crews have finished up the culvert replacements between County R...
Aug 07, 2021 Crews replace a bridge along Highway 87 over Otter Tail River. Photo courtesy MNDot

WE Fest Goes Wild for Dierks Bentley; Jason Aldean Announced as 2022 WE Fest Headliner
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - With WE Fest in full swing, Dierks Bentley brought the crowd to life, Friday in Detroit Lakes Bentley performed a number of his country hits including one of his most well known...
Aug 07, 2021

Enbridge Line 3 pipeline opponents file suit on behalf of wild rice
OGEMA, Minn. - Opponents of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline that's being replaced across northern Minnesota are taking a novel legal approach to try to halt construction. They are suing on behal...
Aug 06, 2021 photo courtesy of MN DNR