Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

Heat Wave Returns to Lakes Area
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Another excruciating heat wave has hit the Lakes Area with temperatures that could hit the triple digits. Health experts are warning residents that the sustained heat can be dan...
Jul 20, 2021

Educational Reptile Program Calls for End to Perham's Turtle Races
PERHAM (KDLM) - Activists are putting Perham's Turtle Races into question. Snake Discovery, an educational reptile program that hosts events across the Midwest is calling for an end to the 40 year tur...
Jul 19, 2021

District Wide Culvert Project Begins Today
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Beginning today, (Monday, July 19) the Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin a district wide culvert improvement project throughout much of the Lakes Area. The work ...
Jul 19, 2021

You Can Adopt a Highway; What About a Boat Landing?
MINNEAPOLIS -- "Only you can prevent forest fires" is among the more iconic public awareness campaigns. In Minnesota, new funding aims to make boat owners embrace a different civic duty: combating aqu...
Jul 19, 2021

Line 3 Opponents Seek Restraining Order Against Sheriff
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) - Activists opposed to the Line 3 Pipeline project in northern Minnesota are asking a judge to issue a restraining order against Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and the l...
Jul 18, 2021

White Earth to Offer $3,200 Financial Assistance to Tribal Members
WHITE EARTH (KDLM) - The White Earth Reservation Business Committee passed a Resolution, Friday, July 16 authorizing the Coronavirus Recovery Program to provide emergency financial assistance to White...
Jul 18, 2021

Man Believed to have Drowned on East Battle Lake
CLITHERAL (KDLM) - A man is believed to have drowned on East Battle Lake, Saturday. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a male who had been located unconscious in East Batt...
Jul 18, 2021

2007 Murder in White Earth to be Featured on TV Network Investigation Discovery
WHITE EARTH (KDLM) - A 2007 murder in White Earth will be featured on a leading true-crime TV network, Monday. Investigation Discovery will explore the 2007 murder of Chad Swedberg, of Little White Ea...
Jul 16, 2021

Becker Soil & Water Conservation District Receive $5,000 Grant
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has awarded the Becker Soil & Water Conservation District a $5,000 grant. The grant, part of $95,000 awarded to 20 projects across the sta...
Jul 16, 2021

Detroit Lakes Walmart to End Reserved Shopping Hours for Seniors
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Walmart plans to end their reserved shopping hours for Seniors this month. Walmart in Detroit Lakes announced that Tuesday, July 27 would be their final reserved shopping hours ...
Jul 15, 2021