Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

PENNINGTON CO., Minn. (KFGO) - A reward is now being offered in the search for a homicide suspect in Pennington County, Minnesota. The sheriff's office says 44-year-old Eric Reinbold is wanted as the ...

DETROIT LAKES - A Detroit Lakes man was killed in a motorcycle accident, Saturday, July 10. 74-year-old Darryl Anthony Satkoski died following a crash along Highway 34 and Highland Drive. Satkoski's m...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - What's causing the unusual amountof haziness in the Lakes Area sky? Smoke. Canadian wildfires have been burning across the central and western parts of the Canada, and the smoke...

Minneapolis, MN (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes High School Band performed that National Anthem at Target Field before the Minnesota Twins faced the Detroit Tigers on Friday, July 9th. Band director Tim Si...

HUNTERSVILLE TOWNSHIP (KDLM) - A 26-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident, Thursday. The accident occurred in Huntersville Township, east of Menahga when the motorcycle crashed after leavin...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KDLM) - Former Hawley High School standout and Augustana pitcher Parker Hanson has signed a professional baseball contract. Hanson will play for the Sioux Falls Canaries of the Amer...

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge has sentenced a White Earth man to 17 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor over several months in 2018. 33-year-old Evan Oppegard also admitted to sending sexuall...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Police Department is auctioning off a variety of abandoned items recovered by the Department. A large assortment of bikes, tools and electronics are up for auc...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Northwest Water Carnival in Detroit Lakes returns after its pandemic cancellation in 2020. The Water Carnival, one of the longest running festivals in the state of Minnesota...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Museum is planning to bring a mobile classroom to the Lakes Area. The Science Express, a mobile lab run by St. Cloud State University will visit the Becker Cou...