Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - Opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline project in northwestern Minnesota continued their protests this week by disrupting traffic in front of an Enbridge equipment s...

FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) - Two children have been given a MN Sheriff's Association Life Saving Award after helping to save a man from drowning last summer. Lila and Beck Thorson were swimming at their hous...

NEW YORK MILLS (KDLM) - New York Mills Public Schools has received a Farm to School Grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The District will receive a $5,000 First Bite Mini-Grant i...

NEW YORK MILLS (KBRF) - Around 1:51 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16 the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office was contacted by BNSF stating that one of their westbound trains along US Highway 10, had struck a...

(KNSI) - Father's Day is Sunday, and a new survey shows Minnesota is the third best state in the country for working dads. The survey done by personal finance website Wallethub determined the best sta...

PERHAM (KDLM) - The annual Perham Medallion Hunt, part of Perham's Turtle Fest has ended. 7 year-old, Jace Frietchman of Richville, MN found the medalian along with Diane Frietchman and Krista Moenked...

(KNSI/KDLM) - Much of the Upper Midwest is in a state of drought. Nearly all parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan are experiencing abnormally dry, moderate drought or severe drought condit...

MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KFGO) - A former Mahnomen County sheriff has been arrested for violating a protection order. 67-year-old Brad Athmann was arrested in Naytahwaush Tuesday afternoon after a woman repor...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The United Way of Becker County is planning a Celebration of Heroes event to honor Lakes Area heroes. After cancelling 2020s event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 event, ...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A scam involving Amazon has hit the Lakes Area. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says someone is calling Lakes Area residents claiming to be from Amazon notifying people o...