Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Homeownership for Me Down-Payment Loan program is reopening in Becker County. This second-mortgage loan is available to qualified buyers for purchase of a home as their prim...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - R&G Subaru has donated more than $20,000 to the Boys & Girls Club. Through the Subaru Share the Love Event, Subaru of America donates $250 for every new Subaru vehicle p...

PERHAM (KDLM) - The Cactus in Perham had to temporarily close after a gas line caught fire. Sunday, a power line fell in front of the Cactus which then caught a gas line on fire. The line, charred a l...

MINNEAPOLIS - Sunday's rain in Minnesota will help ease drought conditions and elevated fire danger, but experts say it's not nearly enough to make up for the current rainfall deficit. The entire stat...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A mobile food drop will take place in Detroit Lakes, today. Beginning at 10 a.m., residents may visit the Becker County Food Pantry to receive a free box of food. Food will be a...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Detroit Lakes based SJE, a leading manufacturer of control solutions for the water and wastewater industry, has sold a majority equity interest to Audax Private Equity ("Audax")...

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota DNR is stressing water safety after a deadly start to the summer season in Minnesota. As of June 16, as many as nine people have been victims of boating fatalities. That numbe...

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...