Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

AUDUBON (KDLM) - The Becker County Sheriff's Office is investigating a robbery at the Orton's Cenex Convenience Store in Audubon. The store was robbed just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25. A man desc...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A groundbreaking for the Becker County Museum is scheduled for Thursday, May 27 at 11am. The museum has been raising funds for several years to build a new 30,000 square foot bu...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Pelican River Watershed District will be chemically treating a number of lakes for Curly-leaf pondweed, Wednesday. Curly-leaf pondweed is a submersed aquatic plant native to...

GRAND RAPIDS (KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says one of its conservation officers died in the line of duty Monday morning. According to a press release from the DNR, The office...

PERHAM (KDLM) - Money is being raised to help build an adapted home for a Perham man who lost his leg while on patrol in Iraq with the Minnesota Army National Guard. On July 25, 2006, Lucas Schmitz wa...

Otter Tail County (KDLM) - Otter Tail County and Otter Tail Lakes Country Association (OTLCA) have launched a new countywide job portal. The job portal connects jobseekers and people looking to move t...

WADENA (KDLM) - Tri-County Health Care broke ground on their new hospital and clinic in Wadena, Friday. The new facility will have large exam rooms, a rehabilitation center on site, and an air filtrat...

ST. PAUL (KDLM) - A Federal Jury last week convicted an Itasca County man for Vehicular Assault on the White Earth Reservation. The Federal jury convicted Kevin Doerr on one count of assault with a da...

ST. PAUL (KDLM) - Extra seat belt patrols across Minnesota will begin this week. The Minnesota State Patrol is hoping to stop a growing loss of life as unbuckled deaths have surpassed 2020s deaths. Un...

OTTER TAIL LAKE (KDLM) - The team of Balcer & Balcer had a great day Friday with a bag of 17.71 lbs and a decent day on Saturday with a bag of 14.02 lbs to claim the overall title of the Reel Coun...