Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

The White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) Is finalizing plans for Earth Summit 2025. In 2024, the WETCC hosted the White Earth Water Summit. This effort was a blend of contemporary science ...

Perham, MN - The Otter Tail County Safe Communities Coalition is bringing back its "Click It for Coffee" campaign to encourage seat belt use during the busy Memorial Day travel season. The campaign, w...

The Pelican River Watershed District will be conducting an aquatic invasive species control project involving herbicide treatments of Curly-leaf pondweed and Flowering Rush infestations for lakes Nort...

New York Mills, MN - A semi driver is hurt after high winds led to a crash near New York Mills Thursday. State troopers say 55-year-old Olekfandr Ihnatenko from New Jersey was driving his semi east on...

Minnesota Flyers Gymnastics held their Ground-Breaking Ceremony in Detroit Lakes on Thursday May 15th for their new addition slated to be finished in a little over a year. The current building is 12,0...

Click it for Coffee. (OTC) Perham, MN – The Otter Tail County Safe Communities Coalition is bringing back its "Click It for Coffee" campaign to encourage seat belt use during the busy Memorial D...

Governor Tim Walz and legislative leaders have agreed to a new budget for Minnesota. The deal balances the budget for the first biennium and leaves money on the bottom line heading into the second. Th...

While details are limited, the Becker County Sheriff's Office assisted the DEA with a federal investigation Thursday morning in the City of Audubon. The Sheriff's Office said in a statement that the a...

On Thursday, May 15, 2025 at approximately 11:51, the Minnesota State Patrol responded to an overturned semi. According to the State Patrol the semi was making a turn from Highway 59 onto eastbound Hi...

New York Mills, MN - A pickup and two ATV's are being called a total loss from a fire of unknown origin in rural New York Mills. At around 11 p.m. Wednesday, Otter Tail County Dispatch received a repo...