Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - With most of the snow now gone in the Lakes Area, Detroit Lakes Fire Chief, Ryan Swanson is warning residents about the dangers of controlled burning. More than 600 wildfires in...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Ticket for the 2021 Bash on The Beach are now on-sale. The concert series, a part of the Detroit Lakes Water Carnival was cancelled last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic will...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A state audit says the agency that issues driver's licenses in Minnesota has struggled to schedule road tests within the 14 days of an applicant's request as required by state law. T...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Transfer station is still adjusting a year after state covid guidelines were first implemented in the state of Minnesota. Steve Skoog with Becker County Enviro...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and state health commissioner Jan Malcolm are in quarantine for the next week after close contact with a staff member who tested positiv...

(KNSI) - One person is dead after a head-on crash on Interstate 94 Wednesday morning. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the crash happened about 3:00 on eastbound 94 near milepost 123, about tw...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A local 4H member has helped the Becker County Sheriff's Office outfit a K9 with a ballistic vest. K9 Durman received his vest last week. Ashley Fletcher, helped sponsor the pur...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Lakes Area National Guard Soldiers were deployed, Tuesday. Drifters of Able Company 2-136 Combined Arms Battalion, Task Force Bastard, will embark on a deployment to the Middle ...

FRAZEE (KDLM) - A Frazee man has been charged with two felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Terry Harrison has been accused by a 13-year-old girl of sexual abuse since the age of 6 o...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM/LAKES TV3) - The Becker County Sheriff's Department and Detroit Lakes Police share their most wanted. Check back each week to see if the most wanted person has been located!