Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

(KNSI) - The state of Minnesota is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine eligibility pool, debuting a pilot program to begin vaccinating people 65 and older, preschool through 12th grade educators, other sch...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The COVID-19 Pandemic forced the Detroit Lakes Public Library to adapt and innovate, some of those innovations may be here to stay long after the pandemic ends. After closing in...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A rise in opioid related overdoses throughout the Lakes Area is cause for concern. Since Dec. 1, 2020 law enforcement within Beltrami County, the Red Lake Nation, the White Eart...

WADENA (KDLM) - The Tri-County Health Care Foundation raised more than $10,000 during their Give Day fundraiser. The event, held Dec. 15, 20202 kicked off the formation of a new annual support committ...

(KNSI) - This weekend is Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend in Minnesota. From Saturday to Monday, adults do not need a license to fish as long as they take a child 15 years old or younger with them. Year...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes School District continues to work towards bringing students back into classrooms for in-person learning. The School District will begin in-person learning for ...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A blackmail scam involving intimate photos shared via social media has hit the Lakes Area. A man in Frazee reported receiving a friend request from an unknown, young female. Aft...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Christopher & Banks is joining the long list of retailers filing for bankruptcy and disappearing from America's malls. The womenswear company filed for Chapter 11 on Thursda...

BACKUS, MINN (KDLM) - Protesters of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline locked themselves together inside a segment of pipe halting construction at an Enbridge worksite, Thursday. The group Giniw Coll...

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - A small ice harvest on Little Detroit Lake may happen after-all. In early January the MN Sn'ICE Ice Harvest Committee feared recent State COVID guidelines and warm weather would...