Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
Detroit Lakes Nordic Ski Club Hosting Tamarac Ski Day, Sunday
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Detroit Lakes Nordic Ski Club will be hosting a Tamarac Ski Day, Sunday. The club will ski the Pine Lake Ski Trail around Pine Lake on the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. ...
Jan 29, 2021 Cross-country skis in groomed tracks by Blackledge/USFWS
Lakes Area Ice Fishing Tournaments Go Virtual
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Coronavirus pandemic has forced many Minnesota ice fishing tournaments to either cancel or go virtual. In Detroit Lakes, the annual Poles N Holes fishing derby is hosting a ...
Jan 29, 2021
Perham Health Accepting Applications for 5 $1,000 Scholarships
PERHAM (KDLM) - Perham Health is now accepting applications for Perham Health's Healthcare Career Educational Scholarship. Five scholarships of $1000 each will be available to qualifying high school s...
Jan 28, 2021
Perham Schools will Roll out In-Person Learning for 7-12th Grades Beginning Feb. 16
PERHAM (KDLM) - Perham schools will begin to roll out in-person instruction beginning Feb. 16 Students in seventh, eighth and ninth grade will begin more in-person instruction on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Stu...
Jan 28, 2021
West Central Telephone Association Receives Grant to Complete Rural Broadband Project in Wadena County
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - Governor Tim Walz, Thursday announced that the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) will award grants totaling more than $20m to 39 projects including o...
Jan 28, 2021
Mahnomen County has Highest Percentage of COVID Vaccine Given, but More People in Becker County have Received a Vaccination
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Mahnomen County has given a higher percent of COVID-19 vaccine to its residents than any other county in the state, but more people in Becker county have received the vaccine. A...
Jan 28, 2021
Lakes Area Residents Receiving Letters that could be Mistaken as Tax Documents
FRAZEE (KDLM) - A Lakes Area resident is warning others to be on the lookout for letters that appear to be tax documents, but actually aren't. One woman in Frazee says she and others have received a l...
Jan 28, 2021 A letter titled '2021 Benefit Information for Minnesota Citizens Only' received by a resident in Frazee
Minnesota Driver's License Extension Ends March 31
(MNN) - State officials are reminding Minnesotans who got a COVID extension for renewing their driver's license that they need to do it by March 31st. They're encouraging people not to procrastinate b...
Jan 28, 2021
Home Based Businesses May Qualify for Becker County Business Grants
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Becker County's business relief grants are now available, but many home based businesses are wondering if they qualify. Mike Brethorst, County Administrator says, "If you have f...
Jan 28, 2021
Economist Says Minimum Wage Increase Proposal is “Feel-Good Legislation” That Won’t Have a Big Effect
(KNSI) - A bill introduced in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. A wage hike, economist Ray Perryman says, if approved, would be the first such increase s...
Jan 27, 2021