Category Archives: Politics
Becker County Board holds public work session with wages consultant as they try to salvage a new class and compensation system for county employees
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Members of the Becker County Board held a public work session last Friday with a member of David Drown Associates in an attempt to update the wage scale for county employ...
Dec 29, 2023
ND House majority leader and state Republican party call for lawmaker to resign after video surfaces of racist and homophobic language during his DWI arrest
FARGO (KFGO) - North Dakota Republican House Majority Leader Mike Lefor (R-Dickinson) has called for the resignation of fellow Republican Rep. Nico Rios (R-Williston) following comments made by Rios d...
Dec 27, 2023 Rep. Nico Rios, R-Williston, performs a road side sobriety test during his DUI arrest.
Becker County Board meeting descends into arguments between commissioners during County Administrator Pat Oman's annual evaluation on Tuesday
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - In what should have been a straight forward annual performance evaluation of Becker County Administrator Pat Oman during Tuesday's county board meeting quic...
Dec 21, 2023 Members of the Becker County Board of Commissioners hold a regular meeting on May 2, 2023. (Michael Achterling / KDLM News)
ND ballot initiative could force 'hand counting' ballots for future elections
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) - A ballot initiative in North Dakota is gathering signatures for a June 2024 referendum that could require all votes cast in future North Dakota elections to be only counted by ha...
Dec 20, 2023
Check out all the new laws in Minnesota going into effect Jan. 1
St. Cloud, Minn. (KNSI) - With the new year will come new laws in Minnesota. One of them is the passage of the "red flag law," which allows police, family members, or legal guardians to file an emerge...
Dec 20, 2023
ND decides to wait-and-see how MN carbon-free law is implemented before weighing potential lawsuit
Bismarck, N.D. - North Dakota is still weighing whether to challenge Minnesota's new carbon-free energy standard nearly a year after top officials sent a letter to Minnesota's governor calling on the ...
Dec 20, 2023
Becker County expected to pass 5.96% tax levy increase for 2024 during their meeting on Dec. 19; will raise about $1.5 million more than 2023
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The Becker County Board is expected to approve a 5.96% property tax levy increase for 2024 during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The Board held their Truth In...
Dec 18, 2023
8th Circuit Court of Appeals denies appeal from ND secretary of state Friday concerning redistricting of 2 Native American reservations
Grand Forks, N.D. (KNOX) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request from North Dakota's secretary of state to delay a federal judge's ruling that found the state's 2021 redistricting...
Dec 18, 2023 Michael Howe - ND Secretary of State
ND judge denies request to delay redistricting decision involving 2 Native American tribes
FARGO (KFGO) - A North Dakota federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to delay his decision supporting two Native American tribes that sought changes to North Dakota's legislative boundaries to gi...
Dec 15, 2023
Lakes Area Morning News for Dec. 14, 2023
Detroit Lakes City Council approves 11.22% tax levy increase for 2024; expected to raise additional $812,000 in revenue Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - The city of Detroit Lakes finalized ...
Dec 14, 2023 2023-24 Detroit Lakes City Council. From the left: Back Row: Aaron Dallmann, Dan Josephson, Mike Stearns, Mayor Matt Brenk, Jackie Buboltz, Jay Deraney. Front Row: Wendy Spry, Ron Zeman, Matt Boeke, Shaun Carlson.