Category Archives: Politics
Will Minnesota Residents need to Show a COVID Vaccination Card to Attend Events or Shop soon?
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Rep. Paul Marquart isn't sure if Minnesota residents will need to show a vaccination card to attend events or shop in businesses in the future. Talk of a universal vaccination c...
Mar 31, 2021
Perseverance and Racial Equality Themes in Walz' State of the State
(KNSI) - Minnesota's perseverance through the pandemic and the quest for racial equality were the themes in Governor Tim Walz's third State of the State Address. Walz spoke on Sunday night from his ol...
Mar 29, 2021
Walz Postpones State of the State Address After Staff Member Tests Positive for COVID-19
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...
Mar 17, 2021
Governor Walz Again Extends Peacetime Emergency
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - Governor Tim Walz, Monday signed Executive Order 21-12 to extend the peacetime emergency in Minnesota. "We are closer than ever to ending this pandemic and returning to our daily liv...
Mar 15, 2021
Could This Be The Last Time We Adjust Our Clocks For Daylight Savings Time?
Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) - As we are getting ready to "spring forward" and adjust their clocks for Daylight Saving Time, a group of lawmakers wants to make it the last clock change ever. A bipartisan ...
Mar 11, 2021 David Lofink / CC
Convincing More Minnesotans to Receive COVID Vaccine will be an Issue in Minnesota says Eken
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - Senator Kent Eken is confident every Minnesotan who wants a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to get one by Summer. As of March 1, more than 460,000 Minnesotans have completed COVID...
Mar 02, 2021
Business Grant Deadline has Passed, but Money may Still be Available from County
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The deadline to apply for three of Becker County's COVID-19 Business Relief Grants has passed, but money could still be available for business owners who have been affected by t...
Feb 25, 2021
Local Government Aid Bill will Affect Rural Minnesota Says Senator Kent Eken
ST. PAUL (KDLM) - Senator Kent Eken spoke on the Senate Floor this week on the importance of having Local Government Aid in rural Minnesota. The bill, which passed the state Senate Monday would take l...
Feb 18, 2021
Republican Doug Wardlow Announces He Will Run Again for Attorney General
MINNEAPOLIS (KDLM) - Republican Doug Wardlow is again running for Minnesota attorney general. Wardlow lost the 2018 race to Democrat Keith Ellison by about 4 percentage points. Wardlow issued a statem...
Feb 17, 2021
Becker County Reluctantly Agrees to One Watershed, One Plan
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The Becker County Board of Commission reluctantly approved two of the One Watershed One Plan, Tuesday. The Becker County Commission, which initially opposed the new plan relucta...
Feb 17, 2021