FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Amy Porter is a mom, a wife, a teacher at Roosevelt Elementary in Detroit Lakes and a beloved member of her community. But she is also facing the toughest battle of her life, as she has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. “Try to stay as normal as possible but at times you just think about everything…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – This winter has been a warm one across the region, which means the ice is pretty thin on the lakes and rivers. Most lakes across the region are frozen over, but due to warm temps and the rain around Christmas, the ice isn’t as thick as it has in the past. “It’s been a very…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Detroit Lakes man killed in a crash on Highway 59 on Friday afternoon has been identified. Minnesota State Patrol says 36-year-old Timothy Mitchell crossed the center line and crashed into a semi. Mitchell died at the scene. The crash happened around 4 pm, south of North Tower Road in Becker County. The driver of…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Within the city park of Detroit Lakes sits a display of a sobering aspect. There are 31 silhouettes representing a homicide that happened during a domestic violence situation in Minnesota between August of 2022 and 2023. The display has been set up by the Lakes Crisis & Resource Center. “All of this is preventable,” said…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO) — A Detroit Lakes man is sentenced to one year in jail and 15 years of probation for two counts of felony criminal vehicular homicide and operation while intoxicated. Court records show that 54-year-old Wade Olds drove his pickup off the road and into the corner room of Lakes Inn in May 2022. Jacklyn Benninger suffered…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Four people are arrested in an ongoing narcotics investigation in Fargo. Fargo Police Department and Cass County Drug Task Force executed a knock-and-announce search warrant at a house in the 1400 block of 4th Avenue South around 9 Thursday morning. 64-year-old Lori Eveland of Fargo was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia and…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – Despite the hot weather, summer is coming to a close in Lakes Country. What a summer it has been according to some of these local businesses, who make a living off of the thousands of people who flocked to the region. “It’s been a great summer. I can’t complain,” said Mike Denardo of the J…
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Frazee man has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony illegal possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property. Twenty-two-year-old Allen King was arrested after emergency dispatchers received a report of a man with a gun in the Jimmy John’s parking lot in Detroit Lakes. Shortly afterward, an employee at Masterpiece Alternatives…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Three days and nights of country music and camping comes to an end at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes. WE Fest’s final headliner, Kane Brown, hit the stage around 11 Saturday night due to a rain delay. Organizers issued a shelter in place around 8:30 due to the threat of weather. But the show…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — People heading to WE Fest’s 40th anniversary in Detroit Lakes encountered jam packed traffic, stopped at times according to social media posts, and filled lots on day one. The three day country music festival features headliners Morgan Wallen, Kane Brown and Brad Paisley and so many other artists. Not only is there live music but…
