show moreFlag dedication at Veterans Park is Saturday morning -- In honor of Armed Forces Day
The latest phase of development at Veterans Memorial Park in Detroit Lakes — the installation and dedication of the six flags that will fly at its entrance on Highway 10 — will take place this Saturday, May 19 at 11 a.m.
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Funeral services are set for Friday afternoon in Frazee for Detroit Lakes Police Officer Chad Jutz
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Monday marked the grand opening of White Earth’s women’s shelter in White Earth village.
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Many schools have a math club, or a chess club, or a bowling club, or even a physics club. But at Roosevelt Elementary School in Detroit Lakes, the students have something just a little bit different from the norm — a writers club.
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When Ardella Triebenbach’s children were younger, they were heavily involved with 4-H. Therefore, she was as well.
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FARGO – It is 1,660 miles southeast to Jacksonville, Fla., but the Sun State’s favorite sons, Lynyrd Skynyrd, have a spot in the hearts of folks on the northern Plains.
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MOORHEAD – Tara Andvik quietly sobbed as guilty verdicts on three felony counts of arson were read by a Clay County jury Tuesday.
North Dakota Highway Patrol watches Oil Patch intersections from the air
WILLISTON, N.D. – The next time you blow through a stop sign, the Highway Patrol could be watching from the sky.
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FARGO - During Laura Barnhart’s and Hannah Erickson’s junior year at Fargo’s Oak Grove High School, their mothers started talking about merging their graduation parties.
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North Dakota passed Alaska in March to become the second-leading state in crude oil production, trailing only Texas, according preliminary figures released Monday.
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ST. PAUL -- Rep. Morrie Lanning summed up a stadium bill signing in three words: “We did it.”
RELATED CONTENTStreaking fireball witnessed by area residents
Some area residents received a spectacular taste of what outer space can provide when a fireball streaked across the celestial skies late Friday evening. Reports came across a vast area, ranging from Thief River Falls to Fergus Falls and from Park Rapids to Detroit Lakes.
RELATED CONTENTGovernor chooses Park Rapids to host 2013 Fishing Opener
Park Rapids has been chosen to host the Governor's Fishing Opener in 2013.
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Anglers and boaters can expect stepped-up patrols and citations for violating the state's aquatic invasive species (AIS) laws, according to Lt. Col. Rodmen Smith, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Enforcement Division assistant director.
RELATED CONTENTVerizon Wireless opens in Downtown Crossing
They’ve cut the ribbon and it’s time to get down to business. Verizon Cellular has now opened in another location in Detroit Lakes, this time in the new Downtown Crossing, next to Miguel’s.
RELATED CONTENTOverwhelmed? Hotline can help -- Team mobilizes for emergency mental health calls
Those suffering from depression or problems that seem overwhelming now have a phone-a-friend. But not all problems can wait until tomorrow, and when they can’t, a mobile crisis team is immediately contacted and deployed — anytime day or night.
RELATED CONTENTFestival of Birds: Henderson to highlight 25 years of swans
It was 25 years ago this summer that 21 trumpeter swans were taken by a military transport plane from Carlos Avery National Wildlife Refuge near Stacey, Minn., to their new home on the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge near Rochert. That marked the first release of the swan restoration project that would become one of Minnesota’s biggest wildlife success stories — and Carrol Henderson was one of the people who helped revive the once-depleted population of this majestic bird in Minnesota.
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