Detroit Lakes Online

We are now unseasonably cold again, and this may extend the ice season locally. With little snow cover and the brutal cold of the last couple weeks, we are making more ice, not losing ice. You can probably count on at least another four weeks of accessible, fishable ice before we...

So far I haven’t had a lot of feathered friends visiting my feeders this winter. Consequently, I haven’t needed to work too hard at keeping the feeders filled. It’s never really work, you know, but I’ve sometimes gone several days in a row without replenishing my birdfeeders...

About 340 miles of highways in northern and western Minnesota will get higher speed limits in the next few weeks, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The two-lane highways, currently posted at 55 miles per hour, will increase to 60. The new speed limits take...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's real budget debate began today when state finance officials announced a $1.9 billion surplus, an increase of $832 million from a report less than three months ago. The surplus will allow lawmakers and the governor to spend more money, use it to cut taxes...

For the second straight game, the engine that drives the DL girls basketball team was running smoothly in a 52-38 regular season finale victory over Mid-State opponents Crosby-Ironton in Crosby. Laker seniors Shay Nielsen and Kyley Foster led the Lakers scoring 20 and 13 points...