Helping in a time of need

Infertility can be an emotional, expensive and stressful process. The definition of infertility is 12 months of unprotected sex without resulting in pregnancy, or if a women can get pregnant but not carry the baby.

• JAIMIE DERANEY
• JIM CHRISTENSEN
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The want-to-have-a-baby blues

Infertility has many levels. There are a lot of reasons for not obtaining pregnancy. There can be various options for trying to increase the ability to get pregnant. It can get quite expensive, and it can get quite stressful.

• DAWSON
• SOPHIE
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Resolution Restart at DLCCC aims to keep folks fit

Long gone are the sounds of New Years horns and the little inner voice that says “This year, I’m whipping myself into shape.” That’s why folks at the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center choose now to lend those little, lost voices a big blow horn, as they prepare for the 23rd annual Community Fitness Challenge, now known as Resolution Restart.

• JULIE OKESON
• Resolution Restart
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Healthcare building boom

In the past five years, the face of health care in Detroit Lakes has undergone some extensive changes. Besides the changes in name — St. Mary’s Regional Health Center is now Essentia Health St. Mary’s, and MeritCare has become Sanford Health — there have been big infrastructure changes to both local organizations as well.

• campus of ESSENTIA HEALTH ST. MARY’S
• sanford health clinic
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Healing Through the Arts

Healing from the effects of domestic abuse involves both physical and emotional recovery, says Leona Ulrich of the Lakes Crisis & Resource Center in Detroit Lakes.

• artist Becky Mitchell
• author Kim Bettcher
• artist Carmen McCullough
• pediatric occupational therapist Diane McCormack
• GLASS MOSAIC WINDOW
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Lullabye, and good night

Having trouble falling asleep at night? Forget counting sheep; it might be more productive to count the number of known sleep disorders. “There are 84 of them,” says Susan Gunwall, director of operations at Whitney Sleep Diagnostics and Consultants and Whitney Sleep Therapeutics.

• WHITNEY SLEEP CENTER
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Library awards bookmark winners

The winner of the 2011 Teen Read Week Picture it! bookmark design contest is…I Love Reading by Krysti Warne, grade 12, from Hendrum. This is what Krysti had to say about Lake Agassiz Regional Library: “I love to get ‘lost’ in a book in a relaxing setting. There are thousands of books I like to get ‘lost’ in.”

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• Mckenzie of Crookston
• Xavier of Glyndon
• Lydia of Moorhead
• Taija of Borup
• Krysti Warne Handrum
• Ashley of Hawley

‘Next Year in Jerusalem’

Since publishing his first book, While Others Sleep, in 2011, Lake Park author Larry (L.D.) Bergsgaard has been busy making a name for himself in the literary world.

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Skaaland makes dean’s list at Bethany

Rachel Skaaland, daughter of Samuel and Irene Skaaland of Detroit Lakes, was named to the Fall 2011-12 Academic Year Dean’s List at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. Skaaland is a 2009 graudate of Detroit Lakes High School.

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Julian graduates from UM-Crookston

Elizabeth K. Julian, Detroit Lakes, was among the graduates at the University of Minnesota-Crookston announced for fall semester 2011. Julian earned a Bachelor of Science degree in natural resources.

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Jenson on dean’s list at St. Mary’s University

A local student, Paige Jenson, daughter of James and Barb Jenson, of Lake Park, was named to the first semester, 2011-12 Dean’s List at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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DL students on dean’s list at SMSU

Three Detroit Lakes residents were named to the dean’s list at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minn., for fall semeseter 2011. Kayla Lang and Angela Wieland both received high honors for the semester, by maintaining a grade point average between 3.8 and 4.0.

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Area students on dean’s list at Bethel

Emma Buhr and Joelle Herschberger, both of Detroit Lakes, were each named to the dean’s list for winter semester 2011 at Bethel University in St. Paul.

Area students on dean’s list at UM-Morris

The following area students were named to the dean’s list for fall semester 2011 at the University of Minnesota-Morris: Alycia Heisler, Detroit Lakes; Michael Sorenson, Detroit Lakes; Maren Anderson, Lake Park; Dena Johaning, Park Rapids; and Michelle Richotte, Park Rapids.

Norby graduates from St. Thomas

Karin Norby, Detroit Lakes, was among those graduating from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul at the end of fall semester 2011. Norby graduated with magna cum laude honors, and now holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration-entrepreneurship.