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    The Madison's "angels of mercy" include (from left) Maurine Fellows, Jenny Bristlin, Rita Frenzel and Millie Moitzfield. (Vicki Gerdes/Tribune)
    The Madison's heavenly helpers: Women’s group takes on projects to help brighten the lives of local residents
    "Every act of kindness is like a pebble thrown in a pond, sending out ripples far beyond where the pebble entered the water. When we're caring...
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    Actor Sean Astin will be at the Fargo Theatre on Sept. 13. Special to The Forum
    Fargo Theatre to celebrate works of actor Sean Astin
    FARGO—The Fargo Theatre hosts an evening with actor Sean Astin on Sept. 13. The actor will discuss his 30-year career, including roles...
    News1 hour 19 min ago
    Long list of champions crowned at 2017 county fair
    The Becker County Fair Board recently released a complete list of winners for all of the competitions held during the 2017 fair, which took place July 26-29. The Senior division includes competitors from 9th grade on up; Junior division is designated for those in grades 6-8; and the...
    News3 hours 20 min ago
    Gio Nasello holds some of the produce Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, he grew in his home garden, Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    LOST ITALIAN: Garden-fresh veggies inspire salad
    FARGO — This week's recipe is inspired by what we are currently harvesting in our vegetable garden, or more appropriately, Gio's vegetable...
    News3 hours 24 min ago
    Tami Rakke
    Essentia Health Welcomes Nurse Practitioner in Detroit Lakes
    Nurse Practitioner Tamara Rakke has joined the Elder Care Department at the Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes Clinic. "I chose to practice...
    News3 hours 27 min ago
    BBB offers Tips on Finding a Rental Property: Watch out for online scams
    With summer moving along quickly and a new school year on the near horizon, many college students are planning on moving on from college dorms—or their parents' homes—to find apartments or rental homes for the school year and beyond. Better Business Bureau ® of Minnesota...
    News3 hours 28 min ago
    Crime & accidents
    Thursday, Aug. 3 At 9:52 a.m. a mailbox was reportedly hit by a motor vehicle on the 100 block of Shorewood Drive. At 4:23 p.m. a wallet was reported stolen from the Northwoods Campground at WE Fest. Friday, Aug. 4 At 5:39 p.m. a caller reported a package stolen from a mailbox on...
    News3 hours 30 min ago
    Highways 34, 87 culvert work begins week of Aug. 21
    Motorists on Highway 34 east of Detroit Lakes and Highway 87 east of Frazee will encounter intermittent delays and a detour when culvert work begins the week of August 21. Crews will replace two culverts on Highway 34-one near Snellman and one near Osage. The work on Highway 34 will...
    News3 hours 40 min ago
    Happenings
    Wednesday, August 23 Corn Feed: Join First Baptist Church in Detroit Lakes for corn on the cob, hot dogs, hamburgers and live music from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, August 24 Salvation Army Back to School Supply Distribution: School supply distribution will take place from 3 p.m. to...
    News3 hours 53 min ago
    It used to be that unvaccinated children in America were clustered in impoverished neighborhoods; now they’re often clustered among sophisticates in gilded ZIP codes where a certain strain of health faddishness reigns. (Ben Wiseman/The New York Times)
    Amid Minnesota's measles outbreak, opponents of vaccines step up efforts
    Minnesota's worst measles outbreak in decades has unexpectedly energized anti-vaccine forces, who have stepped up their work in recent months...
    News4 hours 46 min ago
    A woman holds Powerball lottery tickets outside Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States, January 12, 2016. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
    How Powerball manipulated the odds to make another massive jackpot
    At $700 million, Wednesday night's Powerball prize is the second-largest lottery jackpot in its history, and the math is working out in favor...
    News6 hours 14 min ago
    August 22, 2017
    White Earth Band of Chippewa attorney Joe Plummer speaks with a reporter at the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Aug. 22, in Fergus Falls, Minn. Mike McFeely / Forum News Service
    McFeely: Casino opponents get a victory, for now
    FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Opponents of a proposed casino project on Minnesota's Star Lake won an important victory Tuesday, Aug. 22, but whether...
    News16 hours 35 min ago
    After being judged on writing, advertising and design, The Detroit Lakes Tribune is currently deemed the best weekly newspaper in the state by the Minnesota Newspaper Association.(Photo by Meagan Pittelko)
    'A tradition of excellence': Detroit Lakes newspaper's history goes back...way back
    Dating back to 1879, the newspaper is the oldest business in Detroit Lakes--it was one of the first businesses to pop up in what was then called...
    News20 hours 47 min ago
    In 2015, five girls out of every 100,000 between the ages of 15 and 19 committed suicide in the United States, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Antonio Guillem/Dreamstime/TNS)
    Rate of suicide among teen girls reaches 40-year high
    In 2015, five girls out of every 100,000 between the ages of 15 and 19 committed suicide in the United States. The rate is double what it was...
    NewsAugust 22, 2017 - 11:32am
    Instructor Donna Anderson (center) smiles proudly as her students take photos of the vegetable garden they have helped to grow this summer at the Boys & Girls Club in Detroit Lakes. The students have been using the photos they take to journal the results of their gardening efforts since June. (Vicki Gerdes/Tribune)
    Picturesque Cooking: Summer class at DL's Boys & Girls Club teaches gardening, cooking – and photography
    Farm-to-table cooking classes — where the participants pluck fruits, vegetables and herbs fresh from the garden and bring them directly...
    NewsAugust 22, 2017 - 11:01am
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