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The Detroit Lakes City Council has given its stamp of approval to two major housing developments that are being planned for the coming year, in the vicinity of Big and Little Detroit lakes. Both the Highland Estates condominium development near the intersection of Highland Drive and...

Local residents will soon be able to stay out on the city beach a little bit later at night — but all other city parks will close at 10:30 p.m., according to a new city ordinance that was given its first reading at Tuesday night's Detroit Lakes City Council meeting.

It's official: Starting on July 2, Sunday afternoon liquor runs to Fargo will be a thing of the past for lakes area residents. The Detroit Lakes City Council passed a resolution at its Tuesday night meeting that will authorize its municipal liquor store, Lakes Liquor, to be open on...

It was a good news, bad news situation for Bob Spilman and his proposed $25 million, 52-unit condominium project this week. While his request to rezone the 5.5-acre property at 16239 Highland Drive from "R-A," or residential agriculture, to "R-3A," or limited multi-family housing,...

A possible extension of North Shore Drive into the Minnesota/Lake Avenue neighborhood was once again the hot topic at a public hearing on the proposed local option sales tax that was held during a special Detroit Lakes City Council meeting Monday night. Roughly half of the dozen or...

West Avenue, along with portions of both Willow Street and West Lake Drive in the city of Detroit Lakes, will be getting major facelifts within the next three to four years. The upgrades to West Avenue and the east end of Willow Street were given the green light at a special meeting...

Last week, the Detroit Lakes City Council set a special meeting for Feb. 28, to deal with a couple of items they were not ready to take action on at their regular monthly meeting.

The Detroit Lakes City Council proved that citizen input can make a difference at its Tuesday night meeting, as not just one, but two items on the agenda were shot down by opposition from local residents — although it may only be a temporary delay in one instance. By a 6-1 vote,...

A total of $35-$36 million to use on city infrastructure and facilities projects over the next 25 years: That is what the Detroit Lakes City Council is hoping to gain from a new half-cent local option sales tax that they could put before voters for approval as early as this November....

The year 2016 was a "remarkable" one for the City of Detroit Lakes, according to Mayor Matt Brenk. "(It was) remarkable, I think, in several areas," Brenk said during his "State of the City" address, which concluded Tuesday night's council meeting.

A dozen or so Detroit Lakes residents turned up at the city council meeting Tuesday, concerned about a plan to renovate West Lake Drive, add a bike trail, and clean up stormwater runoff into Little Detroit Lake. The project is in its preliminary stages, with construction scheduled...

If you are standing in the voting booth on Nov. 8 and flipping a coin on your city council representative, please consider voting for Kyle Braaten. I hardly ever get into politics as a general rule. But, Kyle is just so made for this position that I felt I had to get the word out...

At a special meeting of the Detroit Lakes City Council on Tuesday, the city moved a step closer to finalizing plans for expansion of the city-county airport by approving a $1.32 million purchase agreement with Turtle Properties for the acquisition of a parcel of land formerly occupied...