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Moving another step closer to the start of construction on Detroit Lakes' new $30 million, state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant, the DL City Council approved a $16.3 million project loan agreement with the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority at its regular meeting Tuesday....

A local option sales tax to raise funds for a new police department building? That's one of the goals that came out of a special strategic planning meeting of the Detroit Lakes City Council on Thursday. The council has been considering implementation of a new local option sales tax...

The year 2017 will be remembered as one where "our city moved to a new level," said Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk in his "State of the City" address to the City Council and the general public at Tuesday night's council meeting. "We continue to enjoy tremendous development, expansion...

The Detroit Lakes City Council approved a $5.1 million certified levy and $30 million budget for 2018 at its regular meeting on Tuesday. The total levy of $5,114,009 marks a 6.2 percent increase from last year, according to City Administrator Kelcey Klemm — yet thanks to a 15...

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.