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Get out and enjoy the sun with a good book this summer. Participate in Sizzlin' Summer Reads, a summer reading program for adults at Detroit Lakes Library. Read four books or talking books, complete an entry form, and turn it in to have your name entered into a drawing for great prizes. Submit a new entry form for every four books read. Entries may be turned in June 1 through Aug. 31. Don't know what to read?
May 25, 1916-May 31, 2006 Herman W. Ziemann, 90, of rural Frazee, died on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 in his home. Herman Wilhelm Ziemann was born the son of Herman and Anna (Mielke) Ziemann on May 25, 1916, in Evergreen Township. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where he was a member all his life. Herman attended country school and following his education, he farmed in the area. He also worked for Nodlund Construction in the Twin Cities area. Herman married Florence Fiedler on Oct. 1, 1940, in Detroit Lakes.
Sept. 23, 1954-May 19, 2006 Shirley Guenther, 51, of Mahnomen, died Friday, May 19, 2006, at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Shirley Ann Guenther, the daughter of George and Patricia (Jenkins) Guenther, was born Sept. 23, 1954, in Mahnomen, where she grew up and attended Ahmann Country School until the fifth grade. She spent many years helping to raise her younger siblings; she was patient and taught them many things. Shirley graduated from Mahnomen High School with the class of 1972. After graduation she moved to Thief River Falls, where she worked in the local nursing home.
Chase is dead. The Detroit Lakes Police Department's K-9 dog died suddenly while being treated for an ongoing ailment at the Detroit Lakes Animal Hospital Tuesday. Police officer Robert Strand, who was Chase's handler, is unsure why the four-year-old dog died. Since January, Chase has had periodic bouts with diarrhea, but would recover with treatment. Chase was sick again Tuesday, so Strand took him in for examination and treatment.
The Lake Park City Council met in closed session on issues related to its police chief, Tim Hoag, Wednesday but announced no decision. As he left the City Center, Lake Park city attorney Charles Ramstad, Detroit Lakes, declined comment on whether Hoag was still the police chief. The 50-minute meeting had several twists and turns, with most of it occurring outside the view of several Lake Park residents who came to support Hoag, and two news media representatives. The council called the special meeting to address three issues: Hoag's conviction in March of misdemeanor driving while impair
Building and remodeling projects at nearly all 53 campuses in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system were approved by the Legislature in its final hours and signed into law by Gov. Tim Pawlenty. However, the Detroit Lakes campus of Minnesota State Community & Technical College was not among them. MSCTC received just under $1 million to complete various repair and remodeling projects at its Wadena, Moorhead and Fergus Falls facilities.
We offer a giant tip of the golf hat to the Detroit Lakes girls' golf team, which has made school history on its way to the Class 2A state meet Tuesday and Wednesday at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. The team won the right to play there by besting Moorhead by one stroke to win the Section 8-2A meet at Thumper Pond in Ottertail Monday and Tuesday. The Laker team of Christine Herzog, Danelle Olson, Amy Anderson, Sarah Baukol, Betsy Hutchinson, and Robin Hutch-inson has been a class act all season, setting new school records on its way to winning nine meets in the season. The one-stroke secti
I read an article today about what we can all do to avoid mental decline. For some, decline starts early -- like the day they graduate from high school. For others, it starts later, like when they're first elected to office. A more frequent starting point, the point of greatest risk, is at retirement. But for many, with proper diet, exercise and habits, it never happens. Start with diet. What do I know about diet to prevent mental decline? Only one thing: the authorities agree that blueberries are beneficial for brain health. My favorite brain medicine is blueberry pie.
Both were born in southeastern Minnesota -- one in 1947 and one in 1951. Both are Lutherans. Both entered the Minnesota Legislature in 1979. But watching House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, and Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson, DFL-Willmar, this year showed why in marriages, opposites attract. When spouses or legislative leaders are too similar, there may be more fights than progress. Rewind to May 10, a week and a half before the 2006 legislative session had to be wrapped up.
