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With talk of a renewed ban on assault-type rifles following the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, gun sales have gone up the past few weeks. "There have definitely been a lot more people looking," said Kay Kiehl, manager of 59 Trade Roads, a pawnshop on Highway 59 near Detroit Lakes. "Everybody is talking about how assault rifles are going to be banned.
Under the nurturing hand of owner Peggy Heglie Kilbane, Lakegirl clothing has gone from T-shirts sold at her gift shop at Shady Hollow Flea Market to a $1 million a year business. Along the way she's broken a few rules -- she never wrote a business plan, she only hires her friends, and she loves to bring her dogs to work. But she's all business when it comes to designing, selling and protecting the Lakegirl clothing brand. Lakegirl designs and sells T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, shoes, jackets and "our next move probably will be into giftware," like coffee mugs, Heglie Kilbane said. La
A broken propane ice auger has left a hole in a local organization's plans to take veterans ice fishing this winter. Larry and Cathy Villella, who live about 13 miles of Detroit Lakes, are avid ice fishing enthusiasts who run the Fun 4 Disabled Veterans program -- which basically consists of bringing in veterans and their families to use a large fish house on Franklin Lake. They brought 40 or 50 veterans and their families out on the ice last year, the first year of the program. But this year, their Jiffy propane 10-inch auger "crapped out on us," Larry Villella said.
Becker County officials decided to tag-team the situation after learning that newly-hired emergency manager for Becker County Bryan Christensen had resigned two weeks after being hired. On the recommendation of County Administrator Jack Ingstad, former emergency manager Rusty Haskins will step back into the role, supported by Ingstad as deputy emergency manager. Ingstad served as county emergency manager for six years as a county administrator in Colorado, and EDA supervisor Guy Fischer will help write grants to support the position. Commissioners accepted Ingstad's interim plan Tuesday,
A longtime Becker County deputy has been promoted to investigator. Daniel Skoog has been a patrol deputy with the sheriff's office for more than 14 years. He spent a year as a Park Rapids police officer prior to that. He earned his law enforcement degree from Alexandria Technical College. He and his wife, Tina, have eight children, from newborn to age 11. They live in the Wolf Lake area. "It's something I've always wanted to do," Skoog said of becoming an investigator. "It's different than patrol work.
Becker County may consider issuing bonds to pay for highway projects. Board Chairman Larry Knutson said Clay County is going that route, and it could make sense for Becker County as well, for several reasons: Interest rates are low and that makes it inexpensive to borrow money.
The owners of the new Great Clips salon in Detroit Lakes are no strangers to the Minneapolis-based chain -- it's their ninth Great Clips location. Emily Wilcox of Fargo and Cary Schilling of Minneapolis are the owners. "My business partner, Cary, started his first Great Clips in Grand Forks in 1992," Wilcox said. "And we've expanded so we have two locations in Grand Forks, five in Fargo-Moorhead and one in Bismarck -- that's where Cary is from." The Great Clips in Detroit Lakes opened Nov.
It's not too late to get the flu vaccine, and it looks like an increasingly good idea -- because it appears we are heading for a rough influenza season. "The news flash is it's going to be a virulent flu season this year," said Ronda Stock, who heads the Becker County Community Health Department. The flu season is generally considered to start in September and run through May, with the peak season in December, January and February, said Dr.
Dance Team is not for the faint of heart. The 16 varsity girls and 16 junior varsity girls on the Detroit Lakes Dance Team practice for two hours after school Monday through Thursday, get up early for a 6:30 a.m, Friday practice, and spend long Saturdays at invitational competitions. Most of them also spend evenings at private dance studios, when they aren't at long late-night rehearsals for the high school musical. No wonder Detroit Lakes varsity dance coach Britton Ramsey compares dance families to hockey families -- always away from home. And no wonder physical therapy exercises
The Detroit Lakes Police Department wants people to be on the lookout for counterfeit currency. Detroit Lakes Police Investigator Tami Hunt says the bills are mainly counterfeit $20s, but in recent days the department has also received bills in the $10, $50, and $100 denominations. Unlike some earlier counterfeits that made the rounds, these bills are easily detected with the use of a counterfeit detector pen, she said. The bills look genuine at first glance, but they don't feel genuine, and they lack watermarks and security strips, she said. The police department has received at least