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Get ready to engage all five senses when you enter the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion near Rollag. The first thing you notice as you get close are the clouds of steam and black smoke spouting high from various sources around the expansive reunion grounds. When you enter the grounds you’re hit by the sounds — the belching, whistling, thumping sound of the engines, large and small, that bring you back to the time bef
AUDUBON, Minn. -- A rural Audubon man was seriously injured in a garage fire Wednesday evening on Pearl Lake Drive. Aaron Kalberer, 21, was burned when gasoline fumes ignited in the roughly 24-foot-by-24-foot detached two-car garage, which was set up with shop equipment for vehicle maintenance. Kalberer was taken to Essentia St. Mary’s Hospital in Detroit Lakes with burns to his hands and arms.
This year, the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion at Rollag will honor Gaar Scott equipment, a brand that’s not common in this area — but one that helped launch the reunion in the first place. It all started in 1940 when local thresher men, the Nelson boys, fired up their family’s Gaar Scott engine, which has been in the Nelson family since 1926, to thresh with steam again for old time sake. Friends, family and a few spectators were attracted to the scene. The Nelson family continued the event once a year until 1954, when Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion met forma
Here’s an unusual way to show support for cancer research — pink garbage cans. Jon and Sons Disposal has purchased 200 of the pink plastic containers and for a $25 donation customers can use them for the life of the can. Jon Christenson, who owns the company, says he joined the campaign in honor of a sister who successfully battled breast cancer and his father, who just ruined 81 and is now dealing with colon cancer. He donated $1,000 to the Susan G.
Caribou Coffee is a hit in Detroit Lakes. Store manager Jodi Jendrysik said the Caribou Coffee store that recently opened in the new downtown development had the second-highest opening week sales of any store in the chain. The only store with higher opening sales is located in the Minneapolis-St.
The former Habitat for Humanity house at 523 Union Street has been refurbished and is up for sale. The only stipulation is that it be owner-occupied — whoever buys it must plan on living in it, not renting it out. An open house is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.
Full Throttle Cycle and Machine has only been open in Detroit Lakes for a few months, but already the motorcycle and ATV repair shop has seen a lot: From a seldom-seen BMW motorcycle to Boss Hoss cycles with V-8 engines to Jesse James-type choppers to simple scooters. While Harley-Davidsons, Hondas, Suzukis and Kawasakis are the shop’s bread and butter, owner Mark Hagen and mechanic Jesse Nowell will fix anything on two, three or (in the case of ATVs) four wheels. “We do anything from an oil change to rebuilding engines,” Hagen said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid
With flowering rush at least temporarily under control, the next front in the war for the mile-long Detroit Lakes City Beach is to go after the geese and ducks that sometimes flock there. “I think there are about 30 geese this year — it’s kind of a mess, but we are trying to do something about that,” said Detroit Lakes Public Works Director Brad Green. “It’s a tough spot to be in, because we have to follow the laws — they are a protected migratory waterfowl.” City officials have received some complaints about the geese this summer — mostly about the mess they leave behind o
Lisa Weber has been named interim principal at Detroit Lakes High School for the coming school year. She is currently principal at the Detroit Lakes Area Learning Center. The one-year interim appointment fills a vacancy created in late July by the abrupt resignation of Principal Steve Morben for personal reasons. “We’re grateful Lisa stepped up and is willing to take the assignment for the year, and we know she’ll do a great job,” said Detroit Lakes Superintendent Doug Froke. The interim appointment was made because the district believes it’s not the right time to try to fill the p
Greg Larson, one of the owners of the Subaru dealership in Detroit Lakes, gets a good feeling whenever he passes the city beach these days and doesn’t see reedy patches of flowering rush. After all, his father, Winston Larson, was the driving force behind the mile-long city beach. Winston Larson served as city engineer for some 30 years, and helped create the beach in 1967. It would have broken his heart to see the beach marred by muck-producing flowering rush. Engineering the mile-long beach “was a big project,” Greg Larson said.