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Good news. According to Mayor Larry Buboltz, Detroit Lakes is doing "very, very good," and has seen "many, many positive" things happen in 2007. The mayor addressed the Detroit Lakes City Council Tuesday evening for his State of the City speech. Financially, the city is in fine form, although Buboltz hopes to see the return of local government aid in 2008.
Whether the city should clear sidewalks or not is still up in the air. Detroit Lakes Postmaster Paul Collins visited with the Detroit Lakes Public Works Committee Monday afternoon to determine whether the city should continue cleaning sidewalks or stop and require citizens to clean their own sidewalks. "I'm in the middle here," Collins said. Earlier this winter the post office sent out notices to some residents saying their mail would be held until sidewalks were cleaned.
Detroit Lakes city officials have made a decision to light both Highway 10 and the new frontage road. Multiple reasons why the roadways should both be lit were given, making it an easy, unanimous decision. Curt Punt and Roger Moltzan from the Detroit Lakes Public Utilities Department met with the Public Works Committee Monday afternoon to ask whether the city wants to light or not light the area from Roosevelt Avenue to Country Inn and Suites.
Back in 1946, there were a total of 558 births in Becker County, which was down only one from the previous year.
Most students turn 16 and either drive the family car or get a job and buy their own.
The Detroit Lakes Eagles and Mahube Community Council are helping keep lots of toes and fingers warm this winter. Scott Rice and Jerry Waldon delivered more than 1,000 pairs of socks and 79 pairs of gloves to Mahube Thursday afternoon. Customers, the Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary donated the socks and gloves to provide warmer digits for many men, women and children.
Outdoor enthusiasts Gary Christensen and Ted Olson decided to try out some camping gear over the holidays. They picked the perfect place -- Detroit Lakes in the wintertime. Christensen, of Cottage Grove, and Olson, of Plymouth, met at their in-laws' -- Keith and Natalie Bellefeuille -- over the New Year holiday for a belated Christmas celebration. Christensen contacted his brother-in-law Olson about building a quinzhee -- hollowed out pile of snow. "I thought it would be a ton of fun," Olson said.
Not one for the spotlight, Sue Geihl downplays her recent Minnesota Middle Level Art Educator of the Year award, but up-plays the importance of art -- especially in schools. A sixth grade art teacher at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead, Geihl commutes from her Detroit Lakes home each weekday.
RDG Planning and Design is looking for input. The consulting firm is responsible for a business corridor plan in Detroit Lakes for a redevelopment area due to the Highway 10 realignment project. A survey is now available online at www.rdgusa.com/crp/detroitlakes or from a link from the City of Detroit Lakes' Web site www.ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us under the heading economic development. For those not able to access the Internet, the survey is also on page 7 of this issue of the Becker County Record.
Not one for the spotlight, Sue Geihl downplays her recent Minnesota Middle Level Art Educator of the Year award, but up-plays the importance of art -- especially in schools. A sixth grade art teacher at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead, Geihl commutes from her Detroit Lakes home each weekday.