Vicki Gerdes
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Staff writer at Detroit Lakes Newspapers and editor of MN Boomers magazine for the past 13 years. Living in DL with my cat, Smokey.
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A controversial motion that was tabled at the July 25 meeting of the Becker County Board of Commissioners was brought back for discussion at Tuesday's meeting, but was withdrawn before it came to a vote. At the July 25 meeting, Commissioner Harry Salminen (seconded by Commissioner John Bellefeuille) made a motion to approve a conditional use permit application for a natural boulder retaining wall on Bad Medicine Lake. Applicant Bruce Pearson was seeking to build a four-foot, natural boulder retaining wall on his property, in an area that was 47 feet from the ordinary high water mark of the
Clickety-clickety-clickety-clickety click-click-click-click-click. Clickety-clickety-clickety-clickety click-click-click-click-click... Every Wednesday afternoon, the sounds of happy feet emanate from the Holmes Ballroom in the Detroit Lakes Community & Cultural Center, as the North Star Cloggers hold their weekly practice. Though the group's five members hail from different communities -- Stephanie Hogan is from Vergas, Pat Lawyer from Cormorant, Connie Kovala from Snellman, and Carol Tharaldson and Jane Frank from Detroit Lakes -- they rarely miss a session. Especially of late, as th
When the Historic Holmes Theatre and Playhouse 412 decided to join forces this past March, it was with the aim of having the theater eventually branch out into creating its own theatrical productions. A theater advisory group was formed to help guide the theater through the process of creating its own production arm. Six months later, that process is just about ready to reach fruition. This Sunday and Monday, Aug.
Emotions continued to run high at Monday's fourth informational meeting on the future of the Lake Park-Audubon School District. In fact, discussion became so heated at one point that LP-A School Board member Rick Ellsworth walked out of the meeting. But that was during the first half of the evening.
For the first three years of its existence, the Young Life Triathlon had a happy home at the Castaway Club outside Audubon. But as participation grew, organizers gradually came to realize that they were outgrowing the facilities there. So when a scheduling conflict arose at Castaway, they began eyeing a new possibility. "We wanted to bring it into Detroit Lakes this year," said Peter Paulson, area director for Lakes Area Young Life. A fund-raiser for the Lakes Area Young Life Ministry, the annual event has grown to attract some of the top triathletes of the region, Paulson said. With
Though Katie Lundmark has only been the administrator of Sunnyside Care Center since mid-July, her face is not an unfamiliar one to many of the residents there. "When I was in school, pursuing my nursing home administrative license, I worked here (at Sunnyside) and at the Pelican Valley Health Center in Pelican Rapids, under an administrator who served both facilities," Lundmark explained.
The Detroit Lakes summer soccer programs had a very successful season this year, as both the U-14 and U-16 boys' teams made the trip to the state tournament over the weekend of July 27-29. The U-16 boys, coached by Dave Carter, earned an automatic trip as the No. 2 seed in the district, while the U-14 boys, coached by Justin Wegleitner, had to play their way through the district tournament. It was an exciting finish to the season for the U-16 team, as the boys took on Edina --?the eventual tournament champions -- in their first game on Friday, July 27.
The Becker County Board held a special meeting Tuesday morning, to approve a resolution related to maintenance of the current runway at the Detroit Lakes Municipal Airport. The resolution was also approved by the Detroit Lakes City Council in special session that afternoon. According to County Administrator Brian Berg, the special meeting was required because the resolution had to be approved no later than Friday, Aug. 10, and the commissioners' next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, Aug.
As anyone who has seen the musical "Chicago" -- whether it be on stage, screen or DVD -- can tell you, the show's central character, Roxie Hart, is no ingénue. And that's precisely why the part appealed to actress Kristen Husby. The Detroit Lakes native is relishing the opportunity to sink her teeth into a leading role that has a little bit of an edge. "She's (Roxie) not young and innocent by any means," Husby says. "Not everybody is going to like her.
Have you ever wondered where the musicians, production workers and stage crews who work back stage at WE Fest go when they want to unwind? Most of the artists have their own tour buses and dressing rooms, of course, but when they just want to hang out back stage for a while and shoot the breeze with their fellow performers, they often stop by the Prancing Pony Café. Even many of the Detroit Lakes area's lifelong residents might be forgiven for asking, "where is that?" The Prancing Pony, after all, only exists for three days a year, and its sole patrons are WE Fest's performers and their ro