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The Giving Back to Mom prize package contest is back, and just in time for Mothers’ Day! Look for more details in the April 27th and 28th issues of the Lake Area Press and Detroit Lakes Tribune. Click here to see the list of 2019 contest sponsors.

Local employers, nonprofits and economic development groups are working together to offer Homeownership for Me Down-payment Loans in Becker County. This second-mortgage loan is available to qualified buyers for purchase of a home as their primary residence. There are no monthly payments...

Monday, April 15 At 1:41 p.m. a truck was reportedly stolen from the corner of Highway 21 and 353rd Circle in Ogema. Tuesday, April, 16 At 9:54 a.m. someone attempted to break into Elbow Lake Catholic Church but was unsuccessful. At 1:19 p.m. the door of a locked vehicle was reportedly...

Crosby Kent Hoehne, 17, of rural Frazee was injured Saturday afternoon, when he lost control of the ATV he was driving, and it rolled into the ditch on the 13000 block of County Highway 31 in Frazee. Hoehne was transported to St. Mary's Hospital via St. Mary's EMS and treated for...

Two people were injured when their car rolled on Highway 10 in Lake Park Township Saturday night. The passenger, Shawn Michael Hastings, 34, of Detroit Lakes, and the driver, Brittney Manchile French, 20, of Walcott, N.D., were both transported to Essentia St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit...

Hunters, wildlife watchers, landowners and interested groups can provide their thoughts about deer populations, proposed hunting and trapping season changes, including expanding the youth deer hunting season across the state, allowing smaller-gauged shotguns for wild turkey hunting,...

Several hardcore, veteran, experienced ice anglers continued to venture onto the ice on area lakes right up until Sunday, April 14. Ice thicknesses continued to be around 18-20 inches of good clear ice with several inches of mushy ice on top. Those that did continue to venture out...

The Trump administration should swiftly release the data, documents and analysis it relied on to make a controversial 2018 decision advancing copper mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Until it does, disturbing questions remain about whether that industry-friendly...