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Larvita McFarquhar, owner of a Lynd, Minnesota, restaurant, tells protesters about her struggles to keep her restaurant open and to allow her daughter to attend school without a mask. The state is prosecuting her for violating Gov. Tim Walz's order closing restaurants. Karen Tolkkinen / Forum News Service

Government and Politics

Protesters caravan to voice discontent with Gov. Tim Walz

Northland Outdoors

After 2 years of planning, anglers fish Otter Tail Lake during the 2021 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener

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A Dent woman reflects on feeding thousands as the Farmers to Families food box program winds down; last Detroit Lakes event May 17

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Ben Collette of St. Paul, a boat host for the 2021 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener, pulled a small northern pike out of Otter Tail Lake on the morning of Saturday May 15, 2021. Michael Achterling / Detroit Lakes Tribune

Northland Outdoors

In Otter Tail County, Gov. Walz catches an early perch, then gets out of town

Tours of the Phelps Mill were offered as a part of the 2021 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener on Friday, May 14. (Elizabeth Vierkant/Focus)

History

Otter Tail County touts historical significance of its Phelps Mill Park

Detroit Lakes Boys & Girls Club members Lydia and Harlem show off the lettuce plants they harvested from the club's new hydroponic garden on Wednesday, May 12. (Submitted photo)

Community

Detroit Lakes Boys & Girls Club enjoys its first harvest from hydroponic garden

Weather

Tracking isolated showers ending today, a warm and windy day tomorrow.

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Tracking isolated showers ending today, a warm and windy day tomorrow.

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WeatherTalk: Voyager 1 has detected the sound of deep space

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WeatherTalk: A frost-free forecast until fall

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Weather talk: Some waterspouts are tornadoes, some are just waterspouts

Obituaries

May 13th 2021 - 11am

Russell M. Vogt

May 12th 2021 - 2pm

Gordon Hanson

May 12th 2021 - 1pm

Jeanne Crawford

May 10th 2021 - 4pm

Elenor Stewart

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Tracking isolated showers ending today, a warm and windy day tomorrow.

Sports

UND's Gavin Hain and Minnesota Duluth goalie Zach Stejskal, former teammates in high school at Grand Rapids, share a laugh during a whistle early in Saturday's NCAA Fargo Regional championship March 27, 2021. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

Hockey

College hockey coaches discuss possible change to NCAA regional format

Baseball

Detroit Lakes wraps up Mid-State baseball championship

Track and Field

Detroit Lakes boys fourth at Mid-State track

Business

Boats at the Lund Boat Factory in New York Mills are placed in a test tank (left, blue) in order to test floating before the boats are finished. (Elizabeth Vierkant/Focus)

Manufacturing

Lund Boats offers a tour as a part of Governor’s Fishing Opener weekend

Agriculture

Spring planting is exacerbating an already growing shortage of farm parts

Agriculture

Giving blood for the good of the community

Events

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Happenings around the lakes area

Events

Award-winning author, journalist Marya Hornbacher coming to Detroit Lakes May 18

Events

'Retail Sails' offer public a chance to own a piece of Detroit Lakes history

Government

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, along with other leaders on Monday, March 16, briefed members of the Minnesota Capitol Press Corps about protocols to restrict access to the Legislature in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service

Government and Politics

Still no deal: Minnesota leaders continue secret budget talks as deadline looms

Government and Politics

COVID-19 leaves Minnesota's Weights and Measures office strapped for cash

Government and Politics

Protesters caravan to voice discontent with Gov. Tim Walz

Education

Kwe Humphrey and her son, Waase, are pictured at the Leech Lake Tribal College campus on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Humphrey will be graduating on Saturday with a degree from the integrated residential builder program. (Hannah Olson / Bemidji Pioneer)

Education

Battling back from adversity, Leech Lake graduate tackles both construction and motherhood

Education

The region's teachers caught in political ‘push-pull’ in civics classroom

Education

Moorhead 5th-grader is ahead of the curve as state winner in national cursive handwriting contest

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A COVID-19 vaccination is prepared to be administered. Forum News Service file photo

Coronavirus

How rare are COVID-19 infections for vaccinated people? Very rare in North Dakota, Minnesota

Coronavirus

Minnesota reports 882 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

Wellness

Health Fusion: Alcohol and social distancing. How do they mix?

Northland Outdoors

Morel mushrooms, wild violets and nettles fill Nicole Zempel's foraging basket. A natural curiosity and love for the outdoors has led her to the prairies and woodlands found in our area.
Photo courtesy of Nicole Zempel

Northland Outdoors

A natural evolution to the art of foraging

Northland Outdoors

Check out photos from the 2021 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener on Otter Tail Lake

Northland Outdoors

After 2 years of planning, anglers fish Otter Tail Lake during the 2021 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener

Columnists

Chuck Frederick

Columns

Frederick: Legit news sources own up to their errors

Columns

McFeely: Roundabouts, not fishing opener, the hot topic in Pelican Rapids

Columns

Commentary: Fishing opener is about Otter Tail County, not Gov. Tim Walz

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Utilities Billing Clerk Linda Riebe, Electrical Lineman Donald Goetz, and Accountant Marci Hutchinson, left to right, have all worked for the City of Detroit Lakes for 36 years or longer. They, along with longtime Street Supervisor Terry Stiegel, not pictured, have all recently retired, or soon will be. (Marie Johnson / Tribune)

People

156 years between them: Four longtime, influential city staffers head into retirement

People

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