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    April 3, 2019
    Area students are excelling academically at colleges across MN, N.D.
    Several local students earn academic honors at BSU BEMIDJI — Several lakes area students have earned dean's list and president's list honors...
    community/peopleApril 3, 2019 - 4:11pm
    March 22, 2019
    Area students earn academic honors
    Local students named to MSUM dean's list MOORHEAD — Several local students have been named to the Minnesota State University Moorhead dean's...
    community/peopleMarch 22, 2019 - 12:00pm
    March 9, 2019
    MKRO kindness grant recipient Connie Hammes, Lake Park, cuddles with Kalani, one of the 80-plus feline residents at the Marshmallow Foundation where she currently volunteers and works part-time. Hammes plans to use the $250 grant to help build a 'catio' for their cats to enjoy the outdoors. (Vicki Gerdes / Tribune)
    Cats deserve kindness, too: Lake Park woman to use ‘kindness grant’ to build catio for Marshmallow Foundation
    "Every act of kindness is like a pebble thrown in a pond, sending out ripples far beyond where the pebble entered the water. When we're caring...
    community/peopleMarch 9, 2019 - 12:00pm
    March 2, 2019
    Perham native Greta Guck is the new director of the Detroit Lakes Public Library. She took over the reins from her predecessor, Mary Haney, on Jan. 2. (Vicki Gerdes / Tribune)
    'We're in an exciting era': Detroit Lakes' new library director is relishing her role in the community
    When the Detroit Lakes Public Library's new director, Greta Guck was growing up in Perham, Minnesota, being a librarian was not something she...
    community/peopleMarch 2, 2019 - 8:00pm
    February 3, 2019
    By permission of Boys’ Life Magazine, February 2019, published by the Boy Scouts of America.
    Comic strip depicts Brainerd Boy Scout’s lifesaving efforts
    BRAINERD, Minn. — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Ben Soukup, Scout in Action! Not many people can say they’ve been immortalized as...
    community/peopleFebruary 3, 2019 - 8:54pm
    January 24, 2019
    Missing Mahnomen woman has been found alive
    MAHNOMEN — A Mahnomen woman who was reported missing on Monday has been found alive. Jennifer Olson, who had last been seen when she was leaving...
    community/peopleJanuary 24, 2019 - 2:26pm
    January 22, 2019
    Area students are excelling academically
    Local students on NDSU's fall dean's list FARGO — Several local residents were among the 4,125 North Dakota State University students...
    community/peopleJanuary 22, 2019 - 4:55pm
    January 10, 2019
    Zirbel has made a number of memory bears over the years for family and friends. Submitted Photo
    In loving memory: Local woman gives grieving families something to hold onto
    Laure Zirbel has been an avid sewer for most of her life. She can make just about anything, but she's been using a pattern for the last 20 years...
    community/peopleJanuary 10, 2019 - 3:00pm
    December 31, 2018
    Sometimes, kindness travels with us
    You know those super awkward moments where everyone is standing in an elevator and no one is talking? They seem to happen anytime we find ourselves...
    community/peopleDecember 31, 2018 - 10:29am
    A closer look at some of the pillows. Submitted photo
    DAV Auxiliary sews pillows for the Fargo VA
    The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Lakeland Unit 31 of Detroit Lakes, gave some holiday cheer to veterans when it presented the VA Medical...
    community/peopleDecember 31, 2018 - 10:26am
    December 23, 2018
    These are about 150 of the 250 mini Christmas stockings sewn by members of the Lakes Area Quilt Guild for residents of Ecumen Senior Living in Detroit Lakes, as a community service project. (Submitted photo)
    Ecumen residents get Christmas mini-stockings for their mantle
    Members of the Lakes Area Quilt Guild recently sewed 250 miniature Christmas stockings for residents of the Ecumen Senior Living Community in...
    community/peopleDecember 23, 2018 - 12:00pm
    December 19, 2018
    The Christmas light display at the Detroit Lakes home of Wade and Holly Dutton contains many references to elves — one of Holly's favorite holiday symbols. The display will be lit up every night through Jan. 6. (Submitted photoA)
    May your days be merry... and bright: DL couple creates unique holiday light displays for community to enjoy
    Every family has its favorite holiday traditions, from baking up tasty treats both savory and sweet, to Christmas caroling through the neighborhood,...
    community/peopleDecember 19, 2018 - 1:56pm
    December 12, 2018
    M State employees recognized for outstanding work at state conference
    Minnesota State Community and Technical College's Pat Nordick and Wayne Wolden were recognized for outstanding work at the 2018 CFO Annual Conference held this week at the Minnesota State system office in St. Paul. Nordick is M State's chief finance officer, and Wolden is the college's...
    community/peopleDecember 12, 2018 - 8:00pm
    November 29, 2018
    LP-A National Honor Society members (from left) Elise Grabinger, Chloe Leno, Shadaisa Stalberger and Kailee Lefebvre volunteered their service at the Vitalant Blood Drive on Nov. 16. (Submitted photo)
    LP-A National Honor Society gives back to their school and community
    The Lake Park-Audubon High School Honor Society has been busy this fall, organizing a variety of activities and service projects in support of...
    community/peopleNovember 29, 2018 - 3:09pm
    Do Yeon Kim/Tribune WAVE columnist
    Would I make her proud?
    This Thanksgiving break was a much needed intermission from my hectic life at school. As we sat around the table, after dinner, my family began...
    community/peopleNovember 29, 2018 - 3:05pm
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