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Lynnette Price is the new director of Compassion House, the homeless shelter run by The Refuge in the Detroit Lakes industrial park. Photo by Brian Basham, Detroit Lakes Newspapers

With new director hired, DL homeless shelter nears completion

With a new director in place and construction on the housing pods starting to take shape, the Refuge Christian Outreach Center's project to build a 28-bed shelter for homeless men...

news Mon, Mar 04, 2013 - 9:50am

Council to continue support of Detroit Mt.

DETROIT LAKES -- With the newly fallen snow covering Detroit Lakes, Mark Fritz pointed out how nice it would be to have Detroit Mountain up and running. "Look at all...

news / entertainment Thu, Feb 14, 2013 - 9:19am

School puts vote on hold

DETROIT LAKES -- Plans for a new elementary school and other major school building projects in Detroit Lakes are being put on hold for now. School board members made that...

news / education Thu, Feb 14, 2013 - 9:16am

Emma Gravalin shows off her Medical Alert button, right, that helped save her life. After falling in her Lamplighter apartment, she pulled herself to her walker where the Medical Alert button was hanging.

Poster child for stroke recovery

When Detroit Lakes resident Emma Gravalin woke up and started making breakfast at her apartment in Lamplighter Manor on the morning of Aug. 17, it seemed to be the start...

news Mon, Feb 11, 2013 - 11:29am

Double-shooting near Detroit Lakes leaves one dead, one injured, one in jail awaiting murder charge

Investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Becker County Sheriff's Office have arrested a man in connection with a double shooting that took place early Saturday morning...

news Mon, Jan 28, 2013 - 11:23am

Shawn Qualley is known for his hand-painted business signs, like this one at Unique Designs, a business he helps run with relatives in Hawley. He is spending three weeks in Maryland helping make floats for the presidential inaugural. And yes, he gets to drive one. Photo by Heidi Shaffer, The Forum

DL sign-painter working on Obama inauguration floats in Maryland

Shawn Qualley is helping to make history -- literally and figuratively. The Detroit Lakes man is in Maryland, helping his former employer create floats for the presidential inaugural parade, which...

news Mon, Jan 14, 2013 - 10:02am

Perham's Nick Kiputh (9) makes a tackle for the Lakes Area Screaming Eagles last season. The Screaming Eagles will once again make Frazee their home for the NPFL, which start their season May 2.

Screaming Eagles prepare for 2nd season

By Brian Wierima brianw@dlnewspapers.com With the heavy work being done last year for the inaugural season of the Northern Power Football League, the Lakes Area Screaming Eagles look to build...

Fri, Apr 17, 2009 - 11:37am