Detroit Lakes News

" A northern Minnesota school teacher will soon move into an unusual new home built of firewood logs.

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The body of Andrew Lindberg has been found in the wreckage of the aircraft he was piloting from Lakeville to Hallock, Minnesota last Friday.

On the Road with David Moen, our State Program Manager - November 16-18, 2009 Our own state program manager, David Moen, will be visiting the following towns Nov.

Even before Thanksgiving forces me to admit it, I'm feeling like one very lucky guy.

The new Hospice House in Fergus Falls will serve people from a wide area, as witnessed by the many Lions Clubs throughout District 5M9 who raised money for the new facility the past two years.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet and an Air Emissions Permit for a proposed expansion of the Pope/Douglas waste-to-energy facility in Alexandria.

A Detroit Lakes man has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide for the death of an Otter Tail County driver.

Services for Evelyn Ingrid Sullinger, 69, Osage, are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Snellman.

Erik J. Askegaard, an attorney in Brainerd, has been named to the vacant judgeship in the Ninth Judicial District, filling the spot vacated when Judge John R. Leitner retired in May.

A Detroit Lakes man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for methamphetamine sales over the summer.

Around 5:30 P.M. Thursday, the Becker County Sheriff's Office received a report of a one car rollover on a rural township road.

Marco Inc. continues to expand into other Midwestern states. The St. Cloud information technology company announced Tuesday it's in the process of acquiring a similar business, Venture Computer Systems, for an undisclosed amount.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson on Friday sued propane distributor Ferrellgas LP on behalf of its residential customers, saying they ended up paying disproportionately high prices for home heating and cooking fuel.

Bob Comstock has reason to believe that he's spent more time banging his head against walls than building walls in recent years.

A man convicted of robbing a Fargo credit union at gunpoint has been sentenced to less than four years in prison after defense attorneys argued he was suffering from a mental disorder as the result of military service in Iraq.

Three people are in custody for allegedly burglarizing dozens OF homes in Becker and Otter Tail counties since early September.

A plan to consolidate 911 emergency call centers across the state is drawing fire in northwestern Minnesota.

NEW YORK The Becker County Record, Detroit Lakes, Minn., has moved to Sunday distribution from Wednesday , while sister publication The Detroit Lakes Tribune is moving from Sunday to Wednesday distribution, Editor Nathan Bowe informed readers Friday on the DL-Online Web site.

Their unit was a target almost every time it went off-base. Friends from high school died in front of them, and they were hit by rocket attacks while trying to retrieve fallen comrades on the desolate roadways of Iraq's Anbar Province.