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Kenneth "Kenny" Niemi

2 days ago | dl-online.com | Jeff Kolpack |John Lamb

Jan. 01, 1949 - May. 29, 2025 CALLAWAY, Minn. - Kenneth "Kenny" Niemi, 76, Callaway, Minn. died Thursday, May. 29, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Callaway, MN.
McFeely: There's bad air and then there's bad air. This is bad air.

3 days ago | dl-online.com | Mike McFeely

FARGO — When you can taste the air, that's bad. You could taste the air in Fargo-Moorhead on Monday afternoon. Sort of a campfire mouthfeel with a lingering pine tree finish. Smells good, though. Like a sitting by a lake making s'mores. Get your stuff together, Canada, or we'll start getting behind Trump's cockamamie idea to make you the 51st state. Quick, Donald, slap a tarriff on smoke. There's bad air quality and then there's bad air quality. Monday there was bad air quality.
Good things are happening at Becker County DAC

3 days ago | dl-online.com | Nathan Bowe

DETROIT LAKES — The Becker County Developmental Achievement Center in Detroit Lakes has been on something of a roll since Sarah Hill became executive director in November of 2023. Client numbers are way up, transportation funding has nearly doubled, and the governing board is exploring the feasibility of expanding the DAC building at 900 Central St East. So what’s gone right? “The most important thing for me is community awareness,” Hill said.
Otter Tail County among those mystified at being placed on fed list of sanctuary counties

3 days ago | dl-online.com | Nathan Bowe

OTTER TAIL COUNTY — Otter Tail County officials have been left mystified by a Homeland Security list of supposed “sanctuary jurisdictions” that was released Thursday and accuses Otter Tail County — and 20 other Minnesota counties — of “deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws.” By placing Otter Tail County on the list, the federal government told the county and other jurisdictions they could be breaking federal law, and warned them that their federal...
Street Faire at the Lakes brings big crowds for 25th year in Detroit Lakes

4 days ago | dl-online.com | Vicki Gerdes

DETROIT LAKES — The 25th anniversary of the Street Faire at the Lakes is in the books, and volunteers and vendors alike were happy with how the two-day festival went this past Friday and Saturday, May 30-31. "The crowds have been pretty steady," said Peggy Osterman, who was working at the Street Faire information booth on Saturday morning. She added that she noticed lots of people out on Friday as well, when she went to check out the booths for herself.
Holmes Theatre to host June 6 Jayhawks concert

4 days ago | dl-online.com | Vicki Gerdes

DETROIT LAKES β Though its main 2024-25 season officially wrapped up in mid-May, Detroit Lakes' Historic Holmes Theatre is gearing up to host a special concert this Saturday, June 6 at 8 p.m.The concert, which is being dubbed "Live Limitless," will feature the Jayhawks, a Minnesota band that has achieved both national and international acclaim since its start in Minneapolis in the mid-1980s.
Moe Promoted at Midwest Bank

5 days ago | dl-online.com | Jeff Kolpack

Midwest Bank of Detroit Lakes is excited to announce the promotion of Mari Moe to Consumer Loan Officer. She has eight years of banking experience and most recently held the position of Personal Banker. Moe and her family currently reside in Lake Park. Midwest Bank is a locally owned, independent community bank with offices located in the West Central Minnesota communities of Detroit Lakes, Callaway, Waubun, Barnesville, Parkers Prairie, and Dalton. Member FDIC.
Leslie Florence Heinonen

6 days ago | dl-online.com | Jeff Kolpack

Leslie Florence Heinonen was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 9th, 1959 to Shirley and Jerry Reed. After Jerry finished college, the family moved to Mesa, Arizona, where Leslie spent her early school days. As time went by, there came a separation between Shirley and Jerry. Jerry stayed in Arizona, Shirley married Harold Young and they moved to a country farm outside of Hawley. Leslie and brother Bill were with, Kim and Val came a little later.
Sylvia Arlene Morgan

6 days ago | dl-online.com | Jeff Kolpack

Sylvia Arlene Morgan, Associate Professor Emeritus of Minnesota State University at Moorhead, died on May 24, 2025, at Pelican Landing in Detroit Lakes, MN at age 94, with family by her side. Sylvia was the older of two daughters born to George “Mike” Morgan and Caroline Randa (Erickson) Morgan. She loved growing up in Oakes, ND where she was a proud Drum Corps Girl and a lifeguard at the pool.
Fargo Marathon runners take note: smoke in the forecast

1 week ago | dl-online.com | Jeff Kolpack

FARGO — The weather for the Fargo Marathon over the course of the first 20 years was a mixture of just about everything, from snow flurries in the first year to rain, cold, heat and humidity after that. Saturday may provide yet another obstacle. Smoke. Large wildfires in Canada are expected to infiltrate the Upper Midwest this weekend, and runners in the marathon may not only see the effects but smell them, too.