Reel · Sat, Oct 31This week
Your best homemade costume?
Halloween night on Summit Avenue, the big trick-or-treat street. What was your best homemade costume here, and about what year?
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Lakes Area Connect is a free, neighborly guide to Detroit Lakes and the towns around it. Find something to do this weekend, learn the story behind a familiar place, and catch up on posts from our Facebook Page.
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Scheduled Thu, Nov 5 · 7:30 AM Central
Opener weekend, in town and nearby
Opener weekend plans can include time in town, too. Find DL DEER Weekend, Saturday purse bingo in Perham and a museum stop in our November 6–8 guide.
Photo: Lakes Area Connect · City Park, Detroit Lakes
Shared Sun, Nov 1 · Reel
What's under Detroit Lake?
The lake drained in a 3D simulation built from the DNR's own depth data: the gravel bar, the sturgeon and where the last pool would sit.
At City Beach
This week at the lake.
October 26 to November 1. Sunrise and sunset times for Detroit Lakes, accurate to about a minute.
Sunrise, sunset and the moon for Detroit Lakes, worked out fresh each week.
Sunset · Mon, Oct 266:17 PM5:07 PM by Sunday, after the clocks fall back
Daylight10 h 20 mAbout 3 minutes less each day
MoonWaningJust past full. Last quarter Monday morning, Nov 2; new moon Nov 9.
This weekend · Nov 6 to 8
Sun, moon and iceThe Lake YearDaylight, the moon and ice records for Detroit Lake, all year round.Open the almanac ↗
- Fri/Sat DL DEER Weekend
- Fri/Sat Visit Becker County Museum
- Sat Hunter Widows Purse Bingo
Fresh from the Page
What neighbors are seeing.
The latest from our Facebook Page, recreated here so you can read the whole thing and check the sources.
Reel · Sat, Oct 31This week
The band gave back its city money.
In 1951 the summer band returned its city money to help build the 1955 bandshell. Who did you hear play there, and about what year?
Reel · Fri, Oct 30This week
The Rec: stone walls from 1937.
The stone recreation building in City Park was built in 1937 by a WPA crew. Did you spend summer days at the Rec, and what did you play first?
Photo · Fri, Oct 30This week
A place to be, in Frazee.
CornerStone Community, Youth & Family Resource Center grew out of 2018 listening sessions in Frazee: a maker space, a kitchen and a free food cabinet.
Stories of here
Same places. More to the story.
The mill built from memory.
Framed without a blueprint, milling by December 1889, and still bringing memories back.
Read the Phelps Mill story ↗Scott Backstrom, public domain.
Before the snow, plan for spring.
One planting spot, a short checklist and a head start on next spring.
Open the planting checklist ↗
More on your library card.
Digital books, Libby and who can sign up, in plain language.
Open the library note ↗The hometown collection · In development
Keep a little
of here.
Detroit Lakes art, a first cup, and a reason to get out together. A small collection for the places we call home.
Explore the collection ↗Design previews. Not available to purchase yet.
Merchandise coming soonMade for the community
A useful local habit.
A few good plans, practical reminders and stories that give people something to share with each other.
See how sources and corrections work ↗- Clear enough to use.Dates, places and the next useful step stay close together.
- Local enough to matter.Detroit Lakes and the surrounding towns, with room for the people who call them home.
- Easy to check.Organizer and source links stay with the details.
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