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🌱 How Detroit Lakes turned higher spending into a stronger year-end balance

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi there, Detroit Lakes! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Detroit Lakes turned higher spending into a stronger year-end balance
  • What Detroit Lakes swimmers should do after reports of swimmer’s itch
  • How dam changes near Detroit Lakes are boosting trophy sturgeon fishing

Also on today's calendar: Comedian ZANE LAMPREY in Detroit Lakes, MN.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Breezy with showers around, with a high of 73 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, brisk and cool, temps: high: 61, low: 46.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 71 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Building permits, strong investments put Detroit Lakes' budget in the black (dl-online.com) — Detroit Lakes’ 2025 city audit shows a clean bill of financial health, with strong building permits and investment earnings helping keep the budget in the black despite higher spending. Utility and liquor operations all turned profits, key transfers supported fire, arena and bond funds, and new local sales tax revenue is building up for pavilion, park and beachfront improvements.
   

• Essentia Health gives tips to tackle Swimmer's Itch (valleynewslive.com) — City officials in Detroit Lakes are warning swimmers after cases of swimmer’s itch were reported in Detroit Lake, with similar issues at Dunvilla Beach near Pelican Rapids. Essentia Health doctors explain it’s an allergic reaction, share prevention tips like vigorous toweling off, and suggest simple at-home remedies to ease the itch and avoid complications.
   

• With Red River Sturgeon Comeback, Eyes Turn to Angling (newsdakota.com) — Anglers across the Red River system are seeing more and bigger lake sturgeon thanks to decades of restoration work, and a new catch-and-release season opens June 16. Recent dam removals, including Buck’s Mill just downstream of Lakes Sallie and Melissa near Detroit Lakes, are reopening miles of river for sturgeon, walleye, and other native fish to spawn and thrive.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • How To Text 911 in an Emergency
    Did you know you can text 911 if calling isn't safe or possible? Follow these steps when texting 911: - Enter the number 911 in the "To" field. -… (Nextdoor )
  • Kelly Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Weekend Assembly Associate in Detroit Lakes. Apply here.
  • Hormel Foods Corporation posted a job opening for Hatchery Service Room Worker - Detroit Lakes, MN - Jennie-O in Detroit Lakes. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Detroit Lakes here.

🗞 Nearby News

Perham

  • How Gloria Ledermann Enriched Her Community In Perham, MN (wjon.com)
  • Perham elementary proves summer school can be fun (perhamfocus.com)
  • Tennis court project races ahead as Perham schools also serve up new all‑in‑one sports platform (perhamfocus.com)

Pelican Rapids

  • Classic car backfire sparks fire that destroys 125-year-old barn near Pelican Rapids (valleynewslive.com)

Ok Detroit Lakes! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Detroit Lakes

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Detroit Lakes

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.