Dan Wenner News Today

Some of the Park Board's top priorities include developing a park plan for all city parks, enhancing marketing for city parks, and remodeling Washington Ballpark Field.

The City Council rejected a development concept on Dec. 13 that included a convenience store and a four-story mixed-use building.

Rolling Stone is auctioning a recently discovered copy of Annie Leibowitz's iconic John Lennon cover to help prevent gun violence.

Members of the Detroit Lakes Planning Commission recommended approval of a conditional use permit and rezoning for a proposed Eventide Senior Living Community on East Shore Drive by a 5-3 vote during their most recent meeting on Oct. 27. Dozens of residents from the east side of Detroit Lake showed up to the meeting and voiced their opposition to the facility. Next stop for the proposal will be the Detroit Lakes Community Development Committee on Nov. 7.

Nearly two dozen residents near the Broadway Avenue cul-de-sac on the north side of Detroit Lakes voiced their concerns and defeated a measure that would have linked their neighborhood road to Terry Street as part of a development plan in the area during a city council meeting on Sept. 13.

Members of the Detroit Lakes budget committee discussed how much expanded sidewalk snow removal in the city would cost and then declined to include funding for the potential program expansion in the budget recommendations for 2023 during their most recent meeting on Aug. 25.

Members of the Detroit Lakes City Council discussed a preliminary job description created by city staff for a full-time fire chief during their most recent meeting on Aug. 8. Additionally, members became the last governing authority to approve bids for the Highland Drive road reconstruction project, a joint project between Detroit Township, Becker County and the City of Detroit Lakes. Construction is expected to begin by September.

Three prospective candidates and one sitting Detroit Lakes City Council member have filed to run for five council seats, three of which will be uncontested this November. Municipal and school district candidate filing opened on Aug. 2, and ends Aug. 16 at 4:30 p.m.

The Detroit Lakes Police Department received city council approval for a $46,562 purchase of body cameras and the first year of Cloud data storage during the council's regular meeting on July 12. Also, Dan Wenner, alderman first ward, announced at the end of the meeting that he will not seek reelection to the council this fall. Wenner has served on the Detroit Lakes City Council for the past 12 years, and was also a longtime member of the city's planning commission, which he served on ...

Candidate filing will open Aug. 2 for 23 school board seats, spread across six lakes area school districts, and 11 city council seats in Detroit Lakes, Perham and Wadena. Candidates must pay up to a $5 filing fee, verify their address and complete registration for those elections before filing closes on Aug. 16 at 5 p.m., said one city clerk.