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Detroit Lakes has an ice palace as part of their winter festival called Polar Fest. Explore Minnesota's Alyssa Hayes joined me on WJON today. She says this palace is available through February 27th.

Detroit Lakes has an ice palace as part of their winter festival called Polar Fest. Explore Minnesota's Alyssa Hayes joined me on WJON today. She says this palace is available through February 27th.

Detroit Lakes has an ice palace as part of their winter festival called Polar Fest. Explore Minnesota's Alyssa Hayes joined me on WJON today. She says this palace is available through February 27th.

Ice sculpture artists Paul and Deneena Hughes brought their son Brett to Detroit Lakes on Thursday, Feb. 10, to complete an 8-foot-tall sculpture that will remain on display next to the MN Sn'Ice Palace throughout this year's Polar Fest celebration, which opens this weekend and concludes on Sunday, Feb. 27.

The grand lighting of Detroit Lakes' Polar Fest Ice Palace is set for 7 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 11, kicking off the community's 17-day celebration of all things winter. Before that happens, however, there is still plenty of work to be done on the palace — and other events going on.

Events and things to do around Detroit Lakes, Becker County and surrounding areas from Feb. 6-16.

Happenings around the lakes area for Feb. 2-13

Construction of Detroit Lakes' Polar Fest Ice Palace got underway this Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 20-22, with the harvesting of 2,000 blocks of ice from Little Detroit Lake. The blocks will be used to construct the city's largest ice palace to date, along with an ice maze, professionally-carved ice sculptures, and more. The palace will be unveiled in a Grand Lighting Ceremony set for 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11 — which marks the opening of the 17-day winter festival.

Barricades are going up on Little Detroit Lake this week in anticipation of the ice harvest that will launch construction of Detroit Lakes' 2022 Polar Fest Ice Palace, starting Thursday, Jan. 20. The ice palace will be the city's largest to date, containing roughly 2,000 blocks of ice harvested directly from the lake. Polar Fest will officially begin Thursday, Feb. 11 and conclude Sunday,. Feb. 27. The super-sized winter festival marks the culmination of the community's 150th birt...

Barricades are going up on Little Detroit Lake this week in anticipation of the ice harvest that will launch construction of Detroit Lakes' 2022 Polar Fest Ice Palace, starting Thursday, Jan. 20. The ice palace will be the city's largest to date, containing roughly 2,000 blocks of ice harvested directly from the lake. Polar Fest will officially begin Thursday, Feb. 11 and conclude Sunday,. Feb. 27. The super-sized winter festival marks the culmination of the community's 150th birt...