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Detroit Lakes residents Roger Lee and Sonia Anderson were chosen from a field of 13 nominees for the title of 2023 Becker County Outstanding Senior Citizen at the county fair on Thursday, July 27
Parades, picnics, fishing and fun for all ages: The Memorial Day weekend is, for most U.S. residents, the official kickoff to summer. But in Detroit Lakes, guest speaker Major Shaun Carlson urged those in attendance at the holiday observance to remember that it's really all about honoring those military members, past and present, who have volunteered to lay down their lives in service to their country.
Every Memorial Day weekend since 1990, American flags have flown over Detroit Lakes' Oak Grove Cemetery. Teams of volunteers work tirelessly to erect the flags on the Friday before Memorial Day, then take them down again on the Tuesday after.