Starting with George D. Hamilton and continuing with Lou and Jack Benshoof, most of the Detroit Lakes newspaper's leaders over the past 150 years were long-haulers. Read on to learn more about some of these leaders, along with other well-remembered editors, columnists and other characters who've worked at the newspaper, in light of the paper's Sesquicentennial on May 18, 2022.
The newspaper is the longest continuously-running business in Detroit Lakes, dating back to May 18, 1872, when the first edition of The Record was published.
Read on to learn more about the paper's long history: How it got its start, who's been instrumental in its success, and what's changed and what hasn't.