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In other Detroit Lakes City Council news, Blue Sky, which provides home and community-based services to people with disabilities and those over 65, will lease the former police station.
The year-round recreational facility has received a $1.3 million state Legacy grant that will fund the bulk of the improvements, to be completed over the next couple of years.
But after closing down for several days due to Christmastime rains, the Detroit Mountain Recreation Area reopened on Thursday, Dec. 28, and will be open through New Year’s Day.
Though the lodge, lifts and magic carpets will be open for skiing on Saturday and Sunday, the tubing hill and cross-country ski trails are currently closed due to lack of snow.
Tom Thiel of Moorhead has taken up the reins as general manager of Detroit Mountain Recreation Area