Gene Gaffney, who also directed Detroit Lakes High School's instrumental music program for 29 years, has been the community band's director since its inception in 2006.| Detroit Lakes Tribune
The Holiday Train comes with about 1,000 feet of Christmas cheer in the form of 14 bright and colorful rail cars — each one lit with hundreds of thousands of festive LED lights and holiday designs.| Detroit Lakes Tribune
Kathryn Hoffmann-Thompson's idea to bring free, monthly square dances for all to the Detroit Lakes area won Project 412's inaugural 'Hot Dish' microgranting competition on Monday. Nov. 18.| Detroit Lakes Tribune