Hodge Podge Carol

Detroit Lakes Mayor Matt Brenk with an update from Tuesday's City Council meeting: About a dozen construction projects around town in various stages, COVID-19 response, and more. 

Minnesota entered the Walz Administration's Phase 3 of reopening during the pandemic on Wednesday. What does that look like in Detroit Lakes, the weekly COVID-19 response update with Detroit Lakes City Administrator Kelcey Klemm.

State Representative of District 4B Paul Marquart (DFL-Dilworth) talks about the pending special session at the end of the week and what's likely to be discussed: A bonding bill, law enforcement reform with the world's eye on Minnesota following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis and resulting in protests and riots across the world, COVID-19 response, and more. 

A pending special session and bonding bill, the unrest in Minneapolis, businesses slowly reopening during the pandemic...topics addressed during this weekly legislative check-in with District 4B Representative Paul Marquart (DFL-Dilworth)

Detroit Lakes City Administrator Kelcey Klemm provides listeners with the latest developments on local restaurants able to open dine-in, outdoor seating areas as guided by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's latest executive order (20-63). Detroit Lakes City Council held a special meeting on May 27th to approved permits for a little over a dozen local restaurants who don't typically have outdoor seating to utilize public areas such as parking lots or city sidewalks to provide outdoor areas through October 31st, 2020. 

PartnerSHIP4 Health's Karen Nitzkorski, Karensa Tischer and Jason McCoy update listeners on work being done in local communities: The continuance of school lunch programs throughout the Summer in Detroit Lakes, Lake Park, Audubon and Frazee; the Detroit Lakes Farmers Market still operating on Saturday's and Tuesday's in People's Park during the pandemic; the passage of the Tobacco-21 law in Minnesota; Workplace Wellness, and more.