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POLAR FEST

The Randy Olson Ice Harvest 440 snowmobile races, a part of Polar Fest 2023, drew more than 100 riders from around the region to Detroit Lakes on Feb. 25.
Check out all the photos and video from the Randy Olson Ice Harvest 440 Snowmobile Race and fireworks on Detroit Lake during the last weekend of Polar Fest on Feb. 25.
After nearly 200 fish were weighed during the three-hour ice fishing contest, a Detroit Lakes man won the annual ice fishing derby with a 4.93-pound largemouth bass on Feb. 11.
Check out all the events and activities during Polar Fest 2023 in Detroit Lakes, which runs from Feb. 10-26, 2023.

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Through a brisk wind and intermittent rain, a large excavator demolished the old Becker County Museum building on Wednesday. The museum's new home, attached to the Historic Holmes Theatre, is expected to be open to the public for the first time on Feb. 17 during the 2023 Polar Fest, according to a museum official.
The ice palace in Detroit Lakes was demolished by heavy equipment on March 1 following the conclusion of Polar Fest 2022, which ran from Feb. 11 to Feb. 27.
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - It's official: Detroit Lakes' first ice harvest since the early 1970s is in the books.A crew of nine men from Wee Kut Ice in Spicer, Minn., arrived late Thursday morning to begin the process of harvesting approximately 1,50...

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