Since 1964 the fairways and greens of the Lake Miltona Golf Club have been pleasing, unless your golf game is similar to mine, golfers that visit or live in Douglas County. Located ...
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The colors of the leaves in Douglas County are at their Fall peak right now. So pretty. I am frequently out on the Central Lakes Trail and the portion of the trail ...
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KARE11 has aerial footage of some of the damage from Thursday's storm. The aerial video shows the east end of Lake Darling's Casa Marina Lane and the southern end Casa Marina Road ...
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If you aren't in Alexandria and are wondering about the status of the ice at our lakes, here is a photo of L'homme Dieu looking towards L'homme Dieu Bay, Zorbaz, and Lure ...
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A friend and classmate that grew up a few blocks from the Alexandria home where I was raised on Douglas Street bought a church in 2016. Yes, a church. The church is ...
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Co-ops are common in Manhattan but not Minnesota's Douglas County. One local co-op is on the east side of Lake Ida. The photo above (July 2017) shows a bird's eye view of ...
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It was a tough week to be in Minnesota unless you really love sub-zero weather, bad driving conditions, and shoveling snow. I don't mind any of it and the Winter Classic was ...
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Throughout summers in Alexandria I record videos of lakes for my archive so I am ready to share with visitors to my web-site, alexmn.com. When the weather turns cold in Alexandria I ...
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Stor Smart North is a storage community conveniently located north of Alexandria 1.5 miles east of Lake Carlos. There are twenty units that are 3,072 square feet (the largest size at Stor ...
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East of the Carlos-Darling channel there are only twelve homes with Carlos Darling Drive addresses. Eight facing Lake Carlos and four facing Lake Darling. As you will see in the video below ...
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It has been another beautiful day in Alexandria, Minnesota. The photo below was taken about 20 minutes ago and shows a little bit of Big Darling, all of Little Darling, and glimpses ...
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This Friday a lake home at Idawild East goes on the market. The current status is "coming soon" which means potential buyers can view information and photos/videos about the property and can ...
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Back in 2006 land at the northwest corner of Lake Irene was platted. The plat name is Irenes Sunny Brook and the lots are located on NW Irene Road. Most of them ...
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UPDATE: A Purchase Agreement was accepted a day after the listing went live in the MLS. If you are like many and have been waiting for a lake home to go on ...
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With an ultra tight lake home market maybe it is time to consider building. You will be able to get the floorplan that suits your lifestyle and needs as well as choose ...
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Did you know that L'homme Dieu's Government Point used be named Boy's Point? Before it became Government Point it was owned by six Alexandria men that intended to build a clubhouse on ...
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Close to one year I recorded the video below. It was early April of 2020 and the video starts from the Lake Le Homme Dieu side of Blakes by the Lakes (Blakes ...
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Delete aerial video footage containing lakes of Alexandria? Never. If it is the middle of winter, a video above a lake such as Carlos provides a boost. And they usually come in ...
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In the market for a lake home in Alexandria on its Chain of Lakes? Check out this lake home that will be available for showings starting this Friday. It is in the ...
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Any time of the year is a good time to visit Lake Vermont but I especially enjoy being anywhere along its shoreline in the fall. Yesterday brought me to Lake Vermont and ...
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You are getting a first look at a new listing at Lake Ida. One of my partners, Tom Wegner, is the listing agent and he asked me to grab some aerials and ...
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A friend of mine is an owner of a property at Lake Darling's Browns Point and had family from Texas visiting earlier this week. She loves aerial photos and videos so I ...
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Normally at this time of year the Legacy of the Lakes Museum would have had classic boat lovers having a great time at Arrowwood Resort at their classic boat show. These aren't ...
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The video below was recorded during the afternoon on Saturday April 11th in Alexandria. I didn't edit the video at all (not too shabby of a smooth flight) which will take you ...
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