With throttles wide open, small-town CBoys achieve YouTube stardom Five young Minnesota gear heads regale YouTube with daring thrills and spills. January 28, 2021 6:59pm Text size Copy shortlink:
CORMORANT, Minn. - It s early in the fishing season on Big Cormorant Lake and a group of childhood friends is about to remind local residents why they were once considered the town s noisy little hooligans.
With cameras rolling, CJ Lotzer straddles a snowmobile parked on the rocky shore. Equipped with a crash helmet, sunglasses and a life jacket, he guns the throttle and powers into the water. The snow machine doesn t sink. Instead, Lotzer streaks across the lake s glassy surface at a high rate of speed. The Arctic Cat s two-stroke engine is wailing and stunned anglers are cheering.
After cease-and-desist from state, lakes area bar owner pleads to open again
The owner of Hooligans Lakeside, on Becker County Highway 6, south of Lake Park, Minn., said, he s cut more than 90% of his staff since pandemic began and doesn t understand why large retailers are allowed to operate in Minnesota, but the small bars and restaurants are not.
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Todd Jacobson, owner of Hooligans Lakeside bar and grill, south of Lake Park, Minn., stands next to his bar. Hooligans Lakeside was issued a cease-and-desist letter from the Minnesota Department of Health after opening for dine-in service in violation of an executive order issued by Gov. Tim Walz. (Michael Achterling / Tribune)
Hooligans Lakeside bar owner pleads for his right to open
The owner of Hooligans Lakeside, on Becker County Highway 6, south of Lake Park, Minn., said, he s cut more than 90% of his staff since pandemic began and doesn t understand why large retailers are allowed to operate in Minnesota, but the small bars and restaurants are not.
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Michael Achterling | ×
Todd Jacobson, owner of Hooligans Lakeside bar and grill, south of Lake Park, Minn., stands next to his bar. Hooligans Lakeside was issued a cease-and-desist letter from the Minnesota Department of Health after opening for dine-in service in violation of an executive order issued by Gov. Tim Walz. (Michael Achterling / Tribune)
State Health Department takes action against Hooligans Lakeside in Cormorant lakes area
Cease-and-desist order issued after an inspection showed that Hooligans was violating executive order designed to protect Minnesotans from COVID-19
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The Minnesota Department of Health has issued a cease-and-desist order to Hooligans Lakeside, in rural Lake Park, after determining that it had violated executive orders designed to protect employees, customers and community from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hooligans is a bar and restaurant west of Detroit Lakes off Becker County Road 6 on Leaf Lake, just north of Big Cormorant Lake.
On Dec. 17, the state Health Department inspected Hooligans Lakeside and found that it was open for on-premises consumption in violation of Executive Order 20-99, which was issued by Gov. Tim Walz on Nov. 18.