The population of Devils Lake and the Lake Region fluxuates each summer as graduates return from far and wide to their hometowns to celebrate their high school reunion. Recently a few of those classes have been highlighted in the Devils Lake Journal like the class of 1970 from the front page Thursday, July 24.

Recently the Devils Lake Journal sat down with Lars Madsen as he wrapped up his visit to this area for his high school graduation reunion. He graduated in 1975, this was his 50th reunion. Madsen traveled from the southern part of Denmark near the border with Germany to see his former classmates, friends from the community and host family.

He was a Foreign Exchange Student to Devils Lake Central High School through the AFS – American Field Service – program.

Madsen talked about tha

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