After their home went up in flames, a Detroit Lakes family reels from the loss of the irreplaceable

After their home went up in flames, a Detroit Lakes family reels from the loss of the irreplaceable

DETROIT LAKES — In the kitchen of the Germain family home on Brookridge Lane, there was a section of wall marked with penciled height lines of triplets Landon, Carson and Noah, 17, measured year after year. Their father, Royce Germain, always said he would cut out that chunk of sheetrock someday, if they ever moved or remodeled, and save it. That wall, along with the rest of the house, was destroyed when the family’s garage caught fire and sprea…