'You can': How Kylie LaBelle answered Detroit Lakes’ call for firefighters

'You can': How Kylie LaBelle answered Detroit Lakes’ call for firefighters

DETROIT LAKES — At the East Oktibbeha Volunteer Fire Department (EOVFD) in September 2022, just outside Starkville, Mississippi, Kylie LaBelle, a Mississippi State University student at the time, scrubbed fire engines and swept the bay during a college service day with classmates. Between chores, she found herself talking with the firefighters supervising the work. “I said, it’s just so cool that you are volunteer firefighters; I wish that I cou…