Labor Day traditionally signals the end of the summer tourism season.

Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, the most prominent celebrity to take part in the July 2009 Parachuting for Parkinson's event at Brainerd International Raceway, has disappointed one of one of the event's organizers for not chipping in for expenses.

STAPLES - The Staples-Motley School District has received a grant that will allow children to eat healthy foods by providing a fresh fruit and vegetable snack

Homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofit groups have until Tuesday to apply for federal disaster loans to cover damages related to storms in western Minnesota in June.

The public water accesses at North Long Lake in Merrifield and Round Lake north of Brainerd will be closed temporarily for reconstruction projects during several weeks between Sept. 9 and Nov. 1, DNR announced Friday.

Brainerd School Board to meet Tuesday in special meeting

Crisi Esser has been named the 2011 Mrs. Crow Wing County and will represent the community at the 2011 Mrs. Minnesota Pageant where she will compete for a grand prize package and the opportunity to represent Minnesota at 2011 Mrs. International Pageant.

EMILY - The first Emily Fall Ride will be Sept. 11. The ride will leave from Emily Park at noon and is expected to host 250 riders. Registration opens at 11 a.m. The event cost $20 per person, or $30 per couple.

WADENA - Tri-County Hospital earned a Minnesota Hospital Association Patient Safety Excellence Award for its work in preventing foreign objects from being left within a patient unintentionally.

Part of the Wasau Paper Mill in Brailnerd was reflected last week in a bay off the Mississippi River that was protected from the wind and currents by a rock jetty.

Green foliage is growing along the rocky shores of the Mississippi in Brainerd in a shady, protected area.

A fishing boat made its way past the Wasau Paper Mill on the Mississippi in Brainerd.

40 years ago (1970): Mrs. Mabel McMillan, 64, is planning to walk from her home in Ironton to Arkansas, a distance she estimates at 1,300 miles. She will leave shortly after Labor Day, accompanied by a pony and a small dog. Her longest previous walk was 700 miles.<

People are cautious. So if you can offer value, I think you are going to be all right because the heyday is behind us.