Cass honor guard receives donations  REMER — The Cass County Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard received two donations at the May 17 county board meeting held in Remer. Steve Hoopman, representing Hackensack American Legion Post No. 202, presented a $450 check to the hon...

“Geocaching a Minnesota Mystery” is now available at the Brainerd Public Library, through collaboration with the Minnesota State Parks, the Crow Wing County Historical Society and the Kitchigami Regional Library system.  ...

The road construction work, which will cause a detour to Essentia Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd, begins Wednesday, May 25.  The detour from Washington Street is to North Third Street to Ivy Street. The city of Brainerd reports the detour will be in place until the pavement is...

Weighing in on the conflict of interest issue at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, the Crow Wing County Board Tuesday voted to request the Airport Commission appoint a neutral independent third party to review the issue....

  The proposed all-terrain vehicle trail in southern Crow Wing County is moving forward. The Crow Wing County Board split on the issue with Chairman Paul Thiede breaking the tie Tuesday,  advancing the controversial trail proposal on a 3-2 vote. Commissioners Rachel Reabe Nystrom and Phil ...

AITKIN — Riverwood Foundation’s annual Healing Garden Memorial Ceremony will be 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the Healing Garden on Riverwood’s main campus in Aitkin.  The purpose of the ceremony is to commemorate those individuals who have been honored this year and in the past with bricks, livin...

The Crow Wing County Board Tuesday interviewed finalists for the county’s information technology director.  Current director Jim Eder is retiring. Finalists were Cindy Kevern, Christine Pelzer, Linda Gregerson and Robert Litke.  Kevern has 20 years of technology management experience, mo...

  Brainerd’s jobless rate dropped to 14.2 percent in April, down from 16.7 percent in March.  It’s been a continual drop since January’s high of 18 percent, which is expected as seasonal employment begins. Brainerd’s April numbers mean there are 1,041 unemployed people out of a wor...

Senate and House Republican leaders made the case for their vetoed budgets Tuesday at a Brainerd airport news conference as area union workers expressed their opposition to the GOP legislation....

The Minnesota Department of Education reported Tuesday that Minnesota students made small gains on the 2011 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments. However, significant achievement gaps remain between the state’s white students and students of color. Student proficiency on the Graduation-Required Ass...