The Brainerd Fire Department responded to a report of a possible vehicle fire at 2:32 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Northwest Fourth and Washington streets. Firefighters cleared the scene at 2:45 p.m....

CROSBY — The location of Thursday’s two-session Town Hall with legislators has been changed from the Crosby-Ironton High School’s Mayberry Auditorium to the high school’s Forum Room. The Forum Room is located just inside the school’s south entrance, across from the business office. The tow...

PIERZ — Horizon Health Inc., Pierz, is offering CPR and first aid classes to the community.    Both the CPR and first aid classes are conducted by a certified instructor. Participants will receive a certification upon completion of the class.   The CPR class is scheduled 3-7 p.m. Ju...

McGREGOR — Aitkin County is building a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Network and will host their community kickoff at 6 p.m. Thursday at the McGregor Community Center....

Four Brainerd lakes area women will be competing in the Miss Minnesota Pageant scheduled at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Eden Prairie High School Center for the Performing Arts. The Brainerd women are Mary Petersen, the 2010 Miss Brainerd Lakes; Allison Lordbock, Miss City of Lakes; Lauren Johnson, Miss T...

Remembering writing a check for a purchase at a store? If it’s been awhile that’s likely because using a debit or check card is commonplace. So common, people are even doing it at garage sales where cards are swiped using a cellphone.  “I haven’t carried a checkbook for 10 years,” sai...

342 miles down. 2,000 to go.  Those were the sentiments of kayakers Gene Iserman and Austin Peterson Wednesday as they reached the Mississippi shore just south of Washington Street in Brainerd.  The pair departed June 6 from Lake Itasca on their trip down the entire Mississippi River. ...

BAXTER — Law enforcement officers representing the Baxter area will run in the Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg for Special Olympics Minnesota Monday. They will run through the area handing off the torch as part of the Final Leg, a multi-day event in which law enforcement representatives relay ...

  Pastor Julian Chip Avelsgaard, who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash Sunday, died Wednesday afternoon.  Avelsgaard, a life-long resident of the Brainerd area, was pastor at the Oak Street Chapel in Brainerd.  “Everybody lost here and only God knows why,” said friend a...

  Brainerd has a community garden again. Volunteers finished setting up the garden last week to prepare 90 plots consisting of 5-foot by 10-foot or 5-foot by 24-foot plots. Residents who rented a plot have already started planting. The community garden, located southwest of Kiwanis Park near th...