The site plan and construction budget for the Miracle League baseball field at Bane Park should be completed within the next couple of weeks, Kevin Thoresen, founder of Miracle League of Minnesota, said Thursday.  Thoresen was in Brainerd Wednesday afternoon to speak to the Sertoma Club about t...

BAXTER — Ample evidence that hometown folks are paying attention to what state lawmakers are doing in St. Paul was apparent to motorists on Highway 371 Thursday afternoon as supporters and detractors of Sen. Paul Gazelka spoke out on state issues. The rally apparently started as a gathering at Gaz...

  Next week, Brainerd residents wanting to get rid of certain unwanted items will only need to haul them to the curb.  From May 9-13, city crews will be hauling away the items one area of the city at a time. On Monday, the work will start in north and northwest Brainerd.  Each subsequ...

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Fifty years to the moment Alan Shepard rocketed away, more than 100 Project Mercury workers joined former astronauts and NASA leaders at the original Redstone launch pad Thursday to celebrate the event that opened space travel to Americans. Shepard became the fir...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Twenty Minnesota companies made it into the newest edition of Fortune 500, illustrating the state's corporate strength. UnitedHealth Group was the top Minnesota company on the list, landing at number 22. Other top homegrown companies included Target, which ranked 33, Best Bu...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In life, Osama bin Laden was burned into the Muslim consciousness in countless ways: the lion of holy warriors, the untouchable nemesis of the West, the evil zealot who soiled their faith with blood and intolerance. In death, however, the voices across the Islami...

ROME (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday she has "no idea" what she and the rest of President Barack Obama's national security team were watching at the precise moment that a photographer snapped what has become an iconic image of the operation that killed Osama bin...

Central Lakes College President Larry Lundblad smiled Wednesday after having a cream pie thrown in his face by a student to raise funds for the CLC food shelf. College officials took their turns  being pelted by cream pies to benefit the food shelf. ...

 WALKER — THE Cass County Land Department and  DNR will conduct a public hearing at 6 p.m. June 28 at the land department building in Backus as a preliminary to designating prescriptive easements over trails and roads serving as access to state and county land. Jerry Bourbonnais, DNR roa...

  CASS LAKE — The Cass County Sheriff’s Department reported that a 24-year-old Cass Lake man suffered two gunshot wounds and was airlfted to a Fargo hospital. Officials at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo said his condition was guarded late Wednesday afternoon. Officers from Cass County and ...