WALKER — Cass County Board will hold the annual strategic planning meeting at 9 a.m. June 24 at the land department building in Backus.  Cass commissioners will hold the second meeting of each month this summer, beginning in May, at 6 p.m. in townships starting at the following locations: May...

  WALKER — Cass and Crow Wing County officials think South Country Health Alliance’s proposed settlement for the two counties to leave their program is shorting both counties, Administrator Robert Yochum told the county board Tuesday.   The board tabled action on accepting th...

The Brainerd School Board’s Personnel Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Washington Educational Services Building, 804 Oak St. The meeting will be a closed session for contract negotiations strategy discussions....

BAXTER — The annual Go Red for Women conference and  luncheon is scheduled  9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at The Lodge in Baxter. Go Red for Women is the American Heart Association’s national campaign to increase awareness of heart disease, the leading cause of death for women, and to i...

Brainerd has honored Louise Seliski for her more than three decades of work protecting women and children.  Seliski was presented the city’s Tower Award at Monday’s Brainerd City Council meeting. Seliski is the founder and executive director of The Women’s Center of Mid-Minnesota Inc. and...

Brainerd will now ask applicants for committees, commissions and board whether they have a conflict of interest.  The Personnel and Finance Committee, at the request of council President Mary Koep, recommended the change to applications forms, which was unanimously approved by the city council ...

  The blue Marine plane, which once stood out on Highway 210 by the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, has been part of the airport’s identity for decades.  But that could change. And all because of a paint job. Tuesday the airport commission considered options to repaint the plane, which ...

The allegation of a conflict of interest landed at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Commission Tuesday. Airport commission members listened to but did not respond to the allegation, which is waiting on a May 16 legal opinion from Brainerd City Attorney Tom Fitzpatrick. The airport also heard ther...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three weeks before lawmakers hope to leave St. Paul for the year, a select few are at work over political maps that would play a role in elections for years to come. The mapmaking assignment follows the once-a-decade census. Political boundaries are reconfigured to put rough...

It will be two more weeks until Brainerd’s attorney offers his opinion regarding a potential conflict of issue regarding a Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Commission member. Brainerd City Council President Mary Koep informed the council that she received a request from council member Bob Olson to ...