Dam Park Task Force Fish Fry planned May 21 PINE RIVER — Tickets are now available for the first Dam Park Task Force Fish Fry 4-7 p.m. May 21 at the American Legion in Pine River. Tickets are at the Pine River Chamber/Information Center and multiple area businesses. Funds rai...

BACKUS — Eli Hunt, Walker, was unanimously re-elected to a second term of the Cass County DFL at the party unit’s annual convention in Backus Saturday.  “The past two years has been a good learning process,” he told delegates before the election of officers began. “I’ve been involve...

Two DFL chairs and one associate chair — all under 30 — were elected Saturday by delegates to the Crow Wing County and Senate District 12 annual conventions at the Brainerd Public Library. The new leaders are Crow Wing County Chair Tiffany Stenglein, 27; Senate District 12 Chair Aaron Niklaus, 1...

BAXTER — Baxter Police officers responded to a possible suicidal call of a 50-year-old man Sunday that lasted about seven hours and resulted in having the Crow Wing County Tactical Team at the scene for four hours. Baxter Police chief Jim Exsted said the possible suicidal call came in at 4 p.m. an...

Brainerd seniors Rachel Bartosh and Anthony Roehl on Saturday attended grand march in homemade prom outfits made of items such as bubble wrap and garbage bags....

PEQUOT LAKES — Kendra Johnson was crowned Miss Pequot Lakes on Saturday during the Miss Pequot Lakes Scholarship Pageant at Pequot Lakes High School.  Johnson also was named Miss Congeniality. Johnson, a senior at Pequot Lakes, is the daughter of Ann and Harlan Johnson Others crowned were que...

If you asked Nick Hoffman what in the world he is doing up before the sun, outdoors in subzero winter temperatures or in the stifling heat of summer days, he would give the same simple answer: “I’m a runner.”  Rain or shine, no matter how windy, snowy or warm it is outside, Hoffman runs....

  Tea Party speakers on Friday night urged listeners at a rally at Brainerd’s Kiwanis Park to keep the faith and stay involved in conservative causes despite disappointing outcomes in area elections .  Between 25 and 30 citizens braved harsh winds and temperatures in the mid-30s to liste...

LITTLE FALLS — In a joint effort between the Central Minnesota Community Foundation in St. Cloud and the Initiative Foundation in Little Falls, $12,000 is available in grant dollars from the Central Minnesota Rural Poverty Fund.   The next deadline for grant applications is June 30. ...

  A fallen State Highway Patrol trooper from Brainerd was remembered Friday afternoon by a class of State Patrol recruits at Evergreen Cemetery in northeast Brainerd.  Trooper Preston Cruser, who is involved with the rookie school at the Minnesota State Patrol Trainng Academy at Camp Riple...