20 years ago (1991) The former Hardware Hank building in downtown Brainerd is being remodeled as the 371 Downtown Bingo Palace. Brainerd Amateur Hockey Assn. is buying the building from former Mayor Bob Olson, and three non-profits will operate bingo there.   30 years a...

20 years ago (1991) Pat Forte has been hired as coach of the Brainerd Warrior hockey team. The 25-year-old graduate of Eveleth High School and Bemidji State will replace Chuck Whalen. “I know I'm replacing a fine coach, who has done a super job,” said Forte.   30 ye...

JUNE 21 20 years ago (1991) Removal of the Highway 210 overpass in Baxter is being postponed again, a MnDOT spokesman said today. Once again Burlington Northern has said it cannot abandon the railroad tracks beneath it due to the need to service one last customer - ...

JUNE 20 20 years ago (1991) Brainerd Mayor Bonnie Cumberland said today the city will withdraw its police chief job offer to Capt. David Johnson of St. Cloud because of salary issues. Cumberland said Johnson's salary request was more than the city was prepared to pa...

JUNE 19 20 years ago (1991) (Photo) A mature bald eagle soars above its nest near Pequot Lakes as Bob Salmonson climbs a tree to search for eagle chicks to send to Georgia to help replenish that state's population. There was only one chick in the nest, so he got one...

20 years ago (1991) Brainerd police advised today that people be careful when eating bananas because of a report that a needle was found in a banana purchased at a Brainerd grocery store. A Brainerd woman said she purchased the bananas and her husband found the needle.   ...

20 years ago (1991) (Photo) Members of the Marine Corps League, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart and Brainerd Elks, VFW and Legion Clubs salute as the flag is unfurled during Flag Day ceremonies at the All Veterans Memorial near the courthouse.   ...

20 years ago (1991) A leaf-sapping insect that targets only birch trees is back, but no more prevalent than in previous years, said Jim Rabehl, county extension agent. The birch leaf miners lay their eggs under leaf buds, then the hatching insects eat the leaves as they unfold. &nbs...

20 years ago (1991) (Photo) Chase Thompson, Timothy Faatz and instructor Jory Danielson listen to Minnesota Power's Dan Leslie talk about electrical safety at the Lillian Phelps Safety Town display, which took place at the Cuyuna Range Elementary School.   30 years ago ...

20 years ago (1991)The school district's Outcome Based Education task force has set the agenda for implementing the new teaching system. The system focuses on what the student must know - rather than what is taught - and assures that each student has met those goals. 30...