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...

JUNE 12 20 years ago (1991) Crow Wing County's inmate population is so low that Sheriff Dick Ross told the county board the jail annex should be closed temporarily. Ross said he isn't pretending there isn't any crime, just that the county attorney's practices are pu...

20 years ago (1991) Brainerd racers Tim O'Brien and Greg Tomberlin both won their first features of the season at North Central Speedway. O'Brien, the defending points champion, won the Wissota Super Stock. Tomberlin, a veteran ice racer, won the Mini Stock feature.   3...

20 years ago (1991) Todd Revenig is hanging up zeroes as the relief ace of the Class A Madison Muskies, an Oakland A's farm team. In 13.3 innings he hasn't given up an earned run and has seven saves. He has 15 strikeouts and only one walk in 12 appearances.   30 years a...