20 years ago (1991) Officials involved with 371 Bingo complained to the Brainerd City Council that they were harassed by the police department. Tom Burton, president of Ski Gull, said three officers demanded to see the state gambling license when they knew Ski Gull had one. &...

20 years ago (1991) (Photo) Brainerd High School student council member Amber Engen and prom-goer Russ Alholm dance to the sounds of the Nocturnes at the senior citizens prom in the high school gym. Attendance this year was estimated at nearly 400.   30 years ago (1981)...

20 years ago (1991) Hours after school is over each night, you can hear punches being thrown in the dingy Franklin Junior High wrestling room. It's Tony Bonsante, a Brainerd Community College sophomore, training for his third — and last — try at a national Golden Gloves title. &...

  20 years ago (1991) Curbside recycling for the City of Brainerd appears more likely now that the county has appropriated $49,000 for a pilot program. Mayor Bonnie Cumberland said a plan could be ready for consideration by the council by the end of May.   30 years...

MAY 3 20 years ago (1991) High winds were blamed for two power outages that affected portions of Brainerd, Baxter and areas to the south. The first, on a Crow Wing Co-op line knocked out power to 1,100 customers. The second hit the south half of Brainerd and areas n...

MAY 2 20 years ago (1991) Brainerd's league bowlers went on strike this winter - not with picket signs, but rolling strikes at a high rate. In the past, Paul Bunyan Bowl and Brainerd Bowling Center have had a half dozen 700 series per year. This year they combined f...

20 years ago (1991) Crow Wing County Attorney Jack Graham followed through on his threat and announced his office will not prosecute misdemeanor offenders for the city of Brainerd because they had not agreed to his terms. “They called my bluff and I wasn't bluffing,” Graham said...

20 years ago (1991) The board of directors of CreditAmerica Savings recently announced the promotion of Terry Baltes and Chuck Albrecht. Albrecht is the new executive vice president of the Brainerd corporate office, and Baltes is vice president of the Brainerd lending office.  ...

20 years ago (1991) They call him “Chis.” Ron Chisholm earned 12 letters in four sports as a Brainerd Warrior in the 1950s. His exploits earned him a place in this year's Hall of Fame class with Bruce Gross and former coaches Dick Lagergren and Bud Eiden.   30 years...

20 years ago (1991) Crow Wing County Attorney Jack Graham says he can prosecute only 10 of about 80 bad check cases he recently reviewed in his office. Graham, who maintains part of the state's bad check law is unconstitutional, figures he has a backlog of 150 bad check cases.  ...