20 years ago (1991) (Photo) The cities of Crosby and Ironton have lined their main streets with American flags and yellow ribbons until the end of the American — Iraq war.   30 years ago (1981) A nearly disastrous brush fire Saturday afternoon emphasizes the fire danger that ...

JANUARY 24 20 years ago (1991) Not many people attend St. Cloud State to become opera singers, but that's exactly what Brainerd's Peggy Kriha is doing. But Kriha, who will graduate in 1991, has garnered one of 16 positions in the Chautauqua, N.Y., summer opera festi...

20 years ago (1991) After 16 years in public office, former Crow Wing County Attorney Steve Rathke is moving to the Twin Cities to join a law firm there. In a speech to the Rotary Club he said that he could no longer coexist with a group of people that wished ill to him and his fami...

20 years ago (1991) A Merrifield man was arrested for allegedly shooting a firearm into the air to scare his neighbors at the Spencer Road Trailer Court. The neighbors felt they were being shot at, but Sheriff Dick Ross said the shot was in the air. The charge will be second degree ...

20 years ago (1991) Demonstrators both for and against the Persian Gulf war marched in separate groups but shared sidewalk space in front of Brainerd City Hall. People driving past on Laurel Street added their views, honking horns; some gave the peace sign, some gave another sign. 3...

20 years ago (1991) The Brainerd Warrior swim team won 11 of 12 events and swamped Rocori 125-59. Brainerd remained unbeaten at 3-0 in the CLC and 7-0 overall. Steve Kuepers won the 200 and 500-yard freestyle races, and Steve Piepgras the 100 free and 100 backstroke. 30 year...

JANUARY 18 20 years ago (1991) (Photo) Jeremy Neyens, a fifth-grade student at Riverside Elementary School, gets a boost from his classmates this morning to put yellow ribbons in a tree in support of servicemen and women serving in the Persian Gulf.    30 years ago...

JANUARY 17 20 years ago (1991) Ron Miles of Lake Shore stayed home from work this morning. He spent last night glued to the TV and said he didn't get much sleep. His son, Van Miles, is a corporal with the U. S. Marines, and arrived in the Persian Gulf Wednesday, jus...

JANUARY 16 20 years ago (1991) The burned out lots on Laurel Street may become a downtown parking area. The Brainerd EDA recommended the purchase of two lots where Alderman's Hardware and Roberts Drug once stood before burning down early on a February morning in 1987.   ...

20 years ago (1991) Richard Cauble and Larry Frankhauser were the first Brainerd International Trade Centre defendants to enter guilty pleas. There were among 15 persons indicted under the Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Practices (RICO) act. The will be sentenced in April.  ...