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First we had the Minnesota DNR getting into the real estate business, buying up land and lake islands in order to restrict public use of said lands, then, they got into radio sponsorship, thinking they must advertise within Minnesota, to sell Minnesotans on Minnesota. Now, it appears the DNR wants t...

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I thought newspapers always checked and named their sources. The article in Wednesday’s Brainerd Dispatch about Rep. Chip Cravaack was apparently not sourced by the editor because neither the news service (i.e. Reuters, AP, UP) or the author of the article were given credit for their work. Your re...

The author of “Answering an earlier letter” is in error and is perpetuating the same by trying to convince someone else as to what kind of a country we live in. A “republic” is a description of what kind or type of  government it is. A “democracy” is a description of a system that o...

With due respect for those that favor nuclear power. I recently was at the VA clinic in Brainerd. While waiting to see the doctor I was reading an article in a magazine (can’t remember the name) which told about a coal-fired power plant with “O" percent clean emission that was built in Sweden! N...

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Bridges Career Academies and Workplace Connection Board and Chair Pam O’Rourke, the Brainerd Lakes Area Chambers of Commerce, the many sponsors, the area employers, and CLC students, faculty, administrators and staff who made last Friday’s Bridg...

The important thing to know about liberals is that they lie, all the time. About anything and everything. They mix in a little truth, now and then, just to keep some credibility. Example: According to “The Weekly Standard,” “Obama said he’d allow states to ‘opt-out’ of ObamaCare, in 2014...

So this past weekend was the annual St Patrick’s Day parade in Crosslake. It’s a day when the festivities are supposed to be geared up to honor this revered Irish saint, but I think in Crosslake its just as much of a day, as when we come squinting out of our homes like Punxsutawney Phil on Groun...