Tuesday’s resignation by Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Commissioner Doug Kuepers brings to a close at least part of a messy political proceeding. Kuepers stepped down after the Brainerd city attorney issued an opinion that a conflict of interest existed because Kuepers’ construction company ha...

  The black and white photographs started appearing in storefront windows last week. They pictured cute kids, sprightly seniors and familiar local personalities....

The controversy surrounding a Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport commissioner’s conflict of interest has dragged on far too long. It has also taken on twists and turns which don’t reflect very well on the Brainerd City Council, the body that appointed Doug Kuepers to the airport panel....

  Budget talk is all the rage now at both the national and federal levels. And time is running out for both Congress and the Minnesota Legislature as they crunch numbers and make decisions that will affect all of us....

In a sports world where competitive zeal, big money and idolization often produce self-absorbed stars, Harmon Killebrew was an anomaly. The Minnesota Twins icon, who died Tuesday, seemed to be a man who was almost without ego. During and after his spectacular 22-year career the powerful slugger pres...

Another election is coming up and that means there’ll be another deadline for letters dealing with that particular election. Pillager School District officials, faced with increasing enrollment, are asking voters to approve an approximate $13.9 million referendum to build a secondary school additi...

When Baxter’s Kris Nelson is driven along the parade route of the Brainerd-Baxter Fourth of July celebration the grand marshal will represent the good work of thousands of unsung heroes — the members of veterans’ auxiliaries....

Price tags that run into the millions get tossed around pretty freely when talk of professional stadiums is in the air. It’s all a bit of blur to us. However, it’s clear that any sort of financing package that might produce a new Vikings stadium is going to involve team contributions, taxes rela...

Brainerd residents should all feel a lot lighter this week. It’s an illusion, of course, but there’s something about spring cleaning that makes the a person feel as if they just lost a little weight. City crews conducted a residential curbside clean-up program and neighborhoods throughout the ci...

There’s more to traffic safety then just writing tickets to speeders.  The Baxter Police Department proved it’s serious about safe rides by its exemplary efforts in the Toward Zero Deaths Challenge. They were selected by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety as the top law enforcement a...