The success of the Tuesday’s Pequot Lakes School District’s $33.175 million bond referendum — and the margin of victory — surprised many people. In particular, it surprised members of this editorial board who urged voters to support the measure. Editorial support from the Brainerd Dispatch c...

Crow Wing County Commissioner Paul Thiede is right. We did fight a war with Europe and those traffic roundabouts being proposed for the College Drive project seem vaguely European to me as well.  Technically, I guess we never fought a war with Europe — we’ve fought with and against various ...

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While we don't automatically reject the idea of a bonding bill this legislative session Gov. Mark Dayton took the wrong tack when he placed emphasis on the jobs this legislation would create. The bonding bill's merit should be judged on more pertinent questions. Is this project necessary? Is this re...

Repeated efforts have been made to obtain permission to sell beer at the Crow Wing County Fair. Those efforts have consistently been met with strong opposition and have been turned down....

Supporters of financially strapped Minnesota school districts will watch with interest as Pequot Lakes School District voters go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a $33.175 million school bond referendum. What’s the mood of voters  in the first area election of 2011 as we continue to struggle w...

Believe it or not, it will soon be election time in Pequot Lakes. Voters go to the polls Feb. 8 to voice their opinion on a $33.175 million bond referendum for building improvements to alleviate space constraints and deferred maintenance projects. In order to avoid the last-minute publication of let...

  It’s still early in Minnesota’s legislative session and while we hadn’t expected to see much progress in St. Paul at this stage we certainly don’t like to see lawmakers moving backwards....

Our U.S. senators and representatives in Congress continue to debate and deliberate the recent health care changes. They’re good at that. Meanwhile, Brainerd Savings and Loan employees took matters into their own hands last year with a voluntary wellness program that yielded beneficial health resu...