BIWABIK - Riley Nelsen was so close and Zean Baker was enjoying the view, too. The two Brainerd Warriors flirted with all-state honors Thursday during the state Nordic ski meet at Giants Ridge Resort.
Fri, 02/17/2012 - 12:10amA few weeks into his sixth-grade Nordic skiing season Riley Nelsen decided the sport wasn't for him. As a cross country runner he was accustomed to running primarily on flat terrain. "It just wasn't my thing in sixth grade," he said.
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 11:36pmMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she won't be dancing with the stars. The former GOP presidential candidate from Minnesota issued a statement Wednesday denying that she's been tapped for the upcoming season of the ABC-TV show "Dancing with the Stars." In the interest of full disc...
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 6:21pmMore than 85 racers, representing Ski Gull, Spirit Mountain and Mont du Lac, competed Sunday as the Ski Gull Alpine Club hosted its second race of the season.
Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:15amMORRIS - Darian Rubner won the title at 152 pounds and the Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus Road Crew edged Morris Area by a point for second place in the eight-team Morris-Hancock/Chokio-Alberta tournament Saturday.
Sun, 02/12/2012 - 9:08pmThe Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Commission Tuesday morning named an airport manager search committee and set a tentative timeline for that decision process.
Tue, 02/07/2012 - 7:32pmCROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) — A 27-year-old man is accused of stabbing his father two dozen times in the head and neck while killing him in a Crookston apartment. Jacob Abel was charged Tuesday with first- and second-degree murder. According to the complaint, Abel told authorities after the stabbing tha...
Tue, 02/07/2012 - 6:24pmMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When news breaks at the Capitol, the first aftershocks are often felt in the world of Twitter, the online social networking site that allows users to spread their message no more than 140 characters at a time. A sampling of some of those from the past week, along with the back s...
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:51pmMINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann swept aside doubts about her political future Wednesday, declaring less than a month after ending her presidential bid that she will seek a fourth term in Congress.
Wed, 01/25/2012 - 7:31pmCOLERAINE - A runner-up finish by Zean Baker and a third-place showing by Riley Nelsen helped the Brainerd Warriors boys team to the championship in Monday's Little Falls Invitational at Mt. Itasca.
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