This was Brainerd

20 years ago (1989)

John Landsburg, a 1985 graduate of Brainerd High School, has been awarded the McGill Scholarship for excellence in the study of horticulture science and landscape architecture at the University of Minnesota. He is the son of Roger and Marie Landsburg, Brainerd.

30 years ago (1979)

Scott LeDoux and Ken Norton fought to a draw in their nationally-televised fight yesterday - an anti-climactic finish to a fight that deserved more than a tie. And they did it in a 20-foot ring from Brainerd that Tom Herron hauled to the Met Center for the fight.

40 years ago (1969)

The Baxter School Board last night voted by a 4-2 margin to table a motion calling for consolidation with Brainerd, but a group of Baxter residents submitted a petition to the county auditor seeking a plat that would bring about the merger.

60 years ago (1949)

(Adv.) Now playing at the Paramount Theater, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in The Fighting O'Flynn. Playing at the Brainerd Theater, Gene Autry and his horse Champion in Loaded Pistols. At the Gull Drive-in Theater, The Return of Rin Tin Tin.

80 years ago (1929)

The Matt Hill property, located at the corner of Oak and Nineteenth streets, has recently been sold to Peter Hanson of Paynesville. This is one of the very substantial large houses of southeast Brainerd, having been built by the late J.C. Barber of Chicago.

100 years ago (1909)

A postal from C.A. Nelson, letter carrier at the post office, brings news that he was to leave Copenhagen, Denmark, with his family for Norway on August 12. Mr. Nelson has been spending the last three months at the home of his birth.