This was Brainerd
OCTOBER 4
20 years ago (1985)
Dale Nathan, retired vice provost of Brainerd Community College, received the college's second annual Distinguished Service Award at homecoming festivities.
30 years ago (1975)
Three touchdowns scored in a span of 99 seconds late in the first period and 1:06 into the second erased a 7-7 deadlock and powered coach Ron Stolski's Brainerd High School Warriors to a 34-14 rout of Little Falls there Friday.
40 years ago (1965)
Food to Go: Call your order Drive down and pick it up. Southern fried chicken 1/4 chicken, 55, 1/2 chicken, 95. Golden Grill Cafe, 108 So. 6th Street.
60 years ago (1945)
Brainerd and immediate vicinity, together with most cities in Minnesota, were without telephone service this afternoon due to a walkout of more than 30 employees of the telephone company here.
80 years ago (1925)
The Brainerd Elks convention film pictures continue to be shown throughout the state. Brainerd, Chisholm, St. Cloud and other Elks towns were on the calendar and just lately Little Falls made arrangements to see the pictures.
100 years ago (1905)
The most important work done by the city fathers at their regular meeting was the ordering of estimates for the paving of south Broadway between Front and Laurel Streets.