This was Brainerd

20 years ago (1989)

Nine jobless years ended for Harold Speed when he found an employer who measures performance instead of handicaps. But Jeff Zernov, owner of Zercom Manufacturing, doesn't want credit. We don't have handicapped employees, they're good and reliable.

30 years ago (1979)

The Minnesota Council for the Handicapped has named Bobby Collette of rural Brainerd as one of three winners of the Handicapped Person of the Year award. Collette, confined to a wheelchair due to an accident, is a professional fishing guide.

40 years ago (1969)

Brainerd is still dumping raw sewage into the Mississippi River during times of high water and rainstorms. The problem occurs where sanitary and storm sewers interconnect northeast of Roosevelt Field.

60 years ago (1949)

(Adv.) WANTED - 10,000 Mink. Hurry! Hurry! The Squarest, Highest-Priced Fur Dealer in the Northwest. Highest Prices Paid, also Hides. H.R. Davis Hide and Fur Co., 402 Front Street, Brainerd

80 years ago (1929)

Six regulars on the Brainerd high school football squad will be ineligible to tomorrow's game with Park Rapids due to study requirements. This will place the locals on a par with the mediocre visitors and a scrappy encounter will be the result.

100 years ago (1909)

Arthur Steinhagen is in the hospital with a broken jaw as the result of a row at the corner of Front and Seventh Streets at 9 p.m. Saturday. He was knocked down and kicked in the jaw.