3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (668+ words) BRAINERD — Due to the weather forecast, the game between the Brainerd Warriors and Duluth East Greyhounds will kickoff at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Adamson Field. Brainerd head coach Jason Freed thinks his team did a lot of things well in…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (267+ words) 20 years ago (2006) It has to be one of the most dramatic come-backs in Ron Stolski’s 317-game tenure as Warrior football coach. Trailing 24-20 with 44 seconds left, and no time-outs, QB Nate Schaefbauer hit Jared Mueller with a 38-yard TD pass. Then,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (485+ words) BRAINERD — Six public hearings are set to take place at the Oct. 5 Brainerd City Council meeting regarding street projects and special assessments in the downtown area. Council members declared assessment costs and called for the public hearings during their meeting…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (171+ words) 20 years ago (2006) 30 years ago (1996) Bethany Good Samaritan Village is looking for an answered prayer and a few more dollars to build a chapel at its facility on Wright Street in Brainerd. Already half the $150,000 needed has been raised. Currently, the…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (259+ words) 20 years ago (2006) Lance Broch’s campaign for city council has proven short-lived. Broch, 26, filed to run for Ward 4, where he would challenge his mother-in-law and two other candidates. When he learned he’d been mis-informed, and lived in Ward 1, he dropped out....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (220+ words) BRAINERD — The next Brainerd Garden Club meeting will include a catered lunch at noon Friday, Sept. 11, at the Northland Arboretum in Brainerd. An educational session on shrub pruning will be presented by CLC instructor Theri Wasniewski. Weather permitting, the session…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (215+ words) 20 years ago (2006) 30 years ago (1996) Koering and Koenig. Though their names are similar, Paul Koering is working hard to distinguish himself from Don Koenig, the other Republican candidate for Dist. 12 state senator. Koering, the endorsed candidate, is busy knocking on doors…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (362+ words) BRAINERD — City Council members in Brainerd are mulling a double-digit increase in the preliminary property tax levy for 2027. “We’re doing the best we can, but we still have more to do,” Council President Mike O’Day said during a budget workshop…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (315+ words) 20 years ago (2006) Some celebrated, others cried. But across Pequot Lakes, people were glued to TVs as they watched a jury convict the killer of hometown girl Dru Sjodin. At Sibley Station restaurant, servers, many of whom knew Sjodin, clapped for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (260+ words) 20 years ago (2006) 30 years ago (1996) Business advertising on squad cars – to raise money for vehicles or equipment – was proposed to the county board by Sheriff Dick Ross. He said the Adopt-A-Car program has been used successfully in at least three states....