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, 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, 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....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (235+ words) 20 years ago (2006) 30 years ago (1996) In an era of cost over-runs and construction delays, Central Lakes College will be ready when students arrive next week. And there’s a little money left over on the $24.7 million project. This is the first year…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (268+ words) 20 years ago (2006) 30 years ago (1996) The Nisswa city council has voted to install a separate sewer line, which would cost $30,000, for property owners on East Linden Blvd. to eliminate sewer odors. The rotten egg smell has been there since sewer installation…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (323+ words) 20 years ago (2006) Following a two-hour public hearing, the city council has voted not to do a complete streetscape improvement project in downtown due to cost. Streets in the four-block area will receive a mill and bituminous overlay, sidewalks and gutters…...