Brainerd Dispatch

It was a good sign for hunters in this neck of the woods. Full Story »

Mark Twain once said "the difference between the almost right and the right word" is the "difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." Full Story »

Crow Wing County Public Health has received hundreds more doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine this week and has scheduled a few more clinics to reach groups targeted as high risk for the virus. Full Story »

It's a bit bothersome for hunters, this decline in deer harvest numbers in recent years. Full Story »

The party was all but over and school board candidates and their family and friends had gone home. Full Story »

Two area school districts, Aitkin and Wadena-Deer Creek, passed operating levy referendums Tuesday. Full Story »

October rainfall was one for the record books in Brainerd. Full Story »

The Brainerd School Board wants to hear from you. Full Story »

It's been more than two years since the city of Brainerd rejected a request from the Brainerd Housing and Redevelopment Authority to bail out its in-debt Brainerd Oaks housing project. Full Story »

Brainerd School District voters elected newcomers Tom Haglin and Chris Robinson and re-elected board chair Ruth Nelson to the three four-year school board seats up for election Tuesday. Full Story »

Brainerd School Board incumbent Bob Nystrom was defeated by former longtime Brainerd High School principal Jim Hunt in the Brainerd School Board race for a two-year term on the school board. Full Story »

When 15-year-old Sarah Fairbanks walked to the Brainerd High School South Campus media center Monday morning, she thought she was in trouble for something. Full Story »

An 11-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle Monday as he and a friend were on bicycles and crossing Jackson Street near the Brainerd Civic Center. Full Story »

Crow Wing County Public Health workers braced for long lines and vaccine shortages but neither happened at the county's first H1N1 immunization clinic Monday at the Brainerd Armory. Full Story »

Don't forget to vote Tuesday. Full Story »

Before it takes any action to pull the plug on a select number of north Brainerd street lights, the city will be taking its plan to Brainerd's northside residents. Full Story »

BAXTER - After hearing the plight of a Baxter homeowner who said she and her husband have been taken by a man who reneged on a contract for deed purchase and left them in debt, a Baxter City Council member said he'd consider taking the man to court himself to collect the city's delinquent utility bills. Full Story »

An amended hunting ordinance is being considered by the Brainerd City Council. Full Story »