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Crow Wing County announces Health Matters TV program

May 20, 2013 2:10 am

Simplified SNAP application available A shortened and simplified Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program application is now available for Minnesotans age 60 and older. The SNAP application for se...

Police blotter for Monday, May 20

May 20, 2013 2:10 am

Todd County sheriff BURGLARY The Motley Public Cemetery maintenance building was reported to be broken into Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Four full steel gas cans were taken. PROPERTY DAMAGE A house on th...

Salvation Army volunteers help firefighters

May 20, 2013 2:09 am

Members of the Brainerd Salvation Armys Emergency Disaster Services Team may not have put out any blazes in the Green Valley fire that claimed 55 homes and buildings in the Menahga area, but their pre...

Lakes area native thrives despite MS diagnosis

May 20, 2013 2:07 am

Emma Palm is not the kind of person to let a little unexpected life-change get her down. Shes tough. And she can prove it. Palm, 22, just completed her third year at North Dakota State University (N...

This was Brainerd May 20

May 18, 2013 2:44 am

MAY 20 20 years ago (1993) Skip Gillespie is a lucky and happy man. Hes relieved to have survived more than six hours trudging through a dense forest looking for a way out. An employee of the county h...

Should Baxter restrict electronic business signs?

May 18, 2013 2:26 am

Messages move across the screens advertising deals, meals and more. Motorists are familiar with the digital upgrade to animated advertising along streets and highways in Brainerd and Baxter. Theyve b...

Camp Ripley hosts grand opening of Unmanned Aircraft Sysytem Operations facility

May 18, 2013 2:24 am

CAMP RIPLEY The idea of unmanned aircraft flying overhead might make some Minnesotans a little uneasy, but Capt. Eric Lewanski said there is nothing to worry about when it comes to Camp Ripleys new U...

Activation Open House is Tuesday at Dispatch

May 18, 2013 2:22 am

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Crow Wing County Board supports motorcycle trail extension proposal

May 18, 2013 1:55 am

A Miller Hills off-highway motorcycle trail expansion received the green light from Crow Wing County this week. The trail application was submitted by the Northern Lites Cycle Club. About five years...

Mille Lacs band appoints Draper commissioner of community development

May 18, 2013 1:54 am

ONAMIA The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe announced Friday that Katie Draper has been appointed as the new commissioner of Community Development. Drapers responsibilities cover a wide range of issues faci...