The 2025 Lakes Proud Small Business of the Year Award winner is Brenny Family Funeral Chapel. Sponsored by S & R Quisberg, ...

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This week's Fine Arts Student of the Week is Brainerd High School junior Juno Paine, recognized for her skills in pottery.

The Dispatch publishes records as part of its obligation to inform readers about the business of public institutions and to ...

WALKER — A Cass County sheriff's deputy was shot and airlifted to a hospital and a male subject was shot and died in an ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...

After a glittering display of the northern lights, Jenny Schlecht reflects on the trade offs of living in a place that is ...

AGATE will continue running for second, third and fourth graders next year, but School Board members voted 5-1 to put a pause ...

The Twins have tapped Mark Hallberg to serve as their bench coach, a role that Shelton himself once had in 2018 and 2019 before departing to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hallberg spent the past six ...

VADNAIS HEIGHTS — Dana Balmer and Brielel Spaeth tallied goals for the Northern Lakes Lightning in a 6-2 loss to the Gentry Academy Stars Saturday, Nov. 16. Balmer’s goal was assisted by Natalie ...

My family is Irish and according to Gaelic folklore the hawthorn is strongly associated with fairies and is often referred to ...