Aitkin News

The lure below was entered into our ongoing vintage tackle contest by Bob Brown, who tells me he found it in his grandfather's tackle box.

Whether you're 5 or 65, the dream of soaring through the air as the pilot of your own plane is a thought for many, a reality for few, but nothing is impossible.

Jodi Schwen, editor-in-chief of the Lake Country Journal Magazine, will share insight from her award-winning, 14-year writing career Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.

The removal this Friday of federal protections in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin, which follows the same action last year in the Northern Rockies, opens a new chapter in a long, violent battle between stockmen and gray wolves - a colorful part of the heartland's history.

Deb Norlin of Brainerd is the Director of Career, Transfer and Placement Services, a new position at Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples.

Best remembered for his crossover hit "Sunshine," country and folk singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards was born July 28, 1946, in Aitkin, Minnesota, and grew up in Virginia.