Brainerd News

The Brainerd Fire Department responded to two grass fire calls Saturday, one that was reported to be a sizable fire just off Highway 371 south of Brainerd.

When Jammie Thomas-Rasset illegally shared 24 songs she downloaded from the Internet more than five years ago, little did she know that the act would launch her on a roller coaster ride through the courts.

A 42-year-old Buffalo man was injured Thursday after he lost control of the all-terrain vehicle he was driving.

The Radco Truck Accessory Center's new Baxter facility, formerly home to The Floor to Ceiling Store, is on track for a late March opening.

Kristine Walsh, owner of the Park Avenue School of Cosmetology, looks at the demographics of the Brainerd lakes area and considers the potential to have a lot of students.

The Center for Lifelong Learning at Central Lakes College presents "Stick a Fork in It: Controlling Stress through Diet," from 4-5:30 p.m. Feb.

Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center Auxiliary welcomes the community to a fundraising event from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Feb.

That was a question before Baxter City Council members Wednesday. With numerous questions remaining and a potential for the disc golf course to be at the Northland Arboretum, council members voted 4-1 to wait to consider the matter.

NHRA announced today a historic extension of its long-running relationship with Lucas Oil Products, which has grown to become one of the most important and all-encompassing sponsor relationships in NHRA.

Brainerd lakes area local government personalities gathered in one room Tuesday for a rare joint meeting centered on a single topic - the airport's future.

Brainerd Fire Chief Kevin Stunek approached the Brainerd City Council Monday with a recommendation for fees to be charged for fireworks sales, inspections, as well as training to help alleviate the cost to the city.

The council committees met and talked about the issue separately before reporting back to the council session.

A 52-year-old Brainerd man was injured Saturday after the vehicle he was driving rolled over at Gould Gray Road and Harmony Lane, reported the Crow Wing County Sheriff's office.

Granted $2,500, the Northland Arboretum Solar Energy Conservation Project in Brainerd is a display that will create an interactive exhibit in the lobby of the arboretum's Visitor Center designed to educate viewers about the value of energy conservation.

She organized and directed the Lakes Area Ecumenical Chorus which sang with Marty Haugen and Fr.

Urgent Care was born June 17, 1997, in Brainerd. Now, nearly 15 years later, the medical staff is moving from the clinic on South Sixth Street in Brainerd to the Baxter Medical Park and the new clinic, which is open for business Monday.

Fire departments in the Brainerd lakes area are getting closer to having the new 800-megahertz radio system in place that will allow them to serve and protect citizens in an even more efficient fashion.

STUDENTS ATTENDING THE DREAM ALIVE PROGRAM AT CLC ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7: The buses will be loading outside of the main doors immediately after first hr.

Discovery Woods Montessori School, a free public charter school in Baxter, opened enrollment for the 2012-13 school year Wednesday, Feb.

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