Sara Speer will take over as 2025 chair of the Brainerd School Board, with Randy Heidmann elected to serve as vice chair.

BRAINERD — The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation recently announced Kevin Thesing, Laura O’Brien and Jim Haakonson joined the Board of Directors.

Tampa Bay Rays' Shawn Armstrong walks back to the mound after giving up a run-scoring single to Texas Rangers' Travis Jankowski in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas ...

The Rangers signed Armstrong to a one-year contract Monday, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports. Armstrong spent time with three different teams in 2024, finishing with a 4.86 ERA and 66:25 K ...

The Rangers announced this afternoon that they’ve signed right-hander Shawn Armstrong to a one-year, major league deal. In order to make room for Armstrong on the 40-man roster, catcher Sam Huff ...

BRAINERD — The Brainerd School Board will have its organizational school board meeting at 5:30 p.m. and its regular school board meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at the ISD 181 school board ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough ... He launched a kite at 3 p.m. yesterday near the court house and it's still flying despite a near disaster when a truck ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924. C. Elmer Anderson, Brainerd, took the oath ...

BRAINERD — The information technology departments ... increased the need and urgency for a final decision on the matter. Shawn Strong, the city’s IT/GIS director, said during the workshop ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924. Sean Switajewski, 8, was tubing down a hill ...

Deputies received 911 calls just before 4:00 p.m. Saturday about a crash involving ... near the intersection with Poplar Drive in East Gull Lake, rural Brainerd. Deputies and first responders ...

BRAINERD — The first winter storm of the season ... the National Weather Service in Duluth reported in its 7:55 a.m. Thursday area forecast discussion. “Surface observations and snow reports ...