Citing a rise in crime and time-consuming forensic investigations, the police department requested the addition with plans ...

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The National Weather Service in Duluth Thursday issued a heat advisory from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, July 4, for all of ...

North Brainerd resident Kelly Bevans tends his flowers at his home on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in preparation for the Fourth of ...

Curtis Jepson (District #2) spent most of this week checking anglers and monitoring boating activity. Most lakes are ...

Deputy Ryan Huston, firefighter Logan Gross, first responder Adam Hicok and dispatcher Lashawnda Nielsen were honored for ...

The contract has Peter Grant earning $178,000 for the year, which is the same salary he received for the 2024-25 school year.

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

The Dispatch publishes records as part of its obligation to inform readers about the business of public institutions and to serve as a keeper of the local historical record.

Taylor Siegrist reads her Kindle on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in the cool shallow water of Rice Lake at Lum Park in Brainerd.

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The forecast for Friday, July 4, lists a high temperature of 89 degrees and a peak heat index of 93 degrees in Brainerd, ...