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    April 13, 2018
    Mary Giuliani Stephens, the two-term mayor of Woodbury, Minn., and a GOP candidate for governor, said she's against outdated and ineffective solutions that characterize much of current Minnesota politics. (Submitted Photo)
    Giuliani Stephens pushes innovation, adaptation in bid for governor
    WOODBURY, Minn. — Let it be known that while Mary Giuliani Stephens respects experience, she isn't a fan of precedent, tradition or time-honored...
    newsApril 13, 2018 - 2:00am
    March 8, 2018
    A Brainerd Police Department squad car sits outside the Brainerd High School Thursday afternoon, March 8. A teenager was arrested late Wednesday night after reportedly making threats regarding a shooting at the high school. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service
    Teenager arrested after making shooting threat to central Minn. school
    BRAINERD, Minn.—A student, who reportedly was making verbal threats to commit a shooting at Brainerd High School, was taken into custody...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 8, 2018 - 3:20pm
    February 28, 2018
    Stewart Mills
    Stewart Mills, millionaire from Brainerd, won't seek GOP endorsement for Congress
    DULUTH -- Stewart Mills said on Facebook on Tuesday, Feb. 27, that he won’t run for the Republican Party endorsement in the race to fill Minnesota’s...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 28, 2018 - 9:53am
    January 27, 2018
    Javeah Mae Henson was born Jan. 19 in a vehicle while en route from Brainerd to the Aitkin hospital. Javeah weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long and is healthy. Submitted photo
    Central Minn. mom delivers baby in vehicle on way to hospital
    BRAINERD, Minn.—Brainerd resident Kelsey Henson never thought she would deliver her baby along a Minnesota highway. But that is what happened...
    lifestyle/familyJanuary 27, 2018 - 3:09pm
    January 17, 2018
    Brainerd boys basketball coach Scott Stanfield walks near his team's bench during a game this season. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
    'Physically and emotionally, I'm drained': Resigning MN coach points finger at problematic parents
    Brainerd Warriors head boys basketball coach Scott Stanfield is a retired police officer, and with one comment may have summarized the feelings...
    sports/basketballJanuary 17, 2018 - 8:35am
    January 10, 2018
    3 dead cats leads to torture charges against Minn. man
    A 38-year-old Brainerd man faces three felony animal mistreatment and torture charges after allegedly killing a cat named Tig and two other cats...
    news/crime-and-courtsJanuary 10, 2018 - 11:54am
    January 1, 2018
    Two stranded motorists found amid subzero temps
    PILLAGER, Minn. -- Two stranded Brainerd motorists were found after getting lost in the woods amid temperatures roughly 23 below zero early...
    news/accidentsJanuary 1, 2018 - 2:16pm
    December 30, 2017
    Owen Colby Swenson
    Officers, deputies investigate burglary, arrest man in Christmastime thefts
    BRAINERD — A string of thefts was foiled as law enforcement investigated a Christmas Eve burglary. Coordination between law enforcement...
    newsDecember 30, 2017 - 4:45pm
    December 20, 2017
    Antiago (left) and Arianna Villanueva-Montoya sit in their 1971 Volkswagen Campmobile Monday which they decorated for the holidays on Ridge Drive in the Buffalo Hills neighborhood in south Brainerd. Steve Kohls /Forum News Serviceplay button
    Minn. siblings deck out Volkswagen van for the holidays
    BRAINERD, Minn.—Perched on a hill near Ridge Drive in the Buffalo Hills neighborhood in Brainerd, a vintage 1971 Volkswagen Campmobile...
    newsDecember 20, 2017 - 9:07pm
    November 18, 2017
    Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka
    Paul Gazelka: The Brainerd man for the statewide Republican moment
    BRAINERD, Minn. — Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka has made a political career out of being a pinch hitter for Republicans in Minnesota...
    newsNovember 18, 2017 - 10:37pm
    November 12, 2017
    A Transportation Security Administration honor guard awaits as the plane bearing the remains of Cpl. Donald Baer taxis to the gate Thursday at the Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
    67 years later, missing soldier home at last
    Janet Baril knows a lot about her brother Donald Baer's time in the U.S. Army before and during the Korean War. She knows what unit he was in:...
    newsNovember 12, 2017 - 6:00am
    November 10, 2017
    Minn. Public Radio from Brainerd off the air due to lightning damage
    BRAINERD, Minn.—Fans of Minnesota Public Radio in Brainerd who have grown accustomed to listening to classical music and tuning in for...
    newsNovember 10, 2017 - 7:09pm
    November 6, 2017
    Bemidji woman injured in Cass County crash
    BRAINERD -- A 36-year old Bemidji woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 64 in Cass County on Friday....
    newsNovember 6, 2017 - 9:49am
    October 27, 2017
    Traffic waits patiently at the rail crossing at 6th Street in downtown Brainerd for a train to pass after it hit a car Friday morning. There were no injuries. Zach Kayser / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Coal train hits unoccupied vehicle in downtown Brainerd, causing morning commute headaches
    BRAINERD, Minn.—An eastbound BNSF Railway train hauling 124 cars of coal hit an unoccupied vehicle Friday morning, blocking several intersections...
    newsOctober 27, 2017 - 6:27pm
    October 26, 2017
    Annie Harala
    Former Duluth school board member to lead Nolan campaign in 8th District
    BRAINERD, Minn.—Annie Harala will take on one of the country's toughest electoral battlegrounds to serve the DFL cause. It was announced...
    newsOctober 26, 2017 - 6:37pm
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