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    October 16, 2017
    Jill McKenzie, coordinator for the Crow Wing County drug court and DWI court, speaks on how opioid addiction impacted a member of her family. McKenzie and other Crow Wing County residents came to a roundtable hosted Monday in the county land services building by the office of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on the opioid epidemic in Minnesota. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service
    'The ugly truth' about opioids in Crow Wing County
    BRAINERD, Minn. — Beneath the resort atmosphere of the Brainerd area, the poor, the mentally ill and the marginalized suffer. Local police,...
    newsOctober 16, 2017 - 8:44pm
    October 10, 2017
    In this 2015 file photo, Brainerd’s Kyler Walczak (2) gets past a Duluth defender during a Lacrosse game at the Brainerd High School. Kelly Humphrey / Forum News Service
    Brainerd latest Minn. school to add lacrosse, joining Duluth, Grand Rapids; Moorhead, Alexandria mulling option
    BRAINERD, Minn. — High school students will have a new varsity sport to try out this spring in Brainerd. The Brainerd School Board approved...
    sportsOctober 10, 2017 - 8:48am
    September 8, 2017
    A view of St. Martin from 2013 shows the island before Hurricane Irma devastated the area. Kelly Humphrey/Forum News Service
    Hurricane Irma takes toll on former northern Minnesota residents
    Tiffany Cummings may seem to be defying common sense by remaining in Florida as Hurricane Irma approaches, but to the Florida Keys resident from...
    newsSeptember 8, 2017 - 10:10pm
    September 5, 2017
    Isaiah Smith
    Three suspects questioned after man badly hurt in assault near NDSU
    FARGO — Fargo police are investigating a brutal assault on a man near the North Dakota State University campus last week, according to...
    newsSeptember 5, 2017 - 6:47pm
    August 31, 2017
    Minnesota man faces 35 sexual assault charges involving 2 child victims
    A 30-year-old Ironton, Minn., man faces 35 counts of criminal sexual conduct that allegedly took place at a Brainerd, Minn., residence involving...
    newsAugust 31, 2017 - 10:48am
    August 23, 2017
    Rescue crews work to extract a person from a vehicle about 6 p.m. Tuesday after a large vehicle plunged down a steep embankment into the Mississippi River near the Laurel Street Bridge in Brainerd. Steve Kohls/Brainerd Dispatch Videoplay button
    UPDATE: Woman arrested for DWI after dramatic rescue down steep Mississippi River bank
    BRAINERD, Minn. -- The 31-year-old Brainerd woman who plunged down the Mississippi River bank in her vehicle Tuesday is in custody in the Crow...
    newsAugust 23, 2017 - 7:03pm
    August 6, 2017
    Troy Lindner of Lindner Media Productions is an organizer of the Fishing Careers Workshop set for Oct. 28 at Cragun's Resort in Brainerd, Minn. (Photo/Lindner Media Productions)
    Dokken: Lindner workshop to focus on fishing careers
    As one of the most recognizable people in the fishing industry, Al Lindner says the idea for a fishing careers workshop sprouted last August...
    sportsAugust 6, 2017 - 9:09am
    July 25, 2017
    First canine influenza case confirmed in Brainerd lakes area
    BRAINERD, Minn. — The first case of the canine influenza — a highly contagious disease that can be fatal — has been confirmed in the Brainerd lakes area. Testing for canine influenza came back positive for a dog named Bella, believed to be a 2-year-old Landseer, after being...
    newsJuly 25, 2017 - 5:34pm
    May 22, 2017
    Diane Jean Maalis walks Feb. 20 into her condemned home in Crosby. Authorities seized 30 cats Feb. 6 from her home and now the woman is facing criminal charges. Jennifer Stockinger / Forum News Service
    Minn. woman, 61, faces criminal charges after 30 cats were taken from her home
    BRAINERD, Minn.—Criminal charges have been filed against a 61-year-old Crosby woman who is accused of mistreating 30 cats found on her...
    newsMay 22, 2017 - 5:33pm
    May 19, 2017
    Stephanie Tougas expresses her dissatisfaction with a published Brainerd High School yearbook statement by a student at a rally Friday, May 19, on the sidewalk near Mickey’s Pizza and Subs. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service
    Protest erupts over Minn. high school yearbook comment saying student 'would like to behead' Trump
    A comment made by a Brainerd (Minn.) High School student in the 2016-17 yearbook generated sizable controversy on social media. One page of the...
    newsMay 19, 2017 - 7:31pm
    May 18, 2017
    Firefighters work to put out a house fire Wednesday in Merrifield. Kelly Humphrey / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Brothers drag homeowner after house explodes in Minn.
    MERRIFIELD, Minn. — Zack and Brady Houle sprang into action Wednesday afternoon when they heard their neighbor's house was on fire—running...
    newsMay 18, 2017 - 10:01am
    May 11, 2017
    U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan exits a hunting stand manufactured by Rotomolding of Little Falls during a visit to their facility May 11. Zach Kayser/Forum News Serviceplay button
    Nolan: Russia scandal worse than Watergate and GOP health care bill worse than it appears
    BRAINERD, Minn.—U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., talked about the firing of FBI director James Comey as well as the Obamacare repeal bill...
    newsMay 11, 2017 - 9:23pm
    May 4, 2017
    Minnesota measles outbreak spreads to northern Minnesota county
    BRAINERD, Minn. -- A child from Crow Wing County in north-central Minnesota has become part of a measles outbreak, the Minnesota Department of...
    newsMay 4, 2017 - 2:40pm
    Mark Weizant
    Cause of death for missing Minnesota man found last week is undetermined
    BRAINERD, Minn. -- The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has listed the provisional manner and cause of death of a Brainerd man missing...
    newsApril 4, 2017 - 9:57pm
    March 28, 2017
    Subsidy cuts could mean 'death spiral' for small airports in upper Midwest
    FARGO — For nearly 40 years, the federal government has subsidized commercial passenger flights to out-of-the-way towns like Devils Lake,...
    newsMarch 28, 2017 - 8:46pm
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