A sticky little red squirrel snacks on resin covered pine cones in a Rotary Park tree on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Brainerd.

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A heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Austin in U.S. Open Cup semifinal ended the Loons’ best chance at winning a title this year ...

An information meeting to review the 2026 budget and property tax levy with public feedback is scheduled at 6 p.m. Dec. 1.

BRAINERD — Brainerd Warriors’ Chloe Patrick was named a Central Lakes Conference Performer of the Week Wednesday. Sept. 17.

Alyssia Fearing credits Crow Wing County Drug Court with helping her attain 11 years of sobriety and starting down her ...

CO Joseph Scholz (Malmo) spent a busy opening weekend checking small-game hunters. Squirrel hunting was abundant with all the acorns in the area dropping. Mille Lacs Lake anglers reported increased ...

The rain continues to fall over the upper Midwest as we go into the weekend. On and off showers do start to back off in the Dakotas as the system moves east however. The main area of rain brings a ...

Bullets and 'machine gun psychology' became the much-heralded way to fight a flood of bank robbers in Minnesota and the Dakotas in the late 1920s and early 1930s ...

BRAINERD — As part of Homecoming week at Brainerd High School, Preston Miller and Madeline Maurer were selected Wednesday, Sept. 17, as 2025 Homecoming king and queen.