Relationship Safety Alliance in Brainerd Lakes Area Holds Flapjack Fundraiser

The Relationship Safety Alliance spent Saturday, March 16 serving breakfast to Brainerd Lakes Area residents, as the organization held a Flapjacks for Safety fundraiser....

In Business: Common Goods Thrift Store Moves into New Baxter Location

Common Goods in Baxter has been in business for 14 years. The thrift store has moved into a new location, one-and-a-half miles north on Highway 371 from its former...

Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter Holds Semi-Annual Blood Drive

The Baxter and Brainerd community filed into the Lord of Life Lutheran Church on Friday for its American Red Cross blood drive. This was the first of two blood drives the...

Brainerd Area Grocery Store Owners Respond After Workers Reject Contract Offer

Approximately 660 grocery workers from five Brainerd Lakes Area grocery stores continue to work without a contract after rejecting a contract offer from ownership of...

Northwoods Experience: Jake Haapajoki Memorial Cup Unites Brainerd Community

Organized through Smiles for Jake, the Jake Haapajoki Memorial Cup took place this past weekend in Baxter. In memory of Jake, who died by suicide in 2018, his family...

Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Pain Medications from Baxter Hospice Clinic

A registered nurse has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining prescription opioid pain medications from a hospice clinic in Baxter. 33-year-old Cambie Elizabeth Broker...

Grocery Workers from 5 Brainerd Lakes Area Stores Plan to Go on Strike

Approxmiately 660 grocery workers from five Brainerd Lakes Area grocery stores plan on going on strike tomorrow. Workers at Pequot Lakes SuperValu, Cub Foods in Brainerd...

Golden Apple: Baxter Elementary Hosts Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Event

Baxter Elementary School held its annual gingerbread house decorating event last week. Looking to spread some holiday cheer, the staff provides kindergarten students with...

Brainerd Area Grocery Workers Plan to Go on Strike Later This Month

Approximately 660 grocery workers from five Brainerd Lakes Area grocery stores plan on going on strike later this month. Workers at Pequot Lakes SuperValu, Cub Foods in...

USDOT Awards $25 Million to Hwy 210 Reconstruction Project in Brainerd

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $25 million to the Highway 210/Washington Street reconstruction project in Brainerd. The project is estimated to cost...