Lakes Area Food Shelf Urges Community to Participate in March FoodShare Campaign

Every year, the Lakes Area Food Shelf in Pequot Lakes participates in the Minnesota FoodShare March campaign. The campaign will run between February 26 and April 6 and...

44th Annual Special Olympics Winter Carnival in East Gull Lake a Roaring Success

The 44th annual Special Olympics Winter Carnival took place on Thursday, where children with developmental and cognitive disabilities from all over central Minnesota...

Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Ready to Kick Off for 2024

The Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza is set to kick off Saturday morning. This year, the fishing competition will get underway at 8 a.m. and will be spread...

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 Workers Reject Latest Contract Offers

Approximately 660 grocery workers from five Brainerd Lakes Area grocery stores remain without a contract tonight after rejecting the latest offer from ownership of those...

Concerns Arise for Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Based on Warm Winter

The Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza is one of the most important events for the Brainerd Lakes Area, but this season’s mild weather is starting to cause...

Two BLA Non-Profits Are Now Able to Generate Revenue by Recycling Textiles

A couple of weeks before the new year Bridges of Hope and Salem West purchased equipment through a grant to begin their joint textile recycling project. Through the...

Mt. Ski Gull Trying to Cope With This Winter’s Unusual Conditions

Last December, the Brainerd Lakes received more than 20 inches of snow. This year, less than 5 inches of snow has fallen from the skies, per the National Weather Service....

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...

‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ Delivers Gifts to 550 Seniors in Brainerd Lakes Area

Home Instead’s ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ program had its delivery day last Tuesday, where 550 seniors around the Brainerd Lakes area were given a...

Thousands Visit Off the Rails Market in Brainerd for Holiday Gifts

Over the weekend, the Northern Pacific Center in Brainerd hosted the Off The Rails Market. The bi-annual shopping event took place on Friday and Saturday and had 170...

‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ Lets Brainerd Community Connect with Senior Citizens

Home Instead is a senior care agency that has offered seniors multiple types of home care for nearly three decades. Their “Be a Santa to a Senior” program...