Brainerd Man and His Family Putting Up a Fight Against Brain Tumor

When he was first diagnosed with cancer, one Brainerd man’s first thought was to survive the disease. Nearly three years later, his family is trying to survive the...

Mental Health Calls on the Rise in Crow Wing County

Crow Wing County Sheriff Scott Goddard said at a recent county board meeting that his office is seeing a dramatic increase in calls regarding mental health. Currently,...

Golden Apple: NTC Opens Free Store on Campus for Students

Northwest Technical College in Bemidji recently opened “The Closet”, a place to help provide their students with items they may need. This is the first year...

4 Local Teachers Among Candidates for 2022 MN Teacher of the Year

77 teachers are candidates to become 2022 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, and among them are four educators from the Lakeland viewing area. Those local candidates are:...

Witness: 3 Officers at Floyd Killing Had Duty to Intervene

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s training division at the time of George Floyd’s killing has testified that three...

57 New COVID-19 Deaths, 14,633 New Cases Reported Thursday in MN

The state today reported 57 new COVID-19 related deaths along with 14,633 new coronavirus cases. There were four deaths in the Lakeland viewing area: One person from...

21 Charged with Trafficking Drugs in Northern Minnesota

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Twenty-one members of a drug-trafficking organization have been charged with transporting and distributing fentanyl and heroin in northern Minnesota,...

Cass Lake-Bena Boys Basketball’s Fairbanks Reaches 1,000 Point Milestone

Originally aired January 26, 2022 on Lakeland News