Posts by Sarah Winkelmann
Golden Apple: Forestview Students Inspire Through Water for Life
Nearly 300 middle school students hit the track and walked for three miles while holding just a little extra weight. βTo represent what kids in Nicaragua have to do every…
Read MoreBrainerd Student Arrested After Making Threat
The Brainerd Police Department has arrested a 16-year-old after the student made verbal threats to commit a school shooting at the Brainerd High School. Police responded quickly to the information…
Read MoreRoyalton’s Chloe Holomon Wins Region 5 Spelling Bee
The Region 5 Spelling Bee has 29 local students competing who have already won their school and district spelling bee competitions. But today, it was Chloe Holomon from Royalton that…
Read MoreDayton Offers $21 Million Plan to Enhance School Safety
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) β Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday proposed $21 million in new funding for security enhancements and mental health improvements in Minnesota schools, the latest response to…
Read MoreNational Consumer Protection Week Gets Brainerd Talking About Local Scams
For 20 years now, the Federal Trade Commission has declared the first week of March as National Consumer Protection Week to remind consumers to think smart before it is too…
Read MoreTarget Sees Better Candidates, Raises Starting Pay Again
NEW YORK (AP) β Target is raising its minimum starting pay for workers for the second time in less than a year after seeing a bigger and better pool of…
Read MoreLakeland PBS In Brainerd Celebrates 30 Years
After Lakeland PBS was started in Bemidji as KAWE in 1980, the station set out to serve a larger audience and put up a transmitter for the Brainerd Lakes Area…
Read MoreOpen House Set for Business Hwy 371/Sixth Street Reconstruction in Brainerd
The public is invited to attend an informational open house for the Business Highway 371/South Sixth Street project that will be underway in April. With construction crews taking over the…
Read MoreMorrison County Food Shelf Planning For a Fruitful Future
“We have to haul of that in, weigh it, sort it and display it,β said Morrison County Food Shelf volunteer Jon Swenson. Swenson is explaining how each of his shifts…
Read MoreMinnesota’s $329 Million Surplus Erases Previous Deficit Worries
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) β Minnesota lawmakers have a $329 million surplus to work with this year, according to an updated financial forecast released Wednesday that reversed previous indications that…
Read MoreNisswa Lake Park Progress Continues
The idea of the Nisswa Lake Park was first put into action over 10 years ago with the formation of the Friends of Nisswa Lake Park. After years of fundraising,…
Read MoreBrainerd Man Charged With Attempted Murder of Four-Month-Old
A 23-year-old Brainerd man is charged with first degree attempted murder after allegedly poisoning a four-moth-old baby girl by allegedly feeding her antifreeze. Jeffrey Ryan Thomas was in Crow Wing…
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