Question: We have had lots of smoky air in Minnesota the past few summers from wildfires. Why is it so much worse? Answer: As ...

Ericka Strong and Dylan Schmitz, Fort Ripley, a girl, Emberlee Ginni-Kay Schmitz, 7 pounds, 1 ounce, June 20, 2025.

Don't forget to submit your students' weather drawing to the Brainerd Dispatch, 506 James St., Brainerd, MN, 56401.

Here are more takeaways from Day 4 of training camp: Fittingly, McCarthy flashed his ability with layered throws early in ...

PINE RIVER — SNIP (Spay and Neuter Impact Program of Central MN) will be participating in the Pine River citywide garage sale ...

BRAINERD — The Airport Commission will meet 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, in the Airport Conference Room at the Brainerd Lakes ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...

Because you don’t know how many chances like this you will get. Journeyman Scott Piercy led by five shots in the final round of the 2022 3M Open before imploding over the final 11 holes, lowlighted by ...

The first performance of the 2025 Crow Wing County Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the horse arena, though the official opening ceremonies of the fair are scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, with all the ...

For seven decades, kids at Legionville Educational Center & Summer Camp north of Brainerd have learned important safety ...

Anderson, a Staples graduate himself, has been on Hasselberg's coaching staff for years. He gets to see firsthand how the ...

BRAINERD — A coordinated ground search for missing Brainerd woman Cory Degeest will take place Monday, July 28, 2025, ...