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Brainerd Dispatch

Brainerd Dispatch

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Minnesota woman gives 16 special needs children a home

Minnesota woman gives 16 special needs children a home

Senior Moments: Baby boomers, how good were the ‘good old days?’

Senior Moments: Baby boomers, how good were the ‘good old days?’

Minnesota Starwatch for December

Minnesota Starwatch for December

Agendas

Agendas

Reader Opinion: Alpha News response

Reader Opinion: Alpha News response

Reader Opinion: An invitation to gratitude

Reader Opinion: An invitation to gratitude

Last season slabs

Last season slabs

Reader Opinion: Tough choices

Reader Opinion: Tough choices

What's Doing

What's Doing

Help! What is this creepy worm?

Help! What is this creepy worm?

Senior Calendar - Week of Dec. 1

Senior Calendar - Week of Dec. 1

Greased-pig wrestling was once a common community event. Then things got slippery

Greased-pig wrestling was once a common community event. Then things got slippery

Weather Drawing: We've seen it all

Weather Drawing: We've seen it all

Hot off the press: The 2026 Prairie Garden edition ‘Shaping Spaces’

Hot off the press: The 2026 Prairie Garden edition ‘Shaping Spaces’

TJ’s early ice fishing tips for walleye and crappie

TJ’s early ice fishing tips for walleye and crappie

Park Rapids teacher TJ Erickson reels in viewers with educational, entertaining fishing videos

Park Rapids teacher TJ Erickson reels in viewers with educational, entertaining fishing videos

Wrestling: Warriors' depth an asset for upcoming season

Wrestling: Warriors' depth an asset for upcoming season

Boys Basketball: Warriors turning up the pace for new season

Boys Basketball: Warriors turning up the pace for new season

Turck’s Trees of Litchfield, Minnesota, provides 2025 Capitol Christmas tree

Turck’s Trees of Litchfield, Minnesota, provides 2025 Capitol Christmas tree

Boys Nordic Skiing: Brainerd not in rebuild mode

Boys Nordic Skiing: Brainerd not in rebuild mode

Girls Nordic Skiing: A return to state is the goal for Warriors

Girls Nordic Skiing: A return to state is the goal for Warriors

This Was Brainerd

This Was Brainerd

Men’s basketball: Big Ten slate looks more daunting with Gophers struggling in nonconference play

Men’s basketball: Big Ten slate looks more daunting with Gophers struggling in nonconference play

Frost spoils Seattle's home opener before record crowd

Frost spoils Seattle's home opener before record crowd

Wild keep rolling, topple Colorado in shootout

Wild keep rolling, topple Colorado in shootout

Judge rejects Eichorn’s ‘vindictive prosecution’ argument in child solicitation case

Judge rejects Eichorn’s ‘vindictive prosecution’ argument in child solicitation case

Halls decked to the max at Baxter home

Halls decked to the max at Baxter home

Black Friday a draw for shoppers in the Brainerd lakes area

Black Friday a draw for shoppers in the Brainerd lakes area

Superintendent searchers answer questions about process

Superintendent searchers answer questions about process

Life lessons from behind the bar

Life lessons from behind the bar