The City Council voted 4-3 in favor of an agreement that designates the area to be annexed and begins the process. The agreement must now go before Crow Wing County and a judge.

On the girls’ side, Deerwood’s Maria Gehling won the age 9 class. Aitkin’s Emma Conn (Age 11) and Leah Palm (age 13) also ...

National research suggests roughly 1 in 4 Americans say they have no one they can talk to, and about half report experiencing ...

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The Northern Lakes Lightning played the Warroad Warriors in the Class 1A State Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 4, at Grand Casino Arena.

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1925.

The Brainerd Fire Department responded to a smoking water heater at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, on Merri Lane.

The Northern Lakes Lighting Class 1A State Quarterfinal match up with the Warroad Warriors scheduled for 8 p.m. didn't start until 8:52 p.m. Wednesday, March 4.

The Little Falls Flyers faced the top-seeded Sartell Sabres in the Section 8-3A Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 4.

Cade Tyson — the Gophers’ best bet for all-Big Ten honors next week — got hot with a pair of 3-pointers and two 3-point plays to help keep Minnesota in the game at 26-22. But Indiana closed the half ...

It’s a big reason the Gophers enter the Big Ten tournament as the No. 4 seed and ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press poll ...