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

BRAINERD — The Brainerd Fire Department was ... Crews assisted with water supply for a house fire. Called at 10:05 p.m. for a report of a burning smell on the 300 block of Southeast 16th Street.

A 1984 outbreak of illness stumped a Minnesota epidemiologist, who offered dinner for the first person who solved the case.

Friends Ghulam Ashiq and Tulio Alvarez celebrate Ashiq's 100th place win of an Ice Castle ice house on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, during the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Gull Lake's ...

An FBI raid at a business in New York's Diamond District may be linked to the burglaries of homes of pro-athletes like Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. According to NBC New York, investigators are ...

Minnesota House Republicans want the state Supreme Court to allow them to pressure Democratic-Farmer-Labor representatives to end their Capitol boycott as a weeks-long power struggle continues to ...

The Brainerd Panthers had a remarkable basketball season, despite losing five players to season-ending injuries along the way. They beat the Bledsoe County Warriors twice during the regular season ...

The shooting happened at about 10:03 a.m. in the 1400-block of West 90th Street near South Bishop in the Brainerd neighborhood, police said. Police said the victim, who has been identified by ...

The fiancee of a 28-year-old man who was shot and killed at a Brainerd Road gas station last month said their children will have to grow up without a father. Marquise Dwyane Jones died from his ...

Many told of similar swindles to the one Williams endured. Lillie Hopson, a blind woman who ended up paying rent to Diamond in the house she had owned, was one of the victims. Clyde Ross ...

Democratic House seats remain empty in protest as Republican House members stand as they are sworn in at the beginning of the first day of the 2025 Legislature at the State Capitol on Jan. 14 ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Moorhead Spuds got off to a dominant start in their quest for their sixth Section 8 title in the past seven seasons, defeating Brainerd 13-1 to advance.