Crash happened after one driver looked away from the road while trying to find his phone, the sheriff's office reported.

Cool weather and rain have been themes this week in the Brainerd lakes area.

Stroke is preventable. Stroke is treatable. This May, let’s celebrate “Stroke Awareness” by understanding your risk factors ...

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

BRAINERD — Lakes Area Music Festival will be celebrating the longest sunset of the year at 6 p.m. June 22 by hosting Summer Solstice, a lakeside gala at Madden’s on Gull Lake. This annual fundraiser ...

Dr. Gilda Carle, a consultant for Cottonelle, says that generally, people who place their toiler paper roll “over” tend to have a more dominant personality type. And if you hang your toilet paper roll ...

At Forestview Middle School, we take great pride and effort into creating positive relationships with our students, and making the middle school experience the very best for them.

Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, a Pinckley Prize-winning author, playwright, poet, freelance writer and community arts activist.

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A ceremony will be 9:30 a.m. at the All-Veterans Memorial on Laurel and Fourth streets in Brainerd, between the Historic ...

Guests who have stayed at the Bridge on 7th shelter in Brainerd talk about their experiences being homeless and try to combat ...