2020 Highlights: COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath is year s top story in northern Brainerd lakes area
Take a month-by-month look at some of the more important stories that appeared on the pages of the Echo Journal in 2020 Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
14 Lakes Craft Brewing Co. s float was all ready for the Crosslake St. Patrick s Day parade, which was canceled. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal
Traditionally, the Echo Journal doesn’t pick a top story of the year, but rather publishes a list of highlights from each month.
However, it’s next to impossible not to say that the COVID-19 pandemic and its many effects on all of our lives was the top story of 2020 - and not just locally, but across the world.