While the approval of the rebranding initiative also approved the new city logo, only council members were given access to the new logo and rebranding materials.
From the editorial: "As inexcusable as it was, this incident was also isolated and a rarity. Access to elected leaders shouldn’t have been taken away from everyone as a result."
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1923.