This Was Brainerd - Dec. 28
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1920. Written By: Terry McCollough | ×
20 years ago (2000)
Third-period goals by J.P. Platisha and Brian Reese lifted the Warrior hockey team to a 3-2 win over Hibbing in the George Perpich Memorial Hockey Tournament. Brainerd goalie Tyler John had a great game, stopping 44 shots. “It was a big section win on the road,” said coach Ty Eigner.
30 years ago (1990)
Mayor Bob Olson wants to see the Hoff and Allen report, an investigation into allegations of corruption in the Brainerd police department. And he wants a Saturday (Dec. 30) council meeting so he can do so, because he ll be a private citizen on Tuesday (Jan. 1) and not allowed to see it, according to the city attorney, D.A. Larson.