Local railroad incidents over the past 10 years, not counting Thursday’s death, include:
10 in Crow Wing County with two resulting in death. One person died in 2014 and the other in 2018.
10 in Cass County, with one fatal in 2019.
Seven in Morrison County, but none resulted in death.
Two in Aitkin County, but neither were fatal.
Four in Wadena County, but none were fatal.
Eight in Todd County, with one fatal in 2013.
In the entire state since 2012, there have been 1,848 incidents involving people injured on a railroad and 93 of them were fatal.
Law enforcement at the scene of a stopped train shortly after 9 a.m. at Northwest Fourth Street in Brainerd. Jennifer Kraus / Brainerd Dispatch
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.