Brainerd area could still see up to 6 inches of sow. 6:58 pm, Jan. 14, 2021 ×
Pastor Todd Wooden (left) talks with Crow Wing County Sheriff s Deputy Paul Peterson after trying to pull a car out of the ditch along County Highway 3 Thursday, Jan. 14, north of the Mill Avenue bridge in Brainerd. Early morning rain followed by wet snow contributed to the slippery roads. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch.
Snow created a slushy, wet mess and fell at a steady pace during the daytime hours Thursday, Jan. 14, in the Brainerd lakes area, and continued into the night.
The storm started with rain and brought eight hundredths of an inch of precipitation that began to freeze about 6 a.m, turning to snow, as reported at the Brainerd Water Treatment Plant. Snow continued and around 3 p.m. Thursday weather spotters began calling in their snow totals into the National Weather Service in Duluth. Snow amounts included:
Incident started over placement of a sign being erected for new city hall location Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
Dave Nevin
After taking care of routine annual appointments Monday, Jan. 11, the atmosphere quickly turned at Crosslake City Hall with Mayor Dave Nevin saying the biggest roadblock he faces is staff at city hall and agreement that more respect is required from both sides.
The comments came as Nevin initiated discussion on an agenda item related to a sign being erected for the new city hall location. It was learned during disjointed discussion that an incident occurred Tuesday, Jan. 5, involving unnamed city staff members, Nevin and council member Marcia Seibert-Volz that included alleged threats and that led Police Chief Erik Lee to turn the matter over to the Baxter Police Department to look into.
Pizza delivery driver says Baxter man struck him in face
Defendant claimed he is the son of God and that the world was being taken over by the devil, court document stated.
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A 31-year-old Baxter man faces criminal charges after allegedly assaulting a pizza delivery driver.
The man was charged Friday, Jan. 8, in Crow Wing County District Court in Brainerd with gross misdemeanor obstructing the legal process and two misdemeanor charges of fifth-degree assault and tampering with a vehicle.
The Baxter Police Department was called at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday to a disturbance on the 6400 block of Atwater Road in Baxter. The delivery driver told police he was delivering a pizza at a house on the road, walked to the front door and heard loud music and yelling. After knocking, the suspect came out and tried to take the bag with pizza before paying. The delivery driver told the man he needed to pay first and the man became upset and started ma
Baxter City Council bids farewell to Holman
The longtime council member, vice-mayor and former development director is leaving after 13 years on the council and more than two decades in the city of Baxter. Written By: Gabriel D. Lagarde | 5:00 am, Dec. 18, 2020 ×
Todd Holman
The Baxter City Council said goodbye to a longtime public servant of the city during a virtual meeting Tuesday, Dec. 17, as council member Todd Holman is moving away.
“I don t want this to be a eulogy, but we re saying goodbye to Todd tonight. I was honored to work with him,” Mayor Darrel Olson said of Holman. “We agreed probably 95% of the time. And the other 5%, there s always respect for the other person’s opinions and thought processes, and at the end of the day, there was agreement to move the city forward in a positive direction.”