This Was Brainerd - March 11
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921. Written By: Terry McCollough | ×
20 years ago (2001)
Just two days after Jim Madden died, another Brainerd lakes pioneer in the resort industry has passed. Sherm Kavanaugh, 76, founded Kavanaugh s Resort and Restaurant on Sylvan Lake in 1969 with wife Mae. Their 175-seat restaurant became known across Minnesota and beyond for its gourmet food.
30 years ago (1991)
Two new supermarkets will open within nine days of each other in Baxter this month. Super One Foods, which already operates a store in east Brainerd, will unveil a 65,000-square-foot store at 1550 Fairview Road. County Market, which also has a store in east Brainerd, will open a 42,000-square-foot store on Hwy 371 north.
This Was Brainerd - Feb. 15
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921. Written By: Terry McCollough | ×
Fittingly, Joe Plut returned to his teaching job at Central Lakes College on Valentines Day to a host of hugs and the gift of a teddy bear. Plut, the man known everywhere as the “Mad Hugger,” had been missing for seven days while doctors placed a stent in his heart to repair an artery that was 90 percent blocked.
FEBRUARY 15
20 years ago (2001)
(Photo) Fittingly, Joe Plut returned to his teaching job at Central Lakes College on Valentines Day to a host of hugs and the gift of a teddy bear. Plut, the man known everywhere as the “Mad Hugger,” had been missing for seven days while doctors placed a stent in his heart to repair an artery that was 90 percent blocked.
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Baxter police
SUSPICIOUS Report at 10:32 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, of an occupied vehicle at a closed business, where the Trump Store, 14244 Dellwood Drive, is located. The person refused to identify himself, but was later identified. Officers learned the person worked at the business and was sleeping inside the building.
Brainerd police
DISTURBANCES Report at 2:56 a.m. Tuesday of a patient causing a domestic disturbance at Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center, 323 N. Third St. the patient calmed down prior to officers arrival.
Report at 1:47 a.m. Monday of a domestic assault on the 3300 block of Oak Street. Police are preparing criminal charges for felony domestic assault charges to forward to the city’s prosecution office.
Dispatch Top 10 - No. 10: Construction continues in city and Brainerd schools
The city of Brainerd and Brainerd Public Schools are taking shape as remodeling projects continued through the year and will continue into 2021. 4:00 am, Jan. 3, 2021 ×
Devyn Richards (left) and Rollie Beach with Beach Construction trowel wet concrete Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 for a new sidewalk at Lowell Elementary School. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
The year 2020 was busy for Brainerd when it comes to remodeling and building projects, with both the school and the city in the midst of large construction projects.
City of Brainerd
In June 2019, the Brainerd City Council agreed to move ahead with renovations to its historic city hall. According to the 2017 study, issues of city hall included a failing heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC system, and space issues in both the main part and the annex portion of the building. There also were configuration issues in t
Brainerd School Board
1. Call the meeting to order and roll call:
2. Announcement by Chair Haglin:
Due to the current federal and state emergency declarations, the Minnesota directive to residents to stay at home, and guidance about limiting person-to-person contact due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting of the Brainerd School Board is being conducted in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.021 Meetings by Telephone or Other Electronic Means. Persons may monitor this meeting from a remote location by watching on YouTube live. This meeting is being recorded. Access to the recording will be made available on the school district’s website as soon as is reasonably possible. \u0009