Representatives say a 2015 law to take firearms from domestic abusers isn’t working as intended. Lawmakers are also looking ...

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In his first season as head coach of Northern Lakes, Tom Klein earned Coach of the Year honors in Section 6-1A after guiding ...

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Grace Rust finished with five hits and four runs across two games in the two wins for the Central Lakes College Raiders Thursday, March 8, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Rust went 2-2 with a run ...

Travis Konecny scored the only goal in the shootout as the Philadelphia Flyers erased a Minnesota Wild lead and left the ...

The worst-kept secret in the NFL is finally out in the open. Kyler Murray is signing with the Vikings.

CAMP RIPLEY — In recognition of his outstanding overall career performance, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Enforcement Division named Conservation Officer Patrick McGowan the 2025 ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1925.

MORA — Tori Oehrlein finished with 40 points, 12 rebounds, 11 steals and nine assists and became the fifth player in Minnesota girls’ basketball history to record her 1,000th career assist for Class ...

The sun shines through snow-covered trees on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Rotary Riverside Park in Brainerd as a series of winter storms brings fresh snow and a wind warning to the Brainerd lakes ...

BRAINERD — Central Lakes College’s Lex Vesel, Tylicia Graves-Desjarlait and Alyssa Wright earned All-Minnesota Collegiate Athletic Conference North Division Honorable Mention. Wright was also named to ...