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The News and Information Source for the Brainerd Lakes Area of Minnesota since 1881!

The Brainerd Dispatch has been the News and Information source for north-central Minnesota since 1881.
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10/07/2024

Know who you're voting for.

10/07/2024

For coach John Hynes, Friday night’s exhibition at Chicago is not perfunctory

10/06/2024

The schedule is designed to help the Vikings adjust to the time change in short order

10/06/2024

Minnesota United captain Michael Boxall and Real Salt Lake defender Brayan Vera entangled on a corner kick and slammed into the grass late in Wednesday’s MLS match at America First Field in Sandy, Utah. Vera stayed down, holding his head after taking the brunt of the impact.

10/06/2024

The renaissance of veteran quarterback Sam Darnold continued on Thursday when he was named NFC Offensive Player of the Month.

10/06/2024

Rep. Mary Franson, who filed the suit alongside satirical commentator Christopher Kohls, calls Minnesota’s ban on AI technology used to “influence elections” unconstitutional

10/06/2024

Frost notice in effect from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. Friday as temperatures drop as low as 34 degrees

10/06/2024

Auroras may fill half the sky over northern Minnesota.

10/06/2024

Over 3,000 ballots were mailed out for those who live in 18 mail ballot precincts.

10/06/2024

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10/06/2024

Lakes Area voting guide. https://www.lakesarea.vote?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Brainerd_Dispatch. Compare local candidates.

10/06/2024

Marnie Werner, vice president of research and operations at the Center for Rural Development and Policy, will discuss rural communities that are trying to preserve the availability of local news.

10/06/2024

Inmates in-custody in the Crow Wing County jail in Brainerd, Minnesota

10/06/2024

The meeting will be 10 a.m.

10/06/2024

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10/06/2024

Who are the people being held in custody in Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard, Itasca, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Ottertail, Todd, and Wadena counties?

10/06/2024

The first woman executed by the state of Minnesota was hanged after being sentenced to death for killing her husband with poison

10/06/2024

The Central Lakes Conference announced its weekly awards.

10/06/2024

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924.

10/06/2024

Missing Morrison County teen located safe

Sophya Cherne went missing from her residence in Morrill Township off Partridge Road, approximately 12 miles southeast of Pierz.

10/06/2024

Following a tragic farm silo accident in South Dakota, Extension experts from SDSU and NDSU advocate for silo and grain bin safety and awareness on the farm.

Following a tragic farm silo accident in South Dakota, Extension experts from SDSU and NDSU advocate for silo and grain bin safety and awareness.

10/06/2024

A specialty dive team from Lake Tahoe, Nevada, came to Mille Lacs to help lake organization get a better understanding of what they are dealing with.

10/06/2024

North Dakota State left tackle shed big-money offers to remain with Bison teammates

10/06/2024

The Nisswa Police Chief Craig Taylor said officers responded to the crash at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, in Nisswa.

10/06/2024

Longtime Chief Jim Exsted will be retiring Dec. 10. Maier’s appointment is set to begin on Dec. 11.

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