October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge the profound grief experienced by families who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death.

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BRAINERD — Central Lakes College's Verse Like Water visiting poet program will celebrate the start of its 15th season by welcoming Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Marie Howe for a reading at noon on ...

BRAINERD — Crow Wing County set the preliminary property tax levy increase at 4.99%. The board voted unanimously for the levy ...

Ryan Andrew Frane entered a plea of guilt in March and was sentenced Sept. 9 for threatening to kill a woman and officers in February.

Board members unanimously agreed on Monday, Sept. 21, to set the preliminary 2027 tax levy at the maximum amount, which as of that time was $30.38 million.

BRAINERD — The preliminary 2027 levy for Brainerd was set at a maximum of 9.9%, though council members plan on lowering it ...

BRAINERD — The Friends of the Brainerd Public Library will host Jan Payne at the next brown bag event from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at the Brainerd Public Library.

BRAINERD — Join Central Lakes College for the first Cultural Thursday event of the semester, at noon Thursday, Oct. 1, featuring student Maritza Larsen as she shares her experiences studying abroad in ...

Subscribe and listen to the Dispatch Sports Wrap with Rad & Hop sponsored by TeeHive, Shannon's Auto Body, Rafferty's Pizza, Shep's on 6th, Range Printing, Randall State Bank on the Brainerd Dispatch ...

The Central Lakes College Performing Arts Center announced its fall lineup, featuring live tribute concerts, two Brainerd Community Theatre productions, a cult film classic, and a slate of holiday ...

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash at 7:41 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, in Pierz Township, southeast of Pierz.