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Louisa Barlage listens as her daughter Marion Massey reads the last texts she received from husband John Massey, who took his own life on March 31. Before his death, Massey initiated a fundraiser to raise money for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
Woman says Duluth police responded inadequately when her husband took his life
DULUTH — The text message Marion Massey received from her husband, John Massey, was disturbing."One last favor, I promise," it read. "After...
 News/crime and courts April 22, 2019 - 9:09am
Theodore Prescott Erickson
Theodore Prescott Erickson Theodore Prescott Erickson, 27, was taken off life support on April 14th, 2019. Theodore was in a tragic accident...
 April 21, 2019 - 7:42pm
Crosby Officer Robert DePaoli (center) poses with Minnesota Chiefs of Police President Dan Hatten, chief of Hutchison Police Department and Crosby Police Chief Kim Coughlin. Facebook / Crosby Police Department
Crosby officer receives award for stabbing response
Racing to respond to the scene of a fatal stabbing, Crosby Officer Robert DePaoli put himself at serious risk. Law enforcement officers across...
 News April 22, 2019 - 10:00am
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Darlene Flategraff
Darlene Flategraff July 10, 1932 - April 20, 2019 PINE RIVER, Minn. - Darlene Flategraff, 86, Pine River, died Saturday, April 20, in her home. Visitation will be from 12:30-2 p.m., followed by services at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 28, at First Lutheran Church in Pine River. Burial will...
 April 22, 2019 - 3:48pm
Amy and Joe Senser at their home in Edina, Minn., on April 17, 2019. Joe Senser was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the 1979 NFL draft and by 1981, the tight end was in the Pro Bowl and on his way to becoming of the NFL's best at his position. He is recovering from a Nov. 2018 stroke, his second since 2016. (Chris Tomasson / St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Former Vikings tight end Joe Senser working way back from two ‘devastating’ strokes
EDINA, Minn. -- Joe Senser hasn’t caught a pass in 35 years, but Vikings fans still remember him fondly. At his home in Edina is a basket filled...
 sports/football April 20, 2019 - 4:20pm
Minn. man dies when pinned by farm implements
PAYNESVILLE, Minn. – A 42-year-old Belgrade man died when pinned by two pieces of farm implements Friday afternoon, April 19, in Lake Henry...
 News/accidents April 22, 2019 - 4:53pm
Brainerd police officer Travis Kostreba, left, Pequot Lakes police officer Matt Jorgens and passerby John Forrest pull a Brainerd woman's power wheelchair down Southwest Fourth Street Thursday. The battery on the woman's wheelchair died, leaving her stranded on the sidewalk in single-digit temperatures. Abigail Faas/Submitted photo
Passerby, officers help woman stranded in wheelchair
When the battery on a Brainerd woman's power wheelchair died Thursday, teamwork from a passerby and police officers from two local departments...
 News March 4, 2017 - 12:17am
Lori A. Bereuter
Lori A. Bereuter Aug. 30, 1961 - April 21, 2019 BRAINERD, Minn. - Lori A. Bereuter, 57, Brainerd, died Sunday, April 21, in Essentia - St. Joseph's Medical Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by the memorial service at noon, Saturday, April 27, at Nelson-Doran...
 April 22, 2019 - 3:48pm
Reader Opinion: Choice
I love it when booksmart people try to talk to communities and say addiction, alcoholism, homosexuality, transgenderisms are all addictions or you are born that way. Wrong! Everything we do in life is done because we have a free will to choose what we are going to do. No one put the...
 opinion/letters April 22, 2019 - 2:30am
DNR officer dies after being thrown from boat in Pine County
A conservation officer responding to a call about a possible body in the water, was thrown from a boat Friday evening and drowned. The Pine County...
 News/accidents April 20, 2019 - 5:26pm
Erin Elizabeth (Fuchs) McCumsey
Erin Elizabeth (Fuchs) McCumsey Erin Elizabeth (Fuchs) McCumsey age 40 of Williston, North Dakota and formerly of Brainerd, Minnesota passed...
 April 21, 2019 - 7:41pm
Brainerd High School juniors Aiah Smith-Seelen and Douglas Mikkelson show off a petition students made in hopes of keeping English teacher Steven Fetzik at the school after the district decided not to renew his contract for next year. Theresa Bourke / Brainerd Dispatch
BHS students petition to keep English teacher around
A petition with more than 30 signatures exemplifies a student-led effort at Brainerd High School to combat the non-renewal of English teacher...
 News/education April 20, 2019 - 10:00am
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Brainerd, Pillager fire chiefs report several grass fires
The spring wildfire season in Minnesota just started, but already more than half a dozen grass fires were reported recently in Brainerd and Pillager...
 News/Weather April 22, 2019 - 3:00am
Cattle dog mix Banks (left) and pitbull mix Koka, along with family Brandi Blowers and Vayda Stockard, meet the Easter Bunny Saturday, April 20, during an Easter Ball Hunt hosted by Brainerd Parks and Recreation at Buster Dog Park. Dogs retrieved tennis balls and turned them in for treats inside the dog park as well as around the Kiwanis Park area. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch - Gallery and Video play button
Easter Ball Hunt at Buster Dog Park
Cattle dog mix Banks (left) and pitbull mix Koka, along with family Brandi Blowers and Vayda Stockard, meet the Easter Bunny Saturday, April...
 News April 22, 2019 - 3:00pm
Reader Opinion: Taxes
Taxes—we've been conditioned to dislike them as some evil scheme to deprive us of our hard-earned income to fund things that don't concern us. Part of this has been a con game by an economic elite; if they can convince us of the evils of taxation, their taxes will be low. Then...
 opinion/letters April 22, 2019 - 8:30am

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