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Firefighters work to douse the flames of a house fire Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 23, on the 17000 block of Crow Wing County Highway 11 north of Crosby. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
6 fire departments respond to house fire
A burning home brought firefighters from six lakes area departments to fight the blaze Wednesday, Jan. 23. The fire was reported about 1:50 p...
 News/fires January 23, 2019 - 4:41pm
Tamika Capone in her car. Photo for The Washington Post by Andrea Morales.
They went to Mexico for surgery. They came back with a deadly superbug.
Tamika Capone thought she was making a smart call by traveling to Mexico for bariatric surgery. Her doctor had urged her to have the procedure...
 lifestyle/health January 23, 2019 - 8:36pm
Daniel Gregory Lynn of South Bend, Ind., pleaded guilty to unintentional second-degree murder in district court in Virginia on Jan. 23, 2019, in connection with the death of 28-year-old Christina Marie Woods.
Man pleads guilty in Iron Range murder
COOK, Minn. -- An Indiana man admitted Wednesday to fatally strangling his girlfriend at his family’s cabin property near here last summer...
 News/crime and courts January 23, 2019 - 7:22pm
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Nurse charged with sexual assault after woman in incapacitated state gave birth
Police have charged a male nurse with sexual assault and abuse of a vulnerable adult less than a month after a woman in a incapacitated state...
 News/crime and courts January 23, 2019 - 9:28pm
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Sheriff's office investigates death of man found on lake
EMILY—The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 70-year-old Rogers man, who died late afternoon Tuesday, Jan...
 News January 22, 2019 - 9:22pm
Fallen Minnesota State Trooper Ray F. Krueger poses in front of his patrol vehicle. Kruger died Nov. 20, 1959, while on duty as a result of injuries in a crash along Highway 210, west of Brainerd. He was 47. Submitted Photo
'Feels like yesterday': Family will not forget day Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Ray F. Krueger died while on duty
NISSWA—It was almost six decades ago, but the family of Ray F. Krueger will never forget the day their lives changed forever. Krueger,...
 News January 19, 2019 - 7:00am
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Brainerd man buried in avalanche dies in New Mexico hospital
A 2015 Brainerd High School graduate died Monday evening after he was buried in an avalanche Thursday, Jan. 17, at a ski resort in New Mexico...
 News January 21, 2019 - 10:01pm
The speed limit has been increased on eastbound Highway 210 near the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport in Brainerd. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, where road quality allows, speed limits will be increased from 55 mph to 60 on state two-lane highways. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service
More Minnesota highways approved for 60 mph speed limits after study shows we were driving that fast anyway
ST. PAUL - Speed limits on most rural, two-lane highways in Minnesota are increasing from 55 mph to 60 mph.And yes, it’s safe, state officials...
 News/traffic and construction January 23, 2019 - 4:40pm
Two Duluth men convicted of sex trafficking of teen
DULUTH — Two Duluth men who trafficked and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl were convicted Tuesday, Jan. 22, in U.S. District Court in...
 News/crime and courts January 23, 2019 - 6:14pm
Forestview Middle School eighth-grader Henry Hopkins (left) is congratulated by Foretview Middle School principal Jonathan Anderson after winning the Brainerd Public Schools sixth through eighth grade spelling bee Wednesday, Jan. 23. Jennifer Kraus / Brainerd Dispatch
Baxter eighth-grader wins Brainerd Schools spelling bee
Forestview Middle School eighth-grader Henry Hopkins won the Brainerd Public Schools sixth through eighth grade oral spelling bee Wednesday,...
 News/education January 23, 2019 - 11:00am
Members of the Crow Wing Power board, along with co-op executive staff, meet the morning of Thursday, Jan. 17. The Emily manganese deposit loomed large over proceedings as a center of controversy in recent weeks. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch play button
Mining muddle: Crow Wing Power board grapples with controversial royalty agreement
Executives' handling of the Emily manganese deposit took center stage during a Crow Wing Power Board of Directors meeting the morning of Thursday,...
 News January 18, 2019 - 4:34pm
Mille Lacs County In-Custody
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Minnesota Children’s Museum employee investigated for child pornography
ST. PAUL — An employee at the Minnesota Children’s Museum is under investigation for possible possession of child pornography, according...
 News/crime and courts January 23, 2019 - 7:38pm
A tree at Jennie-O Turkey Store campus in Willmar, Minn., has been lit with blue and green lights since Jayme Closs' disappearance. Now that she's found, Jennie-O President Steve Lykken said the lights will remain on in celebration of her return. Closs' parents, killed when Jayme disappeared, were both employees of Jennie-O in Barron, Wis. Erica Dischino / Forum News Service
Jennie-O, Hormel to donate $25,000 reward directly to Jayme Closs
BARRON, Wis. – Jennie-O Turkey Store and parent company Hormel Foods announced Wednesday, Jan. 23, that the $25,000 in reward money offered...
 Business/manufacturing January 23, 2019 - 6:34pm
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Twin Cities McDonald's manager charged with sexual assault of employee, 14
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. - A manager of a McDonald’s in this northern Twin Cities suburb has been charged with sexually assaulting one of his employees,...
 News/crime and courts January 23, 2019 - 5:09pm

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