Brainerd Fire Chief Tim Holmes uses a fire extinguisher Tuesday to put out a grass fire in the median at the intersection of Highway 210 and Golf Course Drive in Baxter. The Brainerd Fire Department extinguished the blaze. (Brainerd Dispatch/ Steve Kohls)
I was raised on a farm in western Minnesota where I participated in 4-H, high school sports, and everything that farm kids do for fun after chores. Graduated from Ridgewater Community College with an AA degree and my first taste of newspapering. I worked a summer on the Ortonville Independent as a reporter and photographer.
