Trina Wells strings lights Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, on her porch in north Brainerd. Wells' home is always a favorite for the holidays with several inflatable scenes in her front yard. She remarked that her husband is an electrician, so she has several electric displays and lights illuminating her home for the holidays.
Lighting for the season
Residents of central Minnesota have begun to decorate their homes with holiday lights

The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a report at 10:11 a.m. of a vehicle on fire inside a detached garage at a residence in Shell River Township near Menahga.
The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a report at 7:59 a.m. of the crash, which occurred on Highway 71 just north of Hewitt.
According to the sheriff’s office, the man said he was riding his Arctic Cat Firecat F7 snowmobile on the trail when he went around a corner and struck a tree head-on.
The sheriff’s office received a 911 call reporting the fatal crash at 4:55 p.m. Saturday on 72nd Street Southwest in Byron Township near Staples.