Here is your Brainerd Dispatch Minute podcast for Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
The City Council will appoint someone to fill his vacancy from August through the end of year, and a special election to fill the remainder of his term will take place in November.
Franzen represents District 4, which includes Lake Edward Township, the majority of the First Assessment District, as well as the city of Baxter north of Highway 210 and the city of Brainerd’s Ward 2, Precinct 1.
This May filing period is available to those seeking federal, state or county offices, along with city or school district offices in jurisdictions in which a primary election is possible. It begins May 17 and runs through 5 p.m. May 31.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office stated it received a report of a medical situation at 9:35 p.m. at a residence on Waboose Trail Northwest in Pike Bay Township.
A weather phenomenon known as a derecho unleashed damaging wind storms across the region last week. Not only is this massive wind storm relatively rare, but it is unusual for it to form so early in the season.
With just a week left in the legislative session, the leaders set out their broad parameters for how the money should be spent and said conference committees would determine specifics for how the funds would go out over the coming days.
Brainerd hosts St. Cloud May 16
Brainerd hosts Big Lake May 16
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1922.