Don't forget to submit your students' weather drawing to the Brainerd Dispatch, 506 James St., Brainerd, MN, 56401.

The sale also will offer a selection of plant kits to attract monarch butterflies and rusty patched bumblebees, as well as plants for rain gardens, shoreline stabilization and woodland edges.

The Nativity at First Congregational United Church of Christ and St. Francis Catholic Church Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Brainerd.

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1925.

In an alternate universe, quarterback J.J. McCarthy didn’t suffer a small hairline fracture in his right hand, which meant he was able to continue his upward trajectory for the Vikings last weekend in ...

Christmas trees light up the side of a snowy hill on Pine Beach Road on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Tim Speier joined the Brainerd Dispatch in October 2021, covering Public Safety. He can be reached via ...

On Tuesday, the Loons came away with a pending trade to acquire Drake Callender from Charlotte FC, a source told the Pioneer Press. The Athletic, which first reported the news, also said Tuesday ...

Every dollar given will be matched, up to the challenge amount — doubling the impact for local nonprofits providing critical basic needs, arts and more.

If the Vikings beat the Lions on Christmas, they would leapfrog them in the NFC North and, as a result of no longer being at the bottom of the standings, they would likely sacrifice a more favorable ...

While many of the grants that were cut have been reinstated, a tumultuous year for federal research funding has affected scientists and students across the country, including in Minnesota.

Dalas and Jordan Rogers, Staples, a girl, Jadalyn Rae, 7 pounds, 12 ounces, Nov. 14, 2025. Oliva and Cole Johnson, Motley, a boy, Wade Charles, 7 pounds, 13 ounces, Nov. 22, 2025. Dayana and Samuel ...

In 2017, 70-year-old Joseph Leon Edminster pleaded guilty to cutting off the tops of thousands of trees in Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest.