Brainerd News

In northeast Brainerd, the former and sometimes controversial Gas Can convenience store, which was often in dispute with the city regarding city codes and site development, has a new owner and a new plan for business.

BRAINERD, Minn. - Brad Mergen tossed a complete-game shutout and Brainerd backed him up with six runs in the eighth inning as the Lunkers blanked the Bullfrogs 6-0 on Friday in a Northwoods League game.

Already an avid birder, Ken Perry views the experience a bit differently these days.

Reconstruction of a major runway at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is finished ahead of schedule and under budget, according to Airport Commission Chairman Brad Davis.

In these hardscrabble economic times, the virtue of thriftiness is taking on a fresh sheen.

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Project New Hope, McGregor, which provides free weekend retreats for military families, recently reported The Learning Channel will be filming at the camp's retreat during the July Fourth weekend.

Since the late 1960s children have clamored to put their heads inside the lion's mouth in Brainerd.

KARE11.com updated July 3, 2009 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- After a deadly Memorial Day weekend on Minnesota roads, authorities are stepping up patrols for drunken drivers over the Independence Day holiday.

The Rochester Honkers are on a nice little streak, having won their last three, all on the road.

Roth IRA consumer education website unveiled With consumer confidence at a low ebb these days and many questioning the viability of their retirement plans, there is probably no better time to launch a website documenting next year's Roth IRA conversion opportunities.

"The court would be remiss if it did not take this opportunity to implore Congress to amend the Copyright Act to address liability and damages in peer-to-peer network cases such as the one currently before this court.

Brainerd's newest restaurant has a bit of whimsy in menu names and includes the three clocks on the wall that indicate the time of day in Cairo, Brainerd/Baxter and Venus.

Tonight we are learning of a sex offender moving to the 200 block of North 7th Street in Brainerd.

An Eagan woman has been named Miss Minnesota 2009. Brooke Kilgarriff will represent Minnesota in the Miss America competition in January.

Jun 23, 2009 10:55 pm US/Central Reporting Darcy Pohland BRAINERD, Minn. This month, the health department reported that deer ticks carrying Lyme disease have spread to three Minnesota counties where they have not been before.

Central Lakes College has scheduled a free series of career workshops this summer on the Brainerd campus at 501 W. College Drive.

The recording industry secured a resounding victory last week when a Minneapolis jury awarded the four major labels $1.92 million in damages after unanimously finding that a 32-year-old mother had willfully infringed on their copyrights by downloading and sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa peer-to-peer network.

October 2007 video of Jammie Thomas-Rasset promoting her website FreeJammie.com By G.R. Anderson Jr.

A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result, finding a Minnesota woman to have violated music copyrights and ordering her to pay hefty damages to the recording industry.