Voting for the 2025 Best of the Brainerd Lakes will begin July 1 and run through midnight July 31. At the end of the voting ...

During the decade-plus he spent with the St. Louis Blues, fans at Xcel Energy Center didn’t care much for Vladimir Tarasenko.

BRAINERD — Michael Hagelie struck out 12 in seven innings for Brainerd VFW in a 7-0 win over Princeton Monday, June 30.

On Friday, June 27, Barnacle turned 80 years old and embarked on an 80-mile bike ride. “I have to set good examples for my ...

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PINE RIVER — In partnership with the Kitchigami Regional Library System, CLIMB Theatre presents its summer reading play, “The ...

About 100 booths lined Gregory Park on Sunday, June 29, 2025, for the annual Arts in the Park event in Brainerd.

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PIERZ — Sawyer Lochner finished 2-3 with a double and three runs for the Pierz Bulldogs in a 9-3 Victory League C win over the Pierz Brewers Saturday, June 28. Teddy Dehler went 2-4 with a double, two ...

NISSWA — Chris Pederson went 2-3 with a double and an RBI for the Nisswa Lightning in a 10-3 Victory League B loss to the Foley Lumberjacks Sunday, June 29. Brett Jenkins doubled and drove in two runs ...

Eleanor Schiller, left, and Johann Wagner watch their lines on the Gull River at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gull Lake Recreation Area on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.