The Brainerd Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a 61-year-old Brainerd woman reported missing on Sunday, July 13th. Cory Degeest is described as a white female, 5 feet 1 inch ...

A 15-year-old Brainerd High School student has been taken into custody for felony threats of violence. A press release from the Brainerd Police Department says high school staff contacted police ...

A northern Minnesota man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to several charges, including murder, after he abducted a pregnant woman and her four children during a crime spree last year. Court records show ...

A bank war has erupted in Brainerd, with Old National claiming rival Bell Bank poached eight of its senior employees in a conspiracy to cripple its local operations. The employees’ en masse departure ...

A Brainerd man involved in a single-vehicle crash was killed Friday evening. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 56-year-old man from Brainerd was driving a 2004 Honda Civic on Highway 18, east ...

Two months after being charged, a massage therapist operating in Brainerd has once again been charged with criminal sexual conduct. Cameron Alan Thompson, 52, is facing counts of fifth and ...

This is a story of the every day heroes, the bureaucrats and Brainerd residents who saw a way they could help people less fortunate than themselves. You might remember that the Brainerd City Council, ...

Back in June, members of the Brainerd High Class of 1975 met at The Car Barn event center off Lee Highway for their 50-year reunion. It was a time of closure and celebrating the present and looking to ...

BRAINERD, Minn. (July 29, 2025) – With NHRA’s first-ever regular-season championship on the line, the 43rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, which takes place at the famed Brainerd International ...

Miner’s Inc. continued to build its grocery store empire this week, announcing that the Hermantown-based parent company of Super One Foods will acquire three supermarket locations in the Brainerd area ...

Back in the mid-20th century, the Brainerd area was developing into a very popular Chattanooga suburb. Homes were being built on former undeveloped land in areas like near North Moore Road, new church ...