Brainerd, Minnesota

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• Kids Remember Carl Pohlad's Legacy Of Giving Back
  

  Carl Pohlad made millions and he also donated millions to help children. The Pohlad Family Foundation pays for after-school programs and school scholarships, but one of the biggest things the Foundation has ...

• Plow and pickup collide in Crow Wing County; one driver in critical condition
  

  A Crow Wing County plow and a pickup truck collided at about 7:39 a.m. Sunday on Crow Wing County Road 16 near Timber Lake, Minn.

• Bemidji avoids snow storm, but braces for winds and bitter temperatures
  

  It appears that the Bemidji area will escape the winter snow storm that is hitting central Minnesota today, but high winds and frigid temperatures are still a cause for concern as New Year's week unfolds.

• Life As We Know It / One dog plus one Christmas tree plus one vacuum cleaner: Big mess ahead?
  

  Says Auntie Weeze of Merriam Park: "Which of these things does not belong with the others? A big, giant, furry dog.

• Santa makes an early stop in Iraq
  

  Jolly old Saint Nick has a lot of places but does Santa stop in Iraq. It's not very reindeer-friendly, after all - so where are deployed soldiers getting their Christmas cheer? The Soldiers of the Special ...

• Two men open fire on off-duty St. Paul police officer
  

  St. Paul police tracked down and arrested two young men who opened fire on an off-duty officer Wednesday, after the officer asked them to move out of the middle of the street.

• Central, northern Minn. getting more snowfall
  

  Much of central and northern Minnesota is getting snowfall, with the biggest accumulations likely from Brainerd to Duluth.

• Deerwood Bank Opens Branch Office in East Brainerd
  

  Deerwood Bank, located at 611 NE Washington in Brainerd, is now open for business! Deerwood Bank has been a partner in northern Minnesota's progress since 1910.

• Firefighters respond to 59 fire calls in past year
  

  Nisswa fire chief Richard Geike presented the end-of-the-year fire report to the city council Wednesday, Dec.

• Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat set for April 2009
  

  Women active in their unions and those interested in getting active in labor organizations will learn new skills at the Minnesota Union Women's Leadership Retreat April 22-24, 2009.

• Jason Moe, Cassandra Hill
  

  Jason Moe and Cassandra Hill were married May 17, at Lakes Area Christian Church, Brainerd.

• Preston man loses horses in barn fire
  

  A rural Preston man lost four horses in a barn fire early Sunday morning in northern Minnesota.

• Cardinal wrestlers top Brainerd
  

  It was a nail biter down to the final match for the Cardinal wrestling team Tuesday in their win over Brainerd.

• Barn fire in north-central Minnesota kills 40 horses
  

  The Wadena County sheriff's office is investigating a weekend fire that killed dozens of horses at a horse ranch in north-central Minnesota.

• Semi driver critically injured in Friday night accident
  

  The Minnesota State Patrol headquartered in Brainerd reported a semi-versus pickup truck accident, which occurred at 6 p.m. Friday two miles west of Bena.

• Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn., left, leaves the federa... Multimedia
  

  Recording industry to cut back on lawsuits Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn., left, leaves the federal courthouse with her attorney, Brian Toder of Minneapolis after the jury returned a verdict against her on ...

• School bus slides into ditch in Baxter
  

  No one was hurt when a Brainerd School District bus slid into a ditch in Baxter.

• Wausau Paper closing mill
  

  The closure will happen in phases beginning mid-2009; at least 90 jobs will be lost as a result of the closure, the story stated.

• Walker man in critical condition following crash
  

  Brian Oa Connor was the driver of a 1989 Dodge Omni that was headed east on State Highway 371 when he attempted to make a left turn onto Walker Bay Boulevard and turned in front of a 2000 Subaru Legacy, ...

City Description

Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,178 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County and one of the largest cities in Central Minnesota. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from the confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above that confluence. The Brainerd area serves as a major tourist destination for Minnesota, and with Baxter as a regional retail center. The city is also known for the Brainerd International Raceway. Brainerd is the principal city of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Cass and Crow Wing counties and had a combined population of 82,249 at the 2000 census. Originally Ojibwe territory, Brainerd was first seen by white men on Christmas Day in 1805, when Zebulon Pike stopped there while searching for the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Crow Wing Village, a fur and logging community near Fort Ripley, brought settlers to the area in the mid-1800s. In these early years the relationship between the settlers and the Indians was complicated. The most famous example of this tenuous

City Contained By:

• Crow Wing County
• Minnesota

City Contains:

• North Long Lake
• Paul Bunyan Land

Size:

• 21.7559001268 km squared

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