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With the cancellation of life the past 7 months, I was ecstatic to see that the Northland Arboretum is safely planning on scaring us silly again this year with their fantastic Haunted Trail!

This little boy may have a future in standup comedy.  He’s reading a math problem in a book about somebody named Jayden who has “one dollar bill, one quarter, and two pennies.”  And when it asks “how much money he has” . . . the kid says, “Jayden’s broke.”

This girl demonstrates her “talent” of putting out candles by screaming at them.  Then she takes a step back, screams again . . . and accidentally bangs her head on a chandelier.

According to an official statement from MNDOT we can expect lane closures and delays on Highway 210, 371 in Brainerd/Baxter. Motorists who travel through the Brainerd/Baxter area will encounter roadwork and delays as MnDOT smoothens and repairs segments of road surface Oct. 5-16. Motorists will encounter single-lane closures between sunrise and sunset, Monday through Saturday, on good weather days, as follows: …

With the stress and anxiety of 2020, a new study from the University of Leeds has just been released. By watching just a half an hour of animal videos, stress levels decreased, high blood pressured lowered, and heart rates dropped.

It’s never a boring day in the Brainerd Lakes Area. The Brainerd Police Department is asking if anyone is the owner of a lost pig that was located on Tuesday.

A 36 year-old Brainerd man was arrested in St. Cloud yesterday after allegedly stealing a truck, ultimately leading to authorities locking down Crossroads Mall. St. Cloud police state they took a call saying that a man had driven off with a lawn care company’s truck and trailer from Northway Drive just after 3pm. While responding, officers found the vehicle and …

It turns out you might want to think again about running that red light after these blue lights have been installed. According to the Brainerd Dispatch, nine traffic lights have been installed around the Brainerd Lakes area with three more to be installed. These lights are meant to help police officers catch cars that are running red lights safe and …

  The Minnesota Vikings have suspended all in-person activities as a precaution after multiple members of the Tennessee Titans, who the Vikings hosted on Sunday, tested positive for COVID-19. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero says the Titans had three players and five team personnel test positive for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, with the result being both the Titans …

September isn’t even over yet, and we already have enough news gaffes to pack one of those blooper montages.This one features newscasters bravely persevering through lights going out, misplaced graphics, anchors missing their cues, and one reporter REALLY “needing cucumbers.”