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Weather drawing by Mitzi Wasnie of Mrs. Bender's second grade class at Baxter Elementary School. Attention teachers: Don't ...

The Brainerd School Board is renewing its search for a new superintendent. Peter Grant is serving as the interim superintendent after the resignation of Heidi Hahn earlier this year. During last ...

BRAINERD, Minn. — A 35-year-old Brainerd man accused of shooting another man to death and then abducting the suspect’s pregnant girlfriend and her four children was arraigned Monday in Crow ...

An arrest has been made in a violent home invasion in East Brainerd four years ago in which one of the intruders was shot 10 times and killed. The hail of bullets included multiple shots that went ...

BRAINERD, Minn. — Authorities say a man is in custody after allegedly abducting a pregnant woman and her four children, which prompted an AMBER Alert near Brainerd Friday morning. The victims ...

The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension responded to a home near Brainerd on Friday, on reports of a shooting and abduction. Authorities in ...

The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office says Dobson, who is pregnant, and her four children were abducted at gunpoint around 1:50 a.m. Friday morning, from a home northeast of Brainerd ...

BRAINERD — Law enforcement arrested a 35-year-old Brainerd man early Friday, Nov. 1, as a suspect in a shooting death and for allegedly abducting five people from a residence northeast of Brainerd.

The sheriff's office has also confirmed that a 62-year-old man, Lyle Maske, of Brainerd, was found fatally shot on Loerch Road, near to where the family was abducted, and say Aanerud is a suspect in ...

A man believed to have killed one person and abducted a pregnant woman and her four children is now in custody following a search for him Friday morning. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office ...

“Amber Alert leads to arrest of Brainerd man who allegedly killed one, kidnapped woman and four kids. The suspect was identified by authorities as Chad Aanerud, who has a lengthy history of ...