Construction on the College Drive Improvement will resume on Monday affecting traffic patterns in Brainerd and Baxter.

Swanson rejoins Brainerd DispatchSamuel Swanson, Baxter, rejoined the Brainerd Dispatch as vice president of revenue development.Swanson, a 1979 Pequot Lakes graduate, attended Austin Community College for radio-TV broadcasting in 1979-1980 before becoming an account executive at WJJY in Brainerd from 1980 to 1984. For the next 20 years, Swanson was an account executive at KCCO/KCCW/WCCO-TV in Minneapolis.

...with the exception of turf establishment and bituminous wear course between South Seventh Street and 11th Street Southeast, is expected to be finished by Nov. 1. The general contractor is Anderson Brothers Construction Co. of Brainerd.

MERRIFIELD - Ernie Friedrichs of Friedrichs Home Inspections Inc. of Merrifield became an associate member of the National Association of Home Inspectors Inc.

The law office of Charpentier and Lange - Raymond A. Charpentier and Gregory J. Lange - will relocate their office, effective Monday, to 718 Front St.

The city of Brainerd will begin the 2003 Oak Street reconstruction project Monday.

...gift box sets and will be able to sample products. Fifteen percent of sales go to the foundation. Anderson Brothers Construction Co. of Brainerd announced it is expanding its aggregate sales and offering retail asphalt sales. In a news release...

CAREERFaacks gains excellence in service awardColleen Faacks of the Mid-Minnesota Builders Association of Crow Wing, Wadena and Lower Cass Counties was presented with the 2010 Excellence in Service Award by the Builders Association of Minnesota Jan. 29 at the fourth annual Minnesota Builders Convention in Minneapolis.