...and help staff more quickly respond in regard to permit applications.The study, accomplished with a Center for Urban and Regional Affairs grant and staff work along with a St. Cloud State University student research assistance, looked at Borden...

The League of Women Voters of the Brainerd Lakes Area will present a program on Brainerd lakes area economics and unemployment at noon on Jan. 12, at the Brainerd Public Library. Sheila Haverkamp and Nate Dorr will be the featured speakers.

...about the value of Minnesota's lakes. The program will include George Orning, University of Minnesota Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, reporting on the Sustainable Lakes Project, which has been developing easy-to-use and understand...

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce will offer its spin on the 1999 legislative session this week in Brainerd.

...comprehensive planner with Widseth, Smith and Nolting in Baxter. He also has a faculty appointment in the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Orning worked on comprehensive plans for Baxter, Crosslake, Pillager...

A June 23 public forum will give people a chance to discuss a topic on nearly everyone's mind.

Growth Forum panelists have extensive experience to offer for the afternoon discussion in Brainerd.

It's coming.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Following a trend seen in other Great Plains states, Minnesota became more urban and slightly more diverse in the last 10 years as rural counties lost population or grew more slowly than urban counties.

MINNEAPOLIS - For her first year of law school at the University of Minnesota, Heather Wuollet is living in a $750-per-month apartment complex filled with amenities: full furnishings, washer and dryer, a common-use business center and heated underground parking.