A letter will be written by the Brainerd City Council, endorsing the concept of re-routing the Fourth of July parade through downtown. A group of downtown business owners asked the council to re-route the parade at its regular meeting Monday.

? Jobe completes MBA program Dr. Stephen Jobe has successfully completed the MBA program in healthcare administration at St. Thomas University. Jobe is a doctor of chiropractic and has practiced in the Brainerd lakes area since 1998.

CAREER Tri-County Health adds medical dermatology to outreach WADENA - Tri-County Health Care recently added three medical dermatology professionals specializing in skin and diseases related to the skin to the TCHC Outreach Services Department. Dr.

Carlson goes on to win district honors Each year Brainerd Area Sertoma Club honors an outstanding member by naming them Sertoman of the Year. This year Lowell Carlson of Hannekin Insurance was selected for the honor.

CAREER Picek joins Deerwood Technologies as service managerCathe Picek joined Deerwood Technologies, a locally owned information technology firm. Picek is the service manager for the Guardian Network Support customer service desk. She has more than 20 years of account development, sales and customer service experience from previous positions, including; national retail companies, the Brainerd Lakes Chamber, Brainerd Dispatch and Confidence Learning Center.Picek lives in the Deerwood area.

ONAMIA - The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe named John Dunkley the commissioner of administration and reappointed Sarah Oquist commissioner of corporate affairs.

As part of Riverwood Healthcare Center's and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center's plans to provide oncology care services in affiliation with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, Dr. Ron Halvorson of Minnesota Oncology began seeing patients in Aitkin and Crosby in early January.