Crucial issues can easily be pushed aside to a back-burner status unless public officials are diligent about following up on them. Last week's discussion between representatives of Essentia Health St.

...seasonal visitors swelling the population into the hundreds of thousands in the Brainerd lakes area alone. The Crow Wing County Detox Center, operated by Hastings-based Dakota County Receiving Center, closed this month. The detox center was at...

...commissioners meeting, where they gather as a committee to have more time to talk about specific issues. The Crow Wing County Detox Center closed earlier this month, forcing the county to transport people or set up transport for people to facilities...

The St. Joseph's Medical Center Board recently donated $100,000 to the Crow Wing County Detox Center. The Crow Wing County Board accepted the donation Tuesday. Thomas Prusak, president of the medical center, said in a letter...

...considered a possible remedy. Last year, the center turned down 100 people because it was full, he said. The Crow Wing County Detox Center and the county's jail annex are on the Brainerd Regional Human Services Center campus on Highway 18 east...

...patients with traumatic brain injuries, Crow Wing County Jail Annex, Central Minnesota Juvenile Center and Crow Wing County Detox Center. RENEE RICHARDSON can be reached at renee.richardson@brainerddispatch.com or 855-5852.

There may or may not be a laundry service at Brainerd Regional Human Services Center after Feb. 1, but state officials said last week that if there is one, it won't be a state-run service.

...homeowner had locked himself out of his house. Received a report at 7:05 a.m. Friday of a drunk woman at the Crow Wing County Detox Center, 11810 State Ave., trying to pull screws out of the wall. The woman was advised to stop her behavior...

Since the opening of the Crow Wing County Detox Center on July 28 , the center has proved to be beneficial, a county social services supervisor said Tuesday. Linda Auger, county social...

...spent 14.5 percent of its estimated expenditures. The medical center board donation was earmarked for the Crow Wing County Detox Center. Beck said out-of-home placement expenditures are about $127,900 under budget. In other county business...