...of BHS students attending the conference included: Shannon Chalupsky, Monica Holbrook, Nic Hays, Cole Pertulla, Elena Hirst, Nicole Rothleutner, Tomi Majerus, Brandon Vonruden, Nick McCarthy, Rebecca Standwood, Krista Loven, Shea Sheflo...

...Tournament Tuesday at Washington Educational Services Building in Brainerd. The Brainerd team consists of Nick Greatens, Elena Hirst, Brendan Pelkey and Adam Weiss. The region results were Brainerd finished first with 122 points; Little Falls, second...

Forestview Middle School art student Elena Hirst used scissors to cut one of the approximately 1,000 paper swans that will be sent to military personnel in Afghanistan. The...

...Greg Brown, Jocelyn Brown, Mikayla Curren, Sianna Decent, Maren Goff, Ryan Goos, Kate Hauble, Aubrey Hawks, Elena Hirst, Devon Hutchison, Nicholar Kleindl, Malia Lauer, Krista Loven, Rebecca MacKay, Hannah Maloney, Jacob Neff, Riley...

In a Page 1A Thursday Digest teaser on the Brainerd School District spelling bee, the student in the photograph was misidentified. The student was sixth-grader Elena Hirst. The Dispatch regrets the error.

...Audrey Lothspeich, Brooke Nelson and Naomi Swanson; eighth graders Taylor Finger, Nick Greatens, Matt Hammermeister, Elena Hirst, David Jensen, Jordan Kittlesen, Bredan Pelkey, Stephen Raboin, Nicholas Rohr, Anna Swanson and Adam Warren...

...Kerria Robinson, Courtney Kolas, Sarah Yeh, Karlie Mogensen, Derik Carner, Jacqueline Caughey, Alex Hartwig, Elena Hirst, Jared Nusbaum, Tara Saley, Lilly Anderson, Rebecca Yeh, Zoe Houle, Alex Ford and Travis DeRosier. The following...

...Matthew Hammermeister, Ashley Hannahs, Miranda Hanson, Taylor Hardesty, Kate Hauble, Amber Hering, Lindsay Heyn, Elena Hirst, Monica Holbrook, Zachary Holmen, Eleanor Hotzler, Taylor Jourdan, Kelsey Ketterling, Nathalie Klasky, Gretchen...

...at Bethany Good Samaritan Chapel in Brainerd. Participating students included Abigail Sabir (front row, left), Elena Hirst, Newel Hirst, Paige Rivers, Hannah Horn, Rebekah Wicklund (second row, left), Amy Fredman, Angelea Ludwig...

...project as a "pay it forward" in trade for paying their way to camp this summer. Participants included Newel Hirst, Elena Hirst, Dallin Sonenstahl, Desirae Sonenstahl, Dominique Sonenstahl, Megan Miller, Madison Oldham, Jessica Miller, Rachel...