Elissa Larson and Phil Crown announce their engagement. Parents are Blaine and Marsha Larson, Brainerd, and Dave and Becky Crown, Waconia. A Sept. 1 wedding is planned at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd. Photos

...graduated from the University of North Dakota May 14: Aaron Eide, Bjorn Erickson, Shad Fetters, Christian Halverson, Elissa Larson, all of Brainerd; Sarah Schmidtbauer, Little Falls; Lindsay Brown, Pequot Lakes; Thomas Lupella, Pine River...