Fran Holden, Baxter, was chosen Friday, April 5, as the recipient of the 2013 Louis Hostager Award at the YMCA Charity Ball. The award...

...next generation of philanthropic leaders. Kevin Thesing, Rod Converse and Kevin Close, John Sullivan, Clarence and Fran Holden, Bernie and Linda Roberts, Bruce and Kathy Buxton and Arnie and JoAnn Johnson are a few past recipients of the award...

...from the nice, warm viewing ... social area," McDonald said. She said they are expecting an active weekend in the Fran Holden Arena at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds in south Brainerd. A curling headliner, Paul Pustovar of Hibbing, is expected...

Brainerd Mayor James Wallin presented area resident Fran Holden of Baxter with the city of Brainerd's Tower Award Tuesday at Excelsior Place in Baxter on Tuesday. She and her husband, Clarence...

...the community. When benefactor Fran Holden provided a generous donation...have a curling facility."The Fran Holden Arena "will rise from the ground...down the road. Philanthropist Fran Holden and her late husband, Clarence...

...hours of volunteer work to take dream to cold, hard, icy reality. Thanks to a generous $1 million donation from Fran Holden, the Brainerd Lakes Curling Club now has its own four sheets of ice. This Sunday, the club is hosting a grand opening...

...the open house for the curling club last Sunday. What a nice building. Brainerd is so fortunate to have a lady like Fran Holden to help with the organizations here. People of Brainerd can't thank her enough. So many uses for this building for...

...try it and got hooked from there." Four women's teams were in league play Thursday night at the curling center's Fran Holden Arena, while newcomers from Mickey's in Brainerd practiced their skills on the ice. Other women's teams, with...

...N. & Lorraine Skone; Jackie Ostrowski, Clarence & Fran Holden Project Achieve; Amber Taylor, Dutch & Irma Cragun...Ione Johnson Estate; Kaila Fernelius, Clarence & Fran Holden Project Achieve; Katie Gerwing, Good Neighbor Home...

Fran Holden, with her husband, Clarence (right), by her side, reacted after cutting the ribbon to officially open the expanded Brainerd...