...hit with a packed house at The Rail, Scott Hansen and Mike Soule know their new comedy venture is a risk. Photos Back...higher ticket price, said Soule, the owner of The Rail. Mike Soule, owner of The Rail in downtown Brainerd, stood in the...

...concern, he said, is that animals could transmit disease through food, shed hair or deposit fecal matter. Rail owner Mike Soule said Wednesday his customers enjoyed the recent performances and photo opportunities by master illusionist and animal...

...play Brainerd on the Midwest branch of his current tour. (Matt and Jess Taylor sold the E in late July to Rail owner Mike Soule.) On Monday, a few hours before a show in Madison, Wis., Webley took time to discuss the ins and outs of his career...

...bar closing time was started by Ed Mattson, who owns Tropical Nites; Steve Shepherd, who owns Shep's on 6th; and Mike Soule, manager and soon-to-be-owner of the Iron Rail Saloon. "We feel (a 1 a.m. closing time is) working against...

...night when the house is packed, it helps balance the books. "The costs of entertainment are high," said Rail owner Mike Soule. "You're talking about a lot of money for these bands and you also have to take into consideration that bars have...

...Francis Justin, Merrifield, Claudia and Dave Peterson, Crosby, and Bernie Nephew, Little Falls. Regina Villeneuve and Mike Soule, Ironton, a boy, Izaak Garrett James Villeneuve-Soule, 7 pounds, .5 ounces, Dec. 12, 2001. Grandparents are...

...have to remember there's the sober crowd. They don't necessarily want to go to a bar to play pool." Rail owner Mike Soule, 29, Brainerd: "I wish this town had a big convention center or auditorium, something where they could do some big...

...good crowds. "At first, everyone was upset with (cover charges) and we had a little backlash," said Rail owner Mike Soule. "But now we hardly ever hear about it." A Dispatch Interactive poll at brainerddispatch.com shows more than half...

...Children's Fund recently made a donation to the Brainerd Fire Department for the purchase of a portable defibrillator. Mike Soule, owner of The Rail bar in downtown Brainerd, presented the check to Fire Chief Fred Underhill.

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