Ron Brusven is retiring from Crow Wing County Social Service. A celebration in his honor will be held from 3:30-6 p.m. April 24 at the Red Roof Inn in Brainerd. The event includes food and an open microphone. Photos

As he has for almost a decade, Ron Brusven staked out his spot for Brainerd's Fourth of July parade...about 150 family members for the parade and fireworks. Ron Brusven staked out his spot three days early. "It's a family...

...2005, at the groom's parents' home in Lake Shore with Darrell Paske officiating. Photos Parents are Gina and Ron Brusven, Brainerd, and David Jones, Brainerd, and Scott and Kathy Stenberg, Lake Shore. The bride's attendant was April...

...the door of hope, understanding and compassion be opened and stop moralizing those who suffer from this addiction. Ron Brusven Brainerd See you on the bus Recently, I had the opportunity to use the Dial-A-Ride County bus service and I'll...

...none of these non-smoking (if they stay that way) teens will die as a direct result of smoking. The target market should be the addicted youth. It makes no sense to spend this money on the non-smoker population. Ron Brusven Brainerd

...Assistants will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Brainerd Public Library. Program: Nicotine addiction, speaker Ron Brusven. Cost: $15 for non members. Alpha Chapter No. 23 Alpha Chapter No. 23 will meet Monday at Masonic Hall. A dinner...

...this crisis. State Rep. Tom Pugh House Democratic Leader South St. Paul Second-hand smoke I enjoyed the article by Ron Brusven in the Monday, June 11 edition of The Dispatch on the hazards of second-hand tobacco smoke. My hat goes off to him...

...dead sue the CD treatment programs for the wrongful death caused by not treating this primary addiction, nicotine. Ron Brusven Brainerd O'Day should quit I read the blurb in the paper a few weeks ago about Mark O'Day, one of our city's...

...the tooth fairy, and "kallea" the imaginary friend of my 4-year-old granddaughter. The wiser choice for the county board would be to hire two recovering methamphetamine addicts to work within the county system. Ron Brusven Brainerd

...service. Approved appointments of Rick Adair and Elizabeth Pfingsten to the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Commission, Ron Brusven to the Community Health Services Advisory Committee, Shawn Fletcher and Roger Roy to the Lands and Forestry Advisory...