...other sources of revenue, such as hotel taxes, but smaller cities don't have financial flexibility, he added. Stephanie Lake, spokeswoman for the Minnesota League of Cities, said the report was not necessarily gloomy for small communities...

...girl, Aaliyah Kay, 7 pounds, 15 ounces, Dec. 30, 2006. Grandparents are Wenda Robertson, Brainerd, Scott and Stephanie Lake, Brainerd, and Kay Rudolph, Motley. Great-grandparents are William and Barbara Bender, Brainerd, and Bonnie...