Bridges of Hope seeks the community's support to reach this year's campaign goal of $75,000.

John Ward, a retired Brainerd educator, defeated incumbent Paul Gazelka for the House District 12A seat Tuesday.

...Brainerd. An Oct. 20 wedding is planned at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. A reception will follow at The Lodge of Brainerd Lakes in Baxter. Photos

We cannot thank you enough for your support of the Lakes Area Chamber Music Festival in its first year. Your excitement and willingness to help has inspired us from the planning stages in May right up to the Grand Finale just a few days ago. Both attendance and donations grew with each of our six concerts, we were encouraged that this community turned out in such amazing numbers.

We would like to thank the community for its generous response to our plea for apples and acorns for the bear cubs at Wild and Free which was published in a recent Dispatch article. We have been inundated with food for them. As of right now, we have plenty of apples that should last until the cubs begin to hibernate, and so, we don't need any more.