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New VA transport program hopes to offset transportation burder for vets with medical needs

Dawn Marker and Kim Jensen have a well-kept secret they want everyone to know about. For the past two years, Marker, of the Department of Veterans Affairs in St...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-23/new-va-transport-program-hopes-offse
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First responders

...the people, who once worked or are still working as first responders. I know for me it was Fridley, Minn., in 1965. How well I remember the eerie darkness that night as it fell over a community shredded by tornadoes. It was the hopeless feeling of where...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-23/first-responders
Open Forum
Joint intake system works in Cass County

...Veterans Services (HHVS) Director Reno Wells reported a screening team will interview...candidates May 24.That team includes Wells, who is a veteran, Business Management...Hubbard County before coming to Cass.Wells reported Cass will receive an $80,000...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-23/joint-intake-system-works-cass-count
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Track and Field: Warrior girls win CLC title, boys finish second

...10, 16-Stafford Thompson (Brd) 2:14.56, 19-Joe Wells (Brd) 2:16.641600 run: 1-Wade Krueger (Tech) 4...444x800 relay: 1-Willmar 8:29.33, 5-Brainerd (Joe Wells, Stafford Thompson, Sam Guida, Parker Frederickson) 9...

http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2013-05-23/track-and-field-warrior-girls-win-
Sports
Boys Tennis: Brainerd's Fussy-Jacobsen advance to Sections

...6-2 in the quarterfinals."The first match went pretty well, that team we played in that first match is actually a really...and that's a tough one."Ryan Bell played Wyatt Pauly real well. Pauly is a nice player. Then our doubles team of Parker Sundquist...

http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2013-05-23/boys-tennis-brainerds-fussy-jacobs
Sports
Memorial Day weekend, deadliest time of the year on the roads

...the road.? Be patient - expect more traffic and give yourself extra time to arrive at your destination safely.? Drive well-rested - get good night's sleep before traveling and rotate drivers.? Look twice for motorcyclists - check blind spots...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-23/memorial-day-weekend-deadliest-time-
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High School Baseball: Win may have solidified Warriors' seeding - wherever it is

...They ended up hitting balls that were in really good spots. They just ended up hitting them in the gaps. T.J. threw really well, too."DeChaine ignited a 4-run fourth with a 2-run double down the line that eluded a diving try by Bemidji right fielder...

http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2013-05-23/high-school-baseball-win-may-have-
Sports
GOP senators look at 2013 legislative session

...fourth state to give up its Legislature's right to set salaries. The bipartisan panel approach is a system that has worked well in other states, according to Ruud. She said most people, unlike lawmakers, don't set their own salaries. She said that...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2013-05-23/gop-senators-look-2013-leg
Political
Dam2Dam Bike Ride part of Dam Festival Celebration

LITTLE FALLS - After a well-attended inaugural ride, cyclists are again invited to Little Falls for a scenic ride along the Mississippi River.The 20-mile...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-21/dam2dam-bike-ride-part-dam-festival-
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High School Softball:

...We've got some kids swinging the bats well," Warriors coach Mike Zauhar said...We've got some kids that are really playing well."The win advances Brainerd to Day Two...Bemidji. I just think we're playing very well right now."The Warriors opened the scoring...

http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2013-05-22/high-school-softball
Sports

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