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BBB warns students of rental scams

...with the nuances of the English language.? You're asked to wire money through wire transfer services such as Western Union or MoneyGram, or if you're told the deposit or rent needs to be paid with a Green Dot MoneyPak card. Any money...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2013-04-26/bbb-warns-students-rental-scams
Business
Could Google pick the next president?

...in America is controlled by a few powerful gatekeepers who could subtly shape things."In the 1800s, Wu noted, Western Union employees often read telegrams from Democrats and shared their contents with Republicans ? their political...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-04-01/could-google-pick-n
Guest Columns
Windows 15 scam

...helping me," they said I would receive a call from Western Union giving me a number and then I was to give them the number...then I became suspicious. I received the call from Western Union but called my provider to find out there was nothing...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-11-29/windows-15-scam
Open Forum
This Was Brainerd - Nov. 18

...it two miles and finally felled it north of Pillager.100 years ago (1912)Charles Geminder, the fleet-footed Western Union messenger boy, has returned from a visit with the Carlisle family at Deerwood. During Geminder's absence business...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-11-17/was-brainerd-nov-18
Open Forum
Soldier killed in Korea, comes home to Minnesota

...Just a few days later he wrote: "The going is tough. Pray for us."That was the last letter Carlson ever sent.A Western Union telegram sent Jan. 22, 1951, notified the family he was missing.For three years, the Carlsons waited, not knowing...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-05-29/soldier-killed-korea-comes-home-minn
News
POLICE BLOTTER - Jan. 6

...the check was no good and now the person, who sent her the check, is emailing her demanding she send the money by Western Union. A Little Falls man Tuesday reported a fraud where he received a call from a company checking on an order of an Apple...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/crime/2012-01-05/police-blotter-jan-6
Crime
POLICE BLOTTER - Feb. 15

...automobile accident and needed $2,200 before leaving the country. He asked the complainant to wire the money by Western Union to Peru.THEFT - Kevin Coughlin, 900 block of Eighth Street Northeast, Feb. 6 reported a theft of a coin jar that...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/crime/2012-02-14/police-blotter-feb-15
Crime
This was Brainerd-April 2

...their B & J Liquors on S. 6th Street in Brainerd when the theft occurred.60 years ago (1952)A strike of 30,000 Western Union employees across many states is scheduled to start at midnight and would reach into the Brainerd office. Manager E...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2012-04-01/was-brainerd-april-2
This Was Brainerd
This was Brainerd-April 8

...strike of Communications Workers of America in 43 states has not affected telephone service here. The strike against Western Union, now in its fifth day, has closed Brainerd.80 years ago (1932)Appraisers of property through which the State Trunk...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2012-04-06/was-brainerd-april-8
This Was Brainerd
'Right to Work'

...regarding a strike of 30,000 Western Union employees scheduled to start at...class finished, I trained with Western Union as a multiplex/teletype operator...Angeles and the main office of Western Union. We worked the next two years...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-04-19/right-work
Open Forum

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