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The Minnesota Board of Pardons voted in September 2025 to commute the sentence of Brian Pippitt. He was released Wednesday.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension withdraws from the investigation into the ICE-related shooting, and the FBI ...

The killing, captured on cellphone video, has renewed scrutiny of use-of-force rules that many police departments adopted ...

Throughout the afternoon temperatures take a big drop from this past week. What were highs in the 30s and 40s drop around 20 ...

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BRAINERD — Crow Wing County commissioners elected commissioners Rosemary Franzen to board chair and Jamie Lee to vice chair ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...

The Central Lakes College guard hit 6-of-7 from 3-point and finished with a game-high 25 points to lead the Raiders to an ...

The short answer here is, yes, the Vikings will definitely be able to retain defensive tackle Jalen Redmond. He’s an ...

Perry Ray Robinson, a Black activist from Alabama, is believed to be buried near the Wounded Knee Massacre site on the Pine ...

Cornerbacks Aydan West and Elisha West committed to P.J. Fleck’s program through the transfer portal on Tuesday ...