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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘The Legend of the Christmas Witch’

Brainerd Dispatch 24 Dec 2025
Plaza wrote this book alongside longtime friend Dan Murphy ... Follow Bourke’s Bookshelf. For weekly columns and interactive content related to books, entertainment and likely the occasional cat, like and follow Bourke’s Bookshelf on Facebook.
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School district offers additional teacher retirement incentives

Brainerd Dispatch 24 Dec 2025
BRAINERD — Teachers at Brainerd Public Schools who are 58 or older and have taught for at least 28 years in the district have a new incentive to retire at the end of the school year ... 23, outlining the incentive ... 16 ... .
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Brainerd to assist Baxter amid technology staffing vacancy

Brainerd Dispatch 23 Dec 2025
BRAINERD — Information technology staff in Brainerd will lend a hand to their Baxter counterparts to help cover a staffing vacancy. Brainerd City Council members approved a temporary agreement with Baxter on Monday, Dec ... In other business Dec ... .
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Brainerd mayor defends choice not to sign letter to state government

Brainerd Dispatch 23 Dec 2025
BRAINERD — Brainerd Mayor Dave Badeaux stands by his decision not to sign a letter penned by Crosslake Mayor Jackson Purfeerst to state lawmakers ... “It isn’t about GOP or DFL ... I asked him to trust us to take care of our own ... All but one ... 2 ... .
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Poor sleep, unhealthy diets and stress compound for the homeless

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 Dec 2025
Western Australian research is showing a strong link between homelessness and poor health, with life expectancy more than 30 years lower for people without secure housing ... .
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Brainerd changes utility contribution to city

Brainerd Dispatch 19 Dec 2025
BRAINERD — Changes are coming to contributions made to the city of Brainerd from its public utilities department ... 15 ... “I just see this as taking from rate payers instead of taxpayers — property taxpayers,” he said ... .
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Council clarifies park employee pay for downtown snow removal

Brainerd Dispatch 19 Dec 2025
BRAINERD — The Brainerd City Council approved a memorandum of agreement with parks employees for downtown snow removal ... The union submitted a letter of request asking the city to consider a memorandum of agreement to address the new duties ... .
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Marine Corps League Toys For Kids benefits CWC families

Brainerd Dispatch 19 Dec 2025
BRAINERD — Around 900 kids in Crow Wing County will get to wake up to presents under the tree on Christmas morning, thanks to a group of loyal volunteers ... 18, during the annual Toys for Kids drive at the Brainerd Armory ... “It’s amazing ... .
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Skiers rejoice in snowy season

Brainerd Dispatch 19 Dec 2025
Last year you couldn’t buy snow.” More by Theresa Bourke ... By Theresa Bourke. Theresa Bourke started working at the Dispatch in July 2018, covering Brainerd city government and area education, including Brainerd Public Schools and Central Lakes College.
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Why WA's $2.5 billion budget surplus is a headache with little relief in sight

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 Dec 2025
For most other governments, a $2.5 billion surplus would be news to shout from the rooftops but for the WA government, it's a headache with little prospect of relief ... .
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Bourke's Bookshelf: A Christmas complicated by murder

Brainerd Dispatch 17 Dec 2025
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas’ (1938) ... Follow Bourke’s Bookshelf. For weekly columns and interactive content related to books, entertainment and likely the occasional cat, like and follow Bourke’s Bookshelf on Facebook. .
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Call for action on homelessness as five-year plan ends in failed goal

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 Dec 2025
Social services want the WA government to use its significant budget surplus to invest in breaking people out of the cycle of homelessness, after falling short of an ambitious target to end rough sleeping ... .
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Some School Board members seek more open labor negotiations

Brainerd Dispatch 17 Dec 2025
By Theresa Bourke. Theresa Bourke started working at the Dispatch in July 2018, covering Brainerd city government and area education, including Brainerd Public Schools and Central Lakes College.
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