Tim Speier joined the Brainerd Dispatch in October 2021, covering Public Safety. He can be reached via email at tim.speier@brainerddispatch.com or calling 218-855-5859.| Brainerd Dispatch
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Several 6-1 votes on Monday, June 16, approved measures that will allow for the expansion of the north Brainerd school to add high school classrooms and the construction of a larger rectory.| Brainerd Dispatch
Buffalo Hills/Lions Park will now be known as Lions Park at Buffalo Hills, a compromise City Council members came up with after a request from the Lions Club.| Brainerd Dispatch
City Council members voted 1-6 Monday, June 16, against moving forward with an ordinance that would place restrictions on the practice.| Brainerd Dispatch
Council members approved several measures at its last meeting that call for public hearings.| Brainerd Dispatch
While council members have expressed concerns about some of the steps needed for the project, staff and parishioners at St. Francis believe the results will be positive for the whole community.| Brainerd Dispatch
Pinecrest will encompass 54 acres and include 32 luxury apartments, 44 senior apartments and 30 memory care/enhanced assisting living units, along with a child care center.| Brainerd Dispatch
Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little or no reporting. At times, this byline is used…| Brainerd Dispatch
