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A sale is pending for a historic downtown Brainerd building.

A look at the lakes region’s growth, wages, worker shortages, affordable housing and where workers will come from in the future

“We did it together is the best way to put it,” Kevin Stumpf said, noting it was a family effort to make everything work with Marilyn and the family. He said it was a life trip with all of them.

A lot has happened in the lakes area in 2022 with new businesses arriving and more to come and others closing their doors.

Hiring signs remain a constant in changed work landscape

Hiring signs remain a constant in changed work landscape

In August, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported parts of Minnesota were in the worst drought category for exceptional drought for the first time since the monitor began in 1994.