Downtown business owners are excited for the return of St. Patrick’s Day festivities after the pandemic sidelined the money-generating event. And the Irish-themed holiday known for wearing green, shamrocks and drinking will be celebrated in Crosslake a week from Saturday.
Snow began falling Sunday and came down in heavy amounts overnight leading into Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, leaving a foot to 15 inches of snow across a swath of central Minnesota, including the Brainerd lakes region.