A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1923.
This Was Brainerd - Dec. 31
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1920. Written By: Terry McCollough | ×
DECEMBER 31
20 years ago (2000)
After 26 years of grooming snowmobile trails, Don Wermter has had his share of frightening experiences. Wermter, of the Brainerd Snodeos Club, has broken down more than once at night and had to walk miles through knee-deep snow. One morning he returned to make repairs and found a wolf had followed him, step-for-step.
30 years ago (1990)
Departing county sheriff Frank Ball has been appointed to the new position of director of the NET VI Drug Enforcement Task Force. In announcing the appointment, sheriff-elect Dick Ross said Ball was interested and the sheriffs of all six counties were supportive. “Frank will do a good job,” Ross said.