This Was Brainerd - Feb. 15 | Brainerd Dispatch
This Was Brainerd - Feb. 15 A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921. Written By: Terry McCollough | × Fittingly, Joe Plut returned to his teaching job at Central Lakes College on Valentines Day to a host of hugs and the gift of a teddy bear. Plut, the man known everywhere as the “Mad Hugger,” had been missing for seven days while doctors placed a stent in his heart to repair an artery that was 90 percent blocked. FEBRUARY 15 20 years ago (2001) (Phot...
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