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Gazelka mulls 2022 run for Minnesota governor Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, says he's ready and capable of making a run for governor, but the question is: Should he? Written By: Gabriel D. Lagarde | 12:00 am, Jul. 2, 2021 × State Sen. Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, smiles Thursday, July 1, 2021, after returning to Brainerd after the special legislative session. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, is mulling a run for governor during the 2022 midterms, a high-stakes race that coul...

Democratic state Rep. Crawley edged Columbus City Council President Pro Tem Brown for an unfinished term on the Franklin County Board of Commissioners

Yokohama furloughs workers days after reopening Yokohama Tire in West Point is furloughing employees weeks after reopening the plant. The company is citing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by: Dispatch file photo Yokohama Tire Corporation has furloughed some of its employees at its West Point manufacturing plant until further notice, according to an internal email from the company obtained by The Dispatch Wednesday evening. The furlough came days after the plant reopened on April 27 following a month-long shutdown. The company currently employs roughly 700 at its West Point plant, T...

Police and school officials do not believe there is any direct threat to students or staff. 5:56 pm, Feb. 11, 2021 × Riverside School sign from March 28, 2020. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch A 37-year-old man was arrested for felony terroristic threats Thursday, Feb. 11, in Brainerd after police received a report of an alleged threat mentioning Riverside Elementary School. The alleged threat came Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, according to a news release from acting Brainerd Police Chief Mike Bestul. Police arrested the man at a residence in Brainerd for the threat, along with vio...

Ohio protesters say violence at the Capitol is 'unacceptable' Some central Ohioans who traveled to the nation's capital on Wednesday said they were part of peaceful protests and were surprised by the violence that erupted after they left the Mall. Aaron Carpenter arrived with his father at about 7 a.m. on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The Marysville City Councilman, a "passionate Trump supporter," was given VIP seats close to the front of the stage where Trump and others spoke. Afterward, he and his father joined the march to the Capitol, which he recalled as peaceful, marred only by some carr...