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Becker Police Chief Brent Baloun is the new pick to become Brainerd's next police chief.

Applicants have until June 21 to apply. 12:54 pm, May 27, 2021 × The Wadena City Council and interim City Administrator Dave Evans hope to see applications pouring since the Wadena City Administrator position was Monday, May 24. Gary Weiers, a service team lead at David Drown Associates presented the board with the next steps in the recruitment process for the next city administrator during a special city council meeting Thursday, May 20. DDA was selected to help the city hire the next administrator as they do work in executive recruitment. Candidates have four weeks, or until June...

Bestul offered permanent Brainerd police chief position Mike Bestul stepped up from deputy chief to acting chief in January after the retirement of Chief Corky McQuiston 10:50 am, May 4, 2021 × Mike Bestul will be the next Brainerd police chief, following his appointment of acting chief. Bestul, a 24-year veteran of the police department, stepped up as acting chief in January after the retirement of Chief Corky McQuiston. The Brainerd City Council offered him the permanent position Monday, May 3, conditional on the successful completion of a pre-employment background ch...

Bestul to remain as acting Brainerd police chief through 2021 After the top two candidates chosen to replace outgoing chief Corky McQuiston, the council agreed to have Deputy Chief Mike Bestul continue on as acting police chief through at least the end of the year. 8:42 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 × Brainerd Police Deputy Chief Mike Bestul talks to community members during a search for a missing man in Kiwanis Park in Brainerd in 2014. Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls Brainerd will not have a new police chief until next year. Chief Deputy Mike Bestul — who was appointed as acting ...

“Putting him on the same step as Corky (McQuiston) is just confusing, even though we may have done it with Corky,” Johnson said Jan. 4. “I would expect an employee coming on on the same step as a long-term employee to not make one mistake, to hit the ground running day one, no learning curve because you are worth exactly what the outgoing chief is worth.” With that said, Johnson also said he would reluctantly support the motion to hire Baloun at wage 6. Council member Dave Pritschet said offering Baloun step 6 should be worth considering, given his master’s degree and 14 years of ex...