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The third local race falling outside the norm this year was the one for Baxter City Council. After the August filing period closed for local candidates, one name was noticeably absent — Todd Holman, who’d been on the council for 13 years. Just one person, council member Mark Cross, filed to run for two open seats on the council. In the weeks that followed two write-in contenders emerged, providing three options to Baxter residents. Former DFL state legislator John Ward and Lon Schmidt, a part-time bus driver for the Brainerd School District and former radio host, both made public announce...

George Vinson has worked in several capacities for the Fargo Police Department over the past 17 years. 2:00 am, Dec. 22, 2020 × George Vinson George Vinson, a lieutenant in the Fargo Police Department, is in line to become the next Brainerd police chief should he accept the job offer. The Brainerd City Council voted Monday, Dec. 21, to offer Vinson the job of outgoing Chief Corky McQuiston, who is soon set to retire. After the city’s civil service commission whittled the top seven candidates down to three, the council voted 5-2 to offer Vinson the job. Dave Pritschet, Kelly Bevan...