Brainerd High School senior to serve as First Princess; Pequot Lakes junior dons Miss Congeniality title Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
Miss Nisswa Scholarship Pageant contestants were Mary Moore (left), Miss Congeniality Sonja Palmer, Miss Nisswa Samantha Jackson, First Princess Carsyn Krassas, Nicole Mix and Brittany Joyce. Little Miss Nisswa winners were Charlotte Halvorson (left), Olivia Waagmeester and Lucy Smith.Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal (April 2021)
Samantha Jackson, a senior at Pequot Lakes High School, was crowned Miss Nisswa 2021 on Saturday, April 10, at the annual scholarship pageant held in the Nisswa Elementary School gym. When I was waiting, I was really nervous and I was honestly shaking.
2020 Highlights: COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath is year s top story in northern Brainerd lakes area
Take a month-by-month look at some of the more important stories that appeared on the pages of the Echo Journal in 2020 Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
14 Lakes Craft Brewing Co. s float was all ready for the Crosslake St. Patrick s Day parade, which was canceled. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal
Traditionally, the Echo Journal doesn’t pick a top story of the year, but rather publishes a list of highlights from each month.
However, it’s next to impossible not to say that the COVID-19 pandemic and its many effects on all of our lives was the top story of 2020 - and not just locally, but across the world.