In January, Joann filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in a year. On Wednesday, the retailer filed a motion to ...

Minnesota employers added 4,100 jobs in December, and the state’s labor force grew by 3,300 jobseekers, according to data released by the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).

Girls wrestling grows every year in Minnesota and the west metro is playing a major part in the action. If one is looking for proof, Folake Oluesesi and Anna Delaney ...

Mike Habighorst was among the roughly 130,000 new residents who arrived in Minnesota last year. The move was a homecoming for Habighorst, public works director for the city of Brainerd, who spent the ...

McCarthy said he’s “feeling fantastic” and “couldn’t be in a better spot” with his mental, physical and spiritual health.

BRAINERD — Essentia Health CEO Dr. David Herman is serving as chairperson of the Minnesota Hospital Association’s (MHA) board of directors in 2025.

Minnesota Manufacturers Week, a statewide public celebration that puts the spotlight on a crucial sector of the state’s economy, is this week, Oct 19-25. Governor Mark Dayton issued a ...

The Minnesota Chamber has created the Center for Workforce Solutions to help solve critical workforce challenges and to sustain and grow Minnesota’s economy for the long term.  Through ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...

After 26 years with University of Minnesota Extension, with the past 20 years being based at the Extension Regional Office in Ag Business Management Educator David Bau is retiring at the end of ...

Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan and Attorney General Keith Ellison speak out against President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal funding From left to right Attorney General Keith Ellison ...

“And of course we’re not going to interfere with their business, but we’re not going to do their bidding because it’s not our job.” Ellison said Minnesota should focus its “scarce ...