50 years ago, Jan. 25, 1973
Photo: Jim Dullum, of Nisswa, keeps his eye on the trail ahead while cross-country skiing.
Photo: Ray Dowling, of Nisswa, speared a 17 1/2-pound northern pike from Cullen Lake.
40 years ago, Jan. 27, 1983
Barb Uppgaard, of Crosslake, earned the Outstanding School Board Member Award for 1983.
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A fire starts in the basement of the Manhattan Beach Club. Crosslake firefighters extinguished the blaze, but it rekindled.
25 years ago, Jan 29, 1998
C. Elmer Anderson — former governor, lieutenant governor, Nisswa mayor and Brainerd mayor — dies at 85.
Pine River wrestler Dale Johnson earns his 100th career victory.
10 years ago, Jan. 24, 2013
The Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza draws a crowd of 10,500 anglers despite 40 mph wind gusts and sub-zero wind chills.
The Patriot girls basketball team trounced Deer River 82-35.
- Compiled by Dan Determan, Staff Writer