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Breezy Point's new mayor, Todd Roggenkamp, is an outdoor enthusiast. Submitted Photo
People

Lake Country Faces: Roggenkamp begins service to his hometown as mayor

Dr. Charles "Chuck" Pelzl
Memorials

Colleague shares memories of Pine River's Dr. Pelzl

In spite of techonological challenges, PR-B's Linda Henkel has tackled distance learning classes all year for those elementary students who chose to remain home, their view of Henkel likely looked something like this screen shot of a Google Hangouts interview with this year's Teacher of the Year. Submitted Photo
Education

Henkel may be the only three-time PR-B Teacher of the Year

John “Jack” Morris
People

To pay for college, Jack Morris became a roadie in the '50s for the famous 'Hormel Girls' Spam troupe

Janet Haeg (left), of Lake Shore and media specialist at Nisswa Elementary School, holds the Vince Lombardi trophy with her son, Joe, and his girlfriend, Nichole Gervanek, after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 7, at the stadium in Tampa Bay. This was Joe Haeg's first year playing with the Bucs. Submitted Photo
Community

A super celebration

Scanning the Cub Foods parking lot in northeast Brainerd, cart collector Bryant Metz works in sub-zero temperatures Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Brainerd. The veteran cart collector began his career at the age of 15 and has been wrangling carts for over 40 years. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
People

Cub cart collector keeps career rolling through the years

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Pine River-Backus' Linda Henkel was named as the school's 2020-2021 teacher of the year. Submitted Photo
Education

Linda Henkel named Pine River-Backus Teacher of the Year

Polly Nemec, left, Amanda Timm and Kris Lystad look at Timm's wedding dress on Saturday, Feb. 6, in Stillwater. Nemec, who owns Treasured Garment Restoration, helped reunite Timm and Lystad with their wedding dresses, which were mixed up after being preserved by a different business nearly eight years ago. (Christine T. Nguyen / MPR News)
People

Against the odds, Minnesota women reunited with long-lost wedding dresses

Richard Wold. (Left.) (Submitted photo.)
People

In life, Richard Wold invested in his family, and the expansion of banking in North Dakota

Dan Gola
People

Claude and Ernie cartoonist, Dan Gola, dies

Rick and Janet Haeg, center pose with their daughter Laura and son Joe. Submitted Photo
Football

Pete's Point: Lake Shore couple off to Super Bowl to watch son, Joe Haeg, play

Robert F. Gauthier (Submitted photo)
People

Bible Bob's secret list, discovered after his death, catalog a lifetime of giving

Tim Feekes holds a 14.25 inch tulibee he caught as Rachael Feekes takes his picture to enter into the virtual ice fishing contest Saturday, Jan. 30, on Hole-in-the-Day Bay for the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. Although the event took place all over Minnesota some anglers still chose Hole-in-the-Day Bay as their fishing spot. When a fish was caught two photos needed to be uploaded, a photo of the angler and their fish and a photo of the fish on a measuring board, to the FishDonkey app. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
Northland Outdoors

Different? Sure it was, but thousands of anglers took to the ice across the state to take part in the first virtual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza

Jackie Extrand (left) and Aden Extrand talk at the Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 28, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
People

BHS teen making a difference recognized by national scholar group

Cody Shackle inherited more than just blacksmithing tools from his father. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal
People

Lake Country Faces: Pine River man follows in his father's blacksmithing steps

Sandy Hary is seen in this undated Facebook photo. In her 30-plus years of driving buses and motor coaches, Hary saw all of the United States. Her employer said she had little use for pre-written directions and knew by heart the best places to stop on long-distance drives. (Photo courtesy Facebook)
People

Bus driver Sandy Hary, 68, saw the country from behind the wheel

Volunteer Mike Bohanon receives a wooden plaque for community services provided through Faith in Action for Cass County.
Community

Faith in Action for Cass County recognizes Mike Bohanon

Ethelyn Pearson
People

Always up for a challenge, lifelong writer Ethelyn Pearson published her first book at 81

Born 13 ounces on January 22, 2020, Crecentia Wolkenhauer is held by her parents Elicia Buschmann and Pete Wolkenhauer Jan. 14, at their rural Pine River home. Crecentia now weighs 16 pounds after being cared for for months at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. She still wears an oxygen tube and receives her nutrition from a feeding tube. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Family

Premature baby defies odds, turns 1 Jan. 22

Drs. Ryan Buell (left) and Josh Dietze are shown in a room at Pequot Lakes Chiropractic. Buell sold his practice to Dietze. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal
People

Ryan Buell sells Pequot Lakes Chiropractic to Wisconsin native

Some of the activities can be completed quickly while other squares will take a little longer. Examples include: Send a thank you to an essential worker; or, complete/update your health care directive. Submitted photo
Lifestyle

Crow Wing Energized: Bingo to Combat Isolation