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    December 15, 2018
    Attendees gather around a roaring bonfire during Santa's Bobbin' Into Town on Saturday, Dec. 8, in downtown Pequot Lakes. Erin Bormett / Echo Journal
    Santa's Bobbin' Into Town this season
    Pequot Lakes held the seventh annual Santa's Bobbin' Into Town event Saturday, Dec. 8, featuring a day filled with holiday fun that included...
    community/eventsDecember 15, 2018 - 6:00am
    December 14, 2018
    Aurora Thoele and Central Lakes College student Archie Jacob Hula-Hoop Wednesday, Dec. 12, during the CLC Kids Christmas Party at the Brainerd campus. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch - Gallery and Videoplay button
    College Christmas clamor
    Santa hats adorned many a head, as festive music played in the background and smells of popcorn filled the air. Holiday cheer was in full force...
    newsDecember 14, 2018 - 7:00am
    December 8, 2018
    Visitors ride in a horse-drawn carriage at the Holiday at the Dam Saturday, Dec. 1, in Crosslake. Erin Bormett / Echo Journal
    Crosslake holds snowy celebration at the dam
    Families celebrated Holiday at the Dam on Saturday, Dec. 1, in Crosslake. Children met Santa to tell him what they wanted for Christmas at a...
    community/eventsDecember 8, 2018 - 6:00am
    December 6, 2018
    Santa's Bobbin' into Town events set Saturday
    The Santa's Bobbin' into Town event returns to Pequot Lakes for the seventh year with events from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. The event will start at noon with the Christmas for Vets program where wreaths will be placed on veterans' graves at five Pequot Lakes area cemeteries:...
    community/eventsDecember 6, 2018 - 9:30am
    November 28, 2018
    Kennedy Korchik, 3, of Minneapolis, took a big bite of a pancake. She was visiting her grandparents, Ann and Bill Korchick, who have a cabin in Crosslake. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal
    Crosslake: Families enjoy Breakfast with Santa
    The Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion was a happy hub of activity Saturday morning, Nov. 24, when children, parents and grandparents showed...
    community/eventsNovember 28, 2018 - 2:00pm
    November 22, 2018
    Jason Kottke hangs holiday decorations outside the Edward Jones office on Main Street in Nisswa on Thursday, Nov. 15. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal
    Nisswa City of Lights events on tap Friday
    The annual City of Lights celebration is scheduled the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 23, in downtown Nisswa. Following is a schedule of...
    community/eventsNovember 22, 2018 - 4:00am
    November 19, 2018
    Fireworks during the 2014 Nisswa City of Lights celebration. Echo Journal file photo.
    Nisswa to host City of Lights event Nov. 23
    The annual City of Lights celebration is scheduled the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 23, in downtown Nisswa. Following is a schedule of...
    community/eventsNovember 19, 2018 - 4:00am
    December 25, 2017
    Ralph Henkensiefken of Brainerd receives a gift Tuesday from volunteers Becky Stock and Ted Anderson. Henkensiefken was nominated for Be a Santa to a Senior, a program encouraging community members to purchase gifts for deserving seniors during the holidays. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch Videoplay button
    Smiles from Santa: Seniors receive a Christmas surprise
    A chorus of knocks and doorbells across the Brainerd lakes area Tuesday announced the arrival of some unexpected company and Christmas cheer....
    community/peopleDecember 25, 2017 - 7:00am
    December 18, 2017
    Christmas for Kids donations on par with demands
    Thanks to local Christmas for Kids programs, children who might not otherwise get holiday gifts can have a merry Christmas. For more than 30 years, volunteers with the Christmas for Kids nonprofit program have gathered donations and gone shopping to fulfill the Christmas wish lists...
    newsDecember 18, 2017 - 5:30am
    December 15, 2017
    Paws and Claws 4-H Club was recognized as "Best Float in Theme" during the Pine River Parade of Lights with a "Grinch Who Stole Christmas" theme. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal
    Pine River Parade of Lights: How the Grinch won Christmas
    The Paws and Claws 4-H Club brought its A-game to the Pine River Parade of Lights celebration Saturday, Dec. 9, with its Grinch-themed lighted...
    communityDecember 15, 2017 - 8:00am
    December 14, 2017
    Santa to be at Ole and Lena's on Saturday
    Ole and Lena's in Pine River will host its first ever lunch with Santa from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16. Santa's helpers will be hard at work providing pizza, drinks, games and photos with St. Nick and gifts for every child free of charge. Ole and Lena's is on Barclay Avenue...
    newsDecember 14, 2017 - 8:30am
    November 22, 2017
    Nisswa City of Lights event slated Nov. 24
    The annual Nisswa City of Lights Celebration will take place Friday, Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving. Following is a schedule of events:...
    community/eventsNovember 22, 2017 - 4:00am
    November 21, 2017
    Nisswa City of Lights celebration is Friday
    The annual Nisswa City of Lights Celebration will take place Friday, Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving. Following is a schedule of events:...
    community/eventsNovember 21, 2017 - 4:00pm
    November 30, 2016
    Georgia Sutton, 7, Maple Grove, shares her Christmas wish list with Santa Claus on Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Breakfast with Santa event at the Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion. Sutton was visiting her grandparents' cabin. Nancy Vogt/Echo Journal
    Crosslake: Children enjoy breakfast, share wish lists with Santa
    Families living in or visiting the Crosslake area for the Thanksgiving holiday ventured to the Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion on Saturday,...
    lifestyleNovember 30, 2016 - 1:13pm
    March 9, 2015
    Santa's Bobbin' Into Town in Pequot Lakes
    Santa's Bobbin' Into Town featured family events Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, in Pequot Lakes, including a veterans wreath ceremony, Santa at the...
    lifestyleMarch 9, 2015 - 12:42pm
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